Seattle Police expected to lose 300 officers by the end of the month, 'that's a third of the agency'

In a heartbreaking and revealing interview on The Ari Hoffman Show on Talk Radio 570 KVI, President of the Seattle Police Officer's Guild Mike Solan said regarding police officers leaving the department, "At the end of this monthwe will be close to 300 officers, that's a third of the agency."

Solan told Hoffman that the loss of officers was from last year to date and could range from 288 officers to 300.

Last month, a Seattle police officer and trainee were refused service at a local chocolate shop.

BLM activists claimed Brown was a victim of police brutality after he was shot but investigations revealed that Brown had attacked the police officers.

The Seattle homicide rate in 2020 doubled from 2019 and is continuing the same upward climb in 2021.Solan said that one year ago city officials were praising the department as a model of police reform for the country.

When asked about the claim of command staff ignoring a direct order from the Police Chief, Solan said, "The ultimate authority in the city of Seattle is the executive, which is the Mayor, and then those orders come down to the chief of police and then her subordinates under her." Solan continued, "It would be very difficult for someone underneath the chief to do something that is counter to what the chief of police has directed her subordinates to act on."

Solan also discussed the decision by Capitol Hill Pride banning Seattle police officers from participating in this year's march and rally but still wan ting their protection for the event and the Seattle City Council unanimous vote Monday to move 911 dispatching operations out of the control of the Seattle Police Departmentand into the hands of a yet to be established civilian-led Community Safety and Communications Center.

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