Seattle Mayor utilizes officers from defunded homeless response team for personal protecti

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Seattle Mayor utilizes officers from defunded homeless response team for personal protection




During cuts to the Seattle Police Department's budget last year in response to the "defund the police" movement, Seattle City Council voted to cut the Seattle Police Department's Navigation Team that had the responsibility of clearing the city's violent homeless encampents and referring campers to social services.

However, it has been revealed that Seattle police officers who were on the Navigation Team have been reassigned to provide personal protection for Seattle Mayor Jenny Durkan, despite a significant increase in violent crime throughout the encampments and a decrease in deployable officers citywide due to early retirements and resignations in the wake of the defund the police movement.
Multiple sources within SPD confirmed that officers from the former Navigation Team and North Precinct patrol provide 24/7 security outside of Mayor Jenny Durkan's multi-million dollar home in an upscale Seattle neighborhood.
An uptick in protection came after Seattle city councilmember, Kshama Sawant, led an army of Antifa and Black Lives Matter activists to the Mayor's home during the 2020 George Floyd riots to pressure Durkan to further defund the police. Sawant is now facing a recall in the next election over the result of her actions, along with other violations the Washington State Supreme Court found to be credible.