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Police officers nationwide have quit in droves over the last year while law enforcement agencies have struggled to attract new recruits because of the increasingly “toxic” political environment, police groups said.
“We are seeing a large number of officers leaving the force,” Fairfax County Police Association (FCPA) President Jeremy Hoffman told the Daily Caller News Foundation. “What’s just as disturbing as that is we’re having trouble recruiting.”
More than 5,300 New York Police Department officers retired or quit in 2020, a 75% increase compared to 2019, while more than 200 officers quit the Seattle Police Department, citing the growing anti-police climate.
It s a bit of a shock: Business accused of refusing service to Seattle police officer Cole Miller, KOMO News Reporter It s a bit of a shock: Business accused of refusing service to Seattle police officer
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A business is facing backlash after one of its employees allegedly refused to serve a Seattle Police officer last week, causing uproar on social media.
The alleged interaction happened at the Chocolati in Wallingford. The president of the Seattle Police Officers Guild called it another punch to the gut.
“They’re a bit distraught and dismayed,” said Mike Solan of the officer. “To be treated in that matter, I think they were taken aback.”
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Watch the video below to see a driver of a dark-colored Kia Sorrento reverse out of a spot in the parking lot of the Everett School District building on Broadway and never stop careening into a car directly behind it, pushing the Volkswagen Jetta past the concrete barriers, ripping them from their rebar and shoving the car into the sidewalk where people could have been walking.
FBI offering up to $20,000 reward to help ID arson suspects who tried torching Seattle Police Officers Guild
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WANTED BY THE FBI IN SEATTLE - The FBI is offering a reward of up to $20,000 to anyone who can help identify two arson suspects who tried to burn down the Seattle Police Officers Guild during the protests last summer.
Take a look at the surveillance photos above from August.
Investigators say the two suspects were seen scouting the area around the guild s office in the SODO neighborhood.
They are hoping you can identify the woman with purple hair, or the other person with her in the bright orange hoodie.