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SEATTLE POLICE STAFFING, 2010-2020 YTD
(WITH ACTUALS THROUGH 9/30/2020)
1500
• SPD’s funded FTE count (orange line) increased by 72
1450
1,422
FTE, or 5%, from 2010 to 2020. (Note, SPD was
authorized for 1,497 positions in 2020; however, the
1400 2020 Adopted Budget funded a maximum of 1,422).
1350
1,367
• 58 of the new sworn positions were specifically added
after 2012 to satisfy Consent Decree requirements (e.g.,
1300 span of control, unity of command, etc.).
1250 • The remainder were meant to increase capacity in
Patrol.
1,203
1200
• During this period, SPD realized a net increase of around
1150
25 sworn officers (i.e., employees), while the actual
number of officers in service decreased by 35. (Note,
1100 2020 counts are impacted by sworn hiring freeze, COVID
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and other factors.)
2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020
• Meanwhile, the population of Seattle grew 23%.
Funded FTE All Sworn + Recruits Officers in service
(Source: US Census Bureau, 2010 and 2019 estimates)
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Date (xx/xx/xxxx) Department Name Page Number
2
DETERMINING SWORN STAFFING REQUIREMENTS
• A comparison of sworn officers per 100k 9,000,000 600
City Population
In Seattle, we use a variety of tools and
5,000,000
measures to make staffing decisions. 300
Recurring assessment allows SPD to address 4,000,000
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Date (xx/xx/xxxx) Department Name Page Number
3
DETERMING SPECIALTY UNIT STAFFING LEVELS
Specialty Unit Staffing Levels
Specialty Units with Best Practice Minimums • There are national best practice case load models for Homicide and
Unit Minimum Staffing Sexual Assault units
• Urban Areas Security Initiative (UASI) sets SWAT staffing minimums
Homicide/Assault Detectives 24 for urban areas based on size/exposure
Sexual Assault Unit 15
• Best practice workload measures for internet crimes against children
SWAT Unit 24
Internet Crimes Against Children 9
(ICAC) and trafficking units to protect detectives from extreme
Total 72 trauma
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Date (xx/xx/xxxx) Department Name Page Number
2020 MONTHLY SEPARATION STATISTICS
Separations of Sworn officers
• SPD typically separates 5-7 officers in 45
September 40
35
(10/14/2020)
Date (xx/xx/xxxx) Department Name Page Number
2020 STAFFING OVERVIEW
YTD ATTRITION: SPD LOST 39 OFFICERS IN SEPTEMBER
1500
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1,406 to 1,367.
2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020
• All data past the dotted line is a projection Funded FTE All Sworn + Recruits Officers in service
based on historical averages.
(10/14/2020)
Date (xx/xx/xxxx) Department Name Page Number
YTD
YTDSEPARATIONS BY YEARS
SEPARATIONS BY YEARS OF SVC
IN SERVICE
45
40
35
30
25
20
15
10
0
Less than 5 5-10 Years 11-15 Years 16-20 Years 21-25 Years More than 25 Years
Termination 4 1 0 0 1 0
Deceased 0 0 0 1 0 0
Resignation 28 12 8 3 2 0
Retirement 0 0 1 0 9 40
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Date (xx/xx/xxxx) Department Name Page Number
90
YTD SEPARATIONS BY RACE/ETHNICITY
80
70
60
50
40
30
20
10
0
American Black or African Nat Hawaiian/Oth Pac
White Asian Hispanic or Latino Not Specified Tw o or More
Indian/Alaska Native American Islander
(79 total / (7 total / (7 total / (4 total / (3 total /
(3 total / (7 total / (0 total /
72% of YTD sep.) 6% of YTD sep.) 6% of YTD sep.) 4% of YTD sep.) 3% of YTD sep.)
3% of YTD sep.) 6% of YTD sep.) 0% of YTD sep.)
Comp: 69% of total Comp: 7% of total Comp: 6% of total Comp: 3% of total Comp: 5% of total
Comp: 1% of total Comp: 8% of total Comp: 1% of total
Deceased 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Termination 2 0 0 2 0 1 1 0
Resignation 37 4 0 4 3 3 2 0
Retirement 39 3 3 1 1 3 0 0
60
50
40
30
20
10
0
Human Resources
Special Operations Collaborative Policing Professional Chief Operating (19)
Patrol (64) Investigations (6) Chief of Police (1)
(15) (3) Standards (1) Officer (1) (incl. Recruits /
Students)
Termination 2 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
Deceased 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
Resignation 33 2 1 2 1 0 14 0
Retirement 29 12 5 1 0 1 1 1
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Date (xx/xx/xxxx) Department Name Page Number
1500
PROJECTIONS
1,406
1100
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2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022
(10/14/2020)
Date (xx/xx/xxxx) Department Name Page Number
1500
PROJECTIONS
1400 1,406
1 STAFFING
• If the City continues a sworn hiring
1350
January 1, 2022.
• For comparison, SPD employed 1,271 1150
1,139
sworn officers in 1990. In that time, the
population of Seattle has increased by 1100
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44% 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022
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Date (xx/xx/xxxx) Department Name Page Number
2021 HIRING
2021 STAFFING PROJECTIONS
FREEZE PLUS LAYOFF 1500
1450
1,422
IF HIRING FREEZE CONTINUED THRU END OF 2021, 1,400
1400
COUNCIL-PROPOSED 70 OFFICER LAYOFFS 1,406
ANNUALIZED 1350
1•
STAFFING PROJECTIONS
If the City annualizes the 70 layoffs and
1300
1250
1,247
continues a sworn hiring freeze in 2021, 1200 1,203 1,183
1000
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2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022
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Date (xx/xx/xxxx) Department Name Page Number
170
RESPONSE OFFICERS BY
PRECINCT
130
2022 (est.)
2022 (est.)
2021 (est.)
2022 (est.)
2021 (est.)
2022 (est.)
2021 (est.)
2021 (est.)
2021 (est.)
2022 (est.)
*Actuals as of September each year.
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EAST PCT NORTH PCT SOUTH PCT SOUTHWEST PCT WEST PCT
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Date (xx/xx/xxxx) Department Name Page Number
Median Priority 1 Response Time - East Median Priority 1 Response Times – Median Priority 1 Response Times –
Precinct South Precinct West Precinct
12.00 10 7
6
10.00 8
5
8.00 6 4
6.00 3
4
4.00 2
2.00 2
1
0.00 0 0
East 2019 East 2020 South 2019 South 2020 West 2019 West 2020
Median Priority 1 Response Time – North Median Priority 1 Response Times – SW • Target response time is 7 minutes.
Precinct Precinct • By moving more officers to 911 response
10.00 10 in late Sept. 2020, service response time
9.00 9
8.00 8 decreased to near target.
7.00
6.00
7
6 • As the number of officers for 911
5.00 5
4.00 4
response decrease because of attrition
3.00
2.00
3
2
and/or a hiring freeze, we can expect
1.00
0.00
1 service response times to go up again.
0
• March-April 2020 had faster response
times because of COVID-19 pandemic-
North 2019 North 2020 SW 2019 SW 2020
related factors.
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Date (xx/xx/xxxx) Department Name Page Number
Precinct Staffing by 100,000 Population
HISTORIC, ACTUAL & 140
PROJECTED 120
PRECINCT STAFFING
PER 100,000 100
RESIDENTS 80
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