Regarding salaries, Diaz and other police department ... Much is at stake because Seattle police have lost more than 700 officers in the past five years and despite that new hires are still ...

The Seattle City Council voted Monday to move ... layoffs and attrition as well as cutting the $285,000 annual salary of the Police Chief Carmen Best and other top officers. Best is the city's ...

SEATTLE, Wash. — After years of waiting ... briefly posted on thewebsite of the SPOG would significantly boost officer salaries.It is seen as a key development to make improvements in police ...

Seattle Police Chief Carmen Best on Tuesday announced ... The City Council also cut Best's roughly $285,000 annual salary and the pay of other top police leaders. The cuts were widely supported ...

SEATTLE – Seattle Police Chief Carmen Best resigned on Tuesday ... Monday’s city council action reduced Best’s annual salary by $10,000, compared with the $100,000 initially proposed.

The last contract catapulted Seattle police to be some of the highest paid ... applicants yet does not have as strong an effect as salary and benefits.” Advertising The size of the raises ...

In exclusively obtained Seattle Police Department (SPD) exit interviews, departing officers doubled down on the well-documented pressures the department is facing both internally and externally ...