Seattle made national news this week when Mike Solan, president of the Seattle Police Officers Guild, went on Fox & Friends to talk about the low staffing levels of police in the city.
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“As a Seattle resident, I’m concerned about the staffing shortages, but it’s not just localized to Seattle,” Solan said, blaming the “short sighted, naïve approach of defunding” for the drop in staffing.
“As we claw our way out of the defunding nonsense, we’re left with a profound gap in having enough officers, and Seattle is reminiscent of that overwhelming gap of lack of staffing. Just like we’re competing with other major urban cities across the nation for qualified police officers to fill the uniform, we’re struggling and we only have about 880 officers ready to respond to your 911 call,” he…
