Seattle City Council is expected to vote on a new contract with the Seattle Police Officer’s Guild on Tuesday, but one council member is pushing to postpone the vote.
The new contract focuses on hiring and retaining police officers in Seattle , and improving how the department operates. The last contract expired in 2020, and the department has gone without one ever since.About 950 sergeants and officers working for the city would be impacted by the new contract. If Seattle City Council approves the new contract, officers will see a 20% increase in pay.
Additionally, this would enhance how Seattle Police officers can respond.In their words, it would ‘civilianize’ certain jobs, so sworn officers wouldn’t be necessary for lower stake tasks; things like low-grade property damage reports, traffic safety camera citations, assisting on missing children and runaway cases and more.Part of the new contract is still being worked out when it comes to raises, and Seattle City Councilmember Tammy Morales believes the vote on all of this should wait.
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