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Seattle Mayor Proposes $20 Million Cut to Police Budget

Seattle Mayor Proposes $20 Million Cut to Police Budget
A police officer adjusts his helmet at a barricade outside the Seattle Police Department’s East Precinct in Seattle, Wash., on June 2, 2020. Jason Redmond/AFP/Getty Images
Tom Ozimek
Tom Ozimek
Reporter
6/24/2020|Updated: 6/24/2020

Seattle Mayor Jenny Durkan on Wednesday submitted a “Budget Rebalancing” document that seeks to cut $20 million from the city’s police department budget in a bid to address a series of challenges that include “a movement to demand anti-racist action, to divest and rethink policing, and end institutional racism.”

Durkan’s budget rebalancing package (pdf) is to be discussed by members of the Seattle City Council’s Select Budget Committee in an afternoon session on Wednesday, according to a meeting agenda (pdf) and statements made during a live stream. The earliest scheduled vote on the rebalancing legislation and amendments is on July 1, according to an official committee meeting schedule.
Tom Ozimek
Tom Ozimek
Reporter
Tom Ozimek is a senior reporter for The Epoch Times. He has a broad background in journalism, deposit insurance, marketing and communications, and adult education.
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