40 years ago, I spent over 20 years working in Seattle. Went to two universities there. I had a concealed carry license as did most of my friends.
Seattle police suked then and are even worse now. What has changed is most the more conservative people moved out and abandoned the city core to the Capitol hill, University district, Lake union, Green Lake, et al liberal nut cases.
Smart rich people moved out, leaving the druggies, Union gospel mission clientele, and homeless to downtown.
Not the police, the city council. That is the source of the problem.
40 years ago a naïve deputy thought he could help fix seattle
https://www.thestranger.com/seattle/deputy-dogged/Content?oid=7436
https://www.seattleweekly.com/news/sheriff-trouble/