Posted on 06/02/2022 2:59:42 PM PDT by TigerClaws
Seattle police’s sexual assault and child abuse unit staff has been so depleted that it stopped assigning to detectives this year new cases with adult victims, according to an internal memo sent to interim police Chief Adrian Diaz in April.
The unit’s sergeant put her staffing crisis in stark terms.
“The community expects our agency to respond to reports of sexual violence,” Sgt. Pamela St. John wrote, “and at current staffing levels that objective is unattainable.”
Law enforcement agencies here and across the country have grappled with labor shortages during the pandemic and since the 2020 protests following the murder of George Floyd. But Seattle’s failure to staff its sexual assault unit stands out from other local police departments and raises questions about the Seattle Police Department’s priorities, advocates say.
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Get a shotgun.
~B-b-b-b-b-biden
Crap...and they ANNOUNCED this????
If I was one of those rich republicans, I would be running Ads on TV and anywhere I could, telling Men to come to Seattle to Pick the woman they want to bed, even if you use Violence to Rape her. It’s OK in Seattle
Everything leftists touch turns to shyte.
They defunded the police and this is the result.
They can back-burner those I'm sure.
Think of it as evolution in action!
Stretched-thin cops failing to take reports from rape victims
of course that should stop the crimes right???
if you are in Seattle, GTFO for your own safety.
Who but Edgar Cayce could have predicted that demonizing and defunding the police would lead to this? (sarcasm folks)
So leftist women get assaulted and they are SOL. Huh. Funny how that works, isn’t it.
I hope all the conservative women have left Seattle. They do not deserve to suffer for what the liberals have done.
I don’t think many people realize how close to anarchy this country really is. The overall peace and prosperity we see has been nearly reduced to a facade.
To paraphrase Hemingway:
“How did the US descent into anarchy?”
“Two ways. Gradually, then suddenly”
The Seattle Times is just doing its part by letting all the predators know it’s now free for all time.
Announced and rolled out the red carpet to all rapists.
Seattle voters do not want police.
This headline is intentionally misleading. SPD has not “stopped investigating” sexual assaults. They are just so far behind the backlog is more than six months long. They haven’t caught up with last years cases. Not that that is good or acceptable.
Sorry ladies, but you voted for it.
ENJOY THE SUCK!
When I moved to Seattle in ‘98 I could honestly say it was one of the best cities in the country. When I left early last year it had turned into one of the most foul, disgusting cities I have ever had the displeasure of seeing.
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