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Proponents of the nation s Defund Police movement have argued that some police funding could be redirected to fund community programs, which would help improve policing, lower police interactions for at-risk populations and lead to better job satisfaction for police and results for taxpayers. (Matt M. McKnight/Crosscut)
Many activists leading the call to defund the police say the answer to disproportionate policing is to take money from the cops and give it to communities. But change is never as easy as writing new lines in a city budget.
In this episode of This Changes Everything’s look at efforts to defund the police, host Sara Bernard and reporter David Kroman examine emerging community programs that are seeking to take the place of police as a way to dismantle the systemic racism that has long been part of the American criminal justice system.
Seattle’s $3M contract to research public safety under state scrutiny
The state auditor is examining the contract awarded to King County Equity Now, a group born out of last summer’s protests, to research alternatives to police.
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Protesters face off with police in Seattle s Capitol Hill neighborhood, July 25, 2020. (Matt M. McKnight/Crosscut)
A $3 million contract between the city of Seattle and a group advocating for police alternatives is under examination by the Washington State Auditor’s Office, a spokesperson for the auditor confirmed to Crosscut.
The audit follows scores of complaints filed through the office’s hotline about the process by which the funding was awarded.
Radio host Jason Rantz says mayoral candidates will have to ‘bow to the will’ of activists in the city.
Local Seattle media outlets are raising concerns over the city s $3 million contract with King County Equity Now, a pro-defund the police group whose representative visited to this summer s Capitol Hill Occupied Protest (CHOP).
Conservative outlet The Post Millennial described the contract as more of a political payoff than investing in the community.
Independent news blog Seattle City Council Insight is pressing Councilmember Tammy Morales for details since her office is overseeing the contract, which uses a loophole to avoid a rule requiring all consultant contracts over $54,000 to be bid out.
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