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<blockquote data-quote="tonyexpress" data-source="post: 4568356" data-attributes="member: 1940"><a href="https://freebeacon.com/latest-news/seattle-city-council-resolution-would-replace-police-with-civilian-led-department/" target="_blank">Seattle City Council Resolution Would Replace Police With ‘Civilian-Led Department’</a> The Seattle City Council proposed a resolution to defund the city&#039;s police department and create a &quot;Civilian-led Department of Community Safety &amp; Violence Prevention&quot; on Friday. Seattle police chief Carmen Best <a href="https://www.npr.org/sections/live-updates-protests-for-racial-justice/2020/07/22/894343553/seattle-police-chief-on-how-possible-budget-cuts-may-affect-her-department" target="_blank">said</a> would be &quot;absolutely detrimental&quot; to the city.&quot;I think that the impact would be absolutely detrimental not only for the police department but for the community that we serve,&quot; Best told NPR. &quot;Just lopping off 50 percent of our officers, I would think at this time would be a reckless maneuver and I&#039;m hoping that people will calm down and look at ways that we can have a real plan in place of how we might transfer some of the responsibilities and services to other areas.&quot;That&#039;s too bad, we really enjoyed visiting Seattle, especially the fish market area. Guess that won&#039;t be happening anytime soon. <img src="/community/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/FeltTip/sad-little.png"&nbsp; class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":sad-little:" title="Sad Little&nbsp; &nbsp; :sad-little:" data-shortname=":sad-little:" /></blockquote>

[QUOTE="tonyexpress, post: 4568356, member: 1940"] [URL='https://freebeacon.com/latest-news/seattle-city-council-resolution-would-replace-police-with-civilian-led-department/'][SIZE=5][B]Seattle City Council Resolution Would Replace Police With ‘Civilian-Led Department’[/B][/SIZE][/URL] [SIZE=5] The Seattle City Council proposed a resolution to defund the city's police department and create a "Civilian-led Department of Community Safety & Violence Prevention" on Friday. Seattle police chief Carmen Best [URL='https://www.npr.org/sections/live-updates-protests-for-racial-justice/2020/07/22/894343553/seattle-police-chief-on-how-possible-budget-cuts-may-affect-her-department']said[/URL] would be "absolutely detrimental" to the city. "I think that the impact would be absolutely detrimental not only for the police department but for the community that we serve," Best told NPR. "Just lopping off 50 percent of our officers, I would think at this time would be a reckless maneuver and I'm hoping that people will calm down and look at ways that we can have a real plan in place of how we might transfer some of the responsibilities and services to other areas." That's too bad, we really enjoyed visiting Seattle, especially the fish market area. Guess that won't be happening anytime soon. :sad-little: [/SIZE] [/QUOTE]

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