Police Chief Adrian Diaz said on Tuesday that the department was facing a staffing crisis, adding that numbers of officers were at ‘record’ lows
Departing officers have pointed to an ‘anti-police climate’, City Council policies and disagreements with police department leadership as reasons for leaving
Seattle has experienced several mass protests in the last year against police brutality and racial injustice
Other cities where mass protests have taken place have also seen officers leaving in large numbers in the last year