I don't think your understanding is correct, see this article: https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/data/is-the-seattle-police-department-understaffed-here

I don't think your understanding is correct, see this article: https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/data/is-the-seattle-police-department-understaffed-heres-what-the-data-shows/ https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/data/is-the-seattl... This was also written in late 2020. There are now 1,080 deployable officers, down from 1,325 as seen here: https://www.seattle.gov/police/about-us/about-the-department/department-fact-sheet https://www.seattle.gov/police/about-us/about-the-department...