On to Council 119468 - a bill that would create an #incentive program for the #hiring of new police officers at @SeattlePD.
My committee and this Council have closely watched the #hiring and #separations data coming out of @SeattlePD since the middle of 2018 when it became apparent that the Department was lagging far behind their hiring forecasts.
.@SeattlePD has continued to confront hiring struggles in recent months, a reflection of a very challenging landscape nationally in which police departments across the county are struggling to recruit new officers.
.@SeattlePD and @MayorJenny originally proposed this legislation to offer #lateral hires from other departments a #signing bonus of $15,000.
Following an initial hearing on this bill in my committee, I identified several ways I thought we could strengthen and expand this #incentive program while creating additional #accountability measures to ensure it's success.
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