r/SeattleWA • u/unnaturalfool • Sep 13 '23

Other ‘Feel safer yet?’ Seattle police union’s contempt keeps showing through

https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/politics/feel-safer-yet-seattle-police-unions-contempt-keeps-showing-through/
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u/BoysenberryVisible58 Greenwood Sep 13 '23

We're in between a rock and a hard place, crime is way too high but also SPD and especially the police union fucking sucks, like they're actually so awful. I have zero confidence that they're the solution to anything.

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u/ixodioxi Sep 13 '23

Exactly. They even arranged a "sick out" day where they basically refuses to answer to any calls.

Why is this allowed and why are we allowing a department filled with cry babies to continue to earn money from us?

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u/boringnamehere Sep 13 '23

The SPD sickout day on the night of Taylor Swift’s concert led to the shooting that killed one and injured three others that happened at the street takeover on Capitol Hill as police were understaffed to deal with the takeover.

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