Rantz Exclusive: Seattle mayor establishing emphasis area, will jail suspects in Issaquah, at SCORE

Seattle police officers respond to a recent crime scene. Mayor Bruce Harrell has ordered a Seattle police emphasis area for several of the city's neighborhoods.

The roughly 40-block radius, which extends along 3rd Avenue from Yesler through Belltown, will see more visible policing starting this month. And they’ll soon be able to book misdemeanor suspects thanks to contracts being worked out with two local jails that aren’t severely restricting bookings like King County.

Currently, the King County jail is operating under COVID-19 protocols due to, a spokesperson says, a lack of staff. But Dennis Folk, the president of the union representing correction officers,that county Executive Dow Constantine, since the Black Lives Matter movement, has been purposefully treating criminals as victims, working to close jails and depopulate jails.

SPD ended 2023 with under 425 patrol officers, and a number of vacancies the department is struggling to fill. A new contract, which would offer three years of backpay, is a boon for the officers. But it could also lead to more retirements once the 280 total police staff who are eligible to retire based on age and tenure earn the backpay they’re due.

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