Police, city finally agree on something

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Joe Copeland

Joe Copeland Feb 6, 2018

Feb 6, 2018

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                <h2><p>The city and the Seattle Police Officers Guild this afternoon announced a tentative deal for a four-year contract that would ensure Seattle officers remain the highest paid in the state. The guild agreed to drop its legal challenge to changes in police practices on use of force implemented under an</p></h2>
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            <p>The city and the Seattle Police Officers Guild this afternoon announced a tentative deal for a four-year contract that would ensure Seattle officers remain the highest paid in the state. The guild agreed to drop its legal challenge to changes in police practices on use of force implemented under an agreement with the U.S. Department of Justice, according to a <a href="http://blogs.seattletimes.com/today/2013/04/police-officers-union-reaches-tentative-agreement-with-seattle/?ref=dev.cascadepbs.org">Seattle Times report</a>.Nobody was saying immediately how much the wage increases will be. In a statement, City Council public safety chair Bruce Harrell said officers haven't received a raise since 2010. He also had this line: "We demand a lot from our police department and I have faith in their ability to meet and succeed our expectations." As in, expectations for keeping things calm on the streets, say, tomorrow (May Day)?</p>
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The city and the Seattle Police Officers Guild this afternoon announced a tentative deal for a four-year contract that would ensure Seattle officers remain the highest paid in the state. The guild agreed to drop its legal challenge to changes in police practices on use of force implemented under an agreement with the U.S. Department of Justice, according to a Seattle Times report.Nobody was saying immediately how much the wage increases will be. In a statement, City Council public safety chair Bruce Harrell said officers haven't received a raise since 2010. He also had this line: "We demand a lot from our police department and I have faith in their ability to meet and succeed our expectations." As in, expectations for keeping things calm on the streets, say, tomorrow (May Day)?

By Joe Copeland

Joe Copeland is the former senior editor&nbsp;for Crosscut, where he has been an editor since 2010. Before that, he was an editorial writer and columnist for the Seattle P-I and editorial page edi