On Friday, July 31, Seattle City Council members offered a proposal to cut 100 full-time officers from the department’s budget and create alternative systems to prevent violence and provide community safety.
The latest Crosscut-Elway scientific poll of 402 registered voters in WA conducted July 11-15, found that majority of Washingtonians:
oppose defunding law enforcement agencies.
When asked about changing the current policing model, 62% of those surveyed oppose dismantling and starting over with a new model
and 73% oppose reducing law enforcement funding by 50%.