Some of the things the city of Seattle is considering cutting out of the police budget...

Ice_Holmvik said:

TurdBomber said:

Ice_Holmvik said:

pawz said:

DoogieMcDoogerson said:

This is insane.

Some of their suggestions for cuts include targeting:

Recruitment, retention and pay bonuses for new hires.
- sure, let's make all the police officers quit due to bad morale and then remove any incentives to get good new police officers.

The city's Navigation team.
- This has nothing to do with defunding the police. It's a way to allow the homeless situation to grow.

Data Driven Policing.
- Yeah, why would we need that?

North Seattle Precinct capital project.
- Let the facilities in the north go into disrepair.

The department's SWAT unit.
- This is the scariest of all.

Contracts with law firms hired to defend SPD police misconduct.
- Equal representation under the law? ummm no.

Move the Transfer Crisis Intervention unit out of the police department.
- Yeah, give this to the libtards.
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Let me be clear, I don't think they need less funding, they need more. For training. And also a wholesale culture change.

That said I can get behind de-funding SWAT. I don't believe for a second they should have an outfit that looks like they should be on the streets of Fallujah. This has always bothered me. It's antagonistic and unnecessary. This is part and parcel of the much needed culture change.


Change my mind.

Swat isn't dealing with average Joe citizen. They're given the hardest and toughest people and situations. Lol at defunding swat. Go ahead and send your social workers in those situations and see how it works out.

Do we really need an armored personnel carrier rumbling down the street full of armor clad wannabe soldiers to serve a Federal Warrant?

I'm sure those are warrants for failure to appear for soccer moms dui. Swat serves warrants for the dangerous criminals. Especially in this kill cop climate serving warrants can be anything but routine so I say yes in fact we do need them to serve warrants.

Or shut off the power and water. Didn't anyone see Malcolm X?

trublue said:

TurdBomber said:

Ice_Holmvik said:

pawz said:

DoogieMcDoogerson said:

This is insane.

Some of their suggestions for cuts include targeting:

Recruitment, retention and pay bonuses for new hires.
- sure, let's make all the police officers quit due to bad morale and then remove any incentives to get good new police officers.

The city's Navigation team.
- This has nothing to do with defunding the police. It's a way to allow the homeless situation to grow.

Data Driven Policing.
- Yeah, why would we need that?

North Seattle Precinct capital project.
- Let the facilities in the north go into disrepair.

The department's SWAT unit.
- This is the scariest of all.

Contracts with law firms hired to defend SPD police misconduct.
- Equal representation under the law? ummm no.

Move the Transfer Crisis Intervention unit out of the police department.
- Yeah, give this to the libtards.
-

Let me be clear, I don't think they need less funding, they need more. For training. And also a wholesale culture change.

That said I can get behind de-funding SWAT. I don't believe for a second they should have an outfit that looks like they should be on the streets of Fallujah. This has always bothered me. It's antagonistic and unnecessary. This is part and parcel of the much needed culture change.

Change my mind.

Swat isn't dealing with average Joe citizen. They're given the hardest and toughest people and situations. Lol at defunding swat. Go ahead and send your social workers in those situations and see how it works out.

Do we really need an armored personnel carrier rumbling down the street full of armor clad wannabe soldiers to serve a Federal Warrant?

Educate yourself . . . Swat teams vary from jurisdiction to jurisdiction . . . Swat teams are highly trained and used only in special circumstances that are supposed to be justified (articulated) prior to execution of the subject search/arrest warrant.

Execution of the vast majority of arrest/search warrants DO NOT involve SWAT teams.

Highly Trained? Bullshit. And if you can fog a mirror you'll get a warrant.

There are so many stupid fucking cowboy cops in SPD it's a decades-long joke of a department. Most hate the City and treat citizens like dirt. And they lie like rugs, make up total bullshit on the fly "This is Private Property" they'll yell while standing on a City Sidewalk or County Property, and the list goes on and on. I've read the same fucking police reports with the exact same "observations" a hundred times. Some cops are too stupid to even proofread their reports after sitting on their asses collecting overtime, probably while watching porn.

Despite all of the above, I support cops because their job is a fucking dumpster fire, and I do sympathize. But don't pretend for a second they are heroes, or follow the law, because I know better. There are too many power-hungry dicks on the force and they've brought much of this present shit show upon themselves.