(The Center Square) – The Seattle Police Department is seeing recruitment efforts improve as it hired 500% more officers in the first four months of 2025 than the same time span last year.
The city has hired 60 officers through April 2025. Last year, the police department managed to only hire 10 at this point in 2024.
According to a press release from Mayor Bruce Harrell, the 60 hires are more than in the last three years at this point combined. If the trend continues, the city expects to hire over 150 officers in 2025…