A report on whether hiring bonuses attract more cops proved inconclusive, but Nelson wants to plow ahead anyway. Screenshot
During Sara Nelson’s campaign for her at-large seat on City Council, she said she was not afraid to take an unpopular route, especially in her efforts to increase SPD’s measly $355 million budget. She fulfilled at least part of that promise during Tuesday’s Public Safety and Human Services meeting, when her recently proposed resolution to support hiring bonuses for the Seattle Police Department pulled focus away from more senior council members’ monthslong deliberations on the topic of hiring incentives across a broader swath of city agencies.
At the meeting, Seattle Department