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According to the US Bureau of Justice Statistics' 2008 Census of State and Local Law Enforcement Agencies, the state had 260 law enforcement agencies employing 11,411 sworn police officers, about 174 for each 100,000 residents. The state has the lowest ratio of police officers to residents of any state, compared to a national average of 251 per ...
Seattle has dedicated millions to police recruitment efforts. The city’s advertising and marketing budget for police recruitment was $2.3 million in 2024 and is $2.5 million in 2025.
Seattle P.D. badge from the late 1910s Regular patrolmen in uniform at Seattle Hempfest Seattle policemen in 1918 during the Spanish flu pandemic A Seattle Police car on patrol near 2nd Ave downtown. The Seattle police force was established in 1869 with the election of John T. Jordan as the first town marshal.
The average response time for basic life support personnel for cardiac arrests from time of 9-1-1 being dialed to arrival is 4 minutes 40 seconds and for advanced life support personnel is 9 minutes 45 seconds. [38] In 2008, 58% (530/920) of EMS-treated cardiac arrests not witnessed by EMS in Seattle & King County CPR was initiated by a bystander.
Our response times are not where we want them to be,” a top CMPD official acknowledged. Skip to main content. News. 24/7 help. For premium support please call: 800-290-4726 more ...
It's taking officers three times as long to respond to emergencies in the East Precinct, which includes CHOP, because police had to abandon the precinct, Seattle Police Chief Carmen Best said.
Troopers who had earned a two-year degree were entitled to a 2% pay raise and those who had earned a bachelor's were entitled to a 4% pay raise. Eight troopers, who were identified during the course of a federal investigation into a diploma mill, were discovered to have submitted fake diplomas along with applications for a pay increase. A State ...
Specifically, the average response time jumped roughly 50% since 2019. Metro police response times to lower-level —routine and urgent— calls averaged between about 50 and 90 minutes in December.