Under a new police contract negotiated by Mayor Harrell’s administration, Seattle’s CARE Department crisis response teams will permanently expand beyond the limited pilot that launched in October 2023 and continue shifting the public safety paradigm.

New contract strengthens accountability with 180-day investigation timeline resolution, provides dual language and education incentives in the spirit of the 2017 accountability ordinance, paves the way for significant reform through arbitration, and allows for the civilianization of more SPD positions.

Seattle – Today, Mayor Bruce Harrell announced a tentative collective bargaining agreement (CBA) reached with rank-and-file Seattle police officers, allowing for the expansion and direct dispatch of CARE crisis responders, improving accountab

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