Alexander will leave the Arkansas State Police on June 30, 2022. Honor Flight Police Investigate Multiple Vehicle Thefts. John Gabbard will become Canton's next police chief when Jack Angelo retires in April. His replacement is a familiar face in the city: Maj. TODAY, HE OFFICIALLY RETIRES AFTER NEARLY 60 YEARS IN LAW ENFORCEMENT. 2 to adopt a budget for the next fiscal year.Hannibal police chief retires. The Seattle City Council will begin reviewing the mayor's proposed budget. "This is how we begin to build more options." "We know that just sending a police officer is not always the right approach," Harrell said. Lastly, to curb the average response times for calls deemed a non-emergency down from the current hour and 40 minutes, Harrell is proposing putting nearly $2 million toward programs to study and rethink 9-1-1 responses. Those funds would be used for equipment and technology upgrades, strategies to improve recruitment and retention, internal training and supportive services and other community safety program enhancements, according to the proposed budget. Salary savings from an additional 120 officer vacancies are also being proposed to be put back in the police department's budget. According to the proposed budget, 80 full-time officer positions are proposed to be unfunded for an $11 million reduction, as part of a larger measure to address the city's budget shortfall. Harrell is also proposing to cut funding for positions unlikely to be filled as his office continues to anticipate salary savings from officer attrition in 20. "We need to make every effort to bring officers here and reverse the staffing crisis that impacts everything we want to do with policing in Seattle," Harrell said. To sustain funding for recruiting professionals, improve branding and marketing materials and hiring bonuses for new and lateral officers, $4.2 million would be spent. The budget looks to continue funding Harrell's recruitment and retention plan to address the officer shortage. The police department has lost over 400 police officers in the last two and a half years, according to Harrell. "Having heard from our employees and their labor representatives, we understand that our feel better equipped to do their work from at this time," Harrell said at a press conference Tuesday. That resulted in the city spending approximately $4.5 to 5 million to refund paid tickets. 1, 2021, through Apbecause the parking enforcement officers from the department of transportation did not have special police commissions at the time of issuance, according to the City of Seattle. The city notably dismissed all parking tickets issued between Sept. Approximately $20 million is being spent to transfer the parking enforcement duties. Out of the $355.5 million that would fund the police department, the biggest chunk of spending would go to transferring parking enforcement duties from the Seattle Department of Transportation back to the Seattle Police Department. Nearly half of Harrell's proposed $1.6 billion general fund would be dedicated to public safety. The department's budget would increase another $10 million to $385.6 million in 2024 if adopted by the Seattle City Council. The Seattle Police Department's budget would go from $355.5 million in 2022 to $375.7 million in 2023. Seattle Mayor Bruce Harrell's first proposed budget since taking office would see the Seattle Police Department receive an increased budget for the first time since 2020.
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