Yes and no. Traffic enforcement and dispatch positions were moved to another funding line item outside of the SPD. This was the city council attempting satisfy

Yes and no. Traffic enforcement and dispatch positions were moved to another funding line item outside of the SPD. This was the city council attempting satisfy calls to "defund the police", while not actually reducing the amount of money allocated to policing. https://southseattleemerald.com/2023/09/14/opinion-debunking-the-defunding-myth/ https://southseattleemerald.com/2023/09/14/opinion-debunking...