While the council has earmarked tens of millions of dollars for police alternatives, the process through which those dollars will get out the door is unlikely to pay dividends until well into next year, possibly later. In the meantime, members say they’re feeling increasing pressure to show the skeptical or impatient public — as well as a federal judge, possibly — that community safety can come from somewhere other than law enforcement.
But following a tense council meeting last week, in which council members rejected a pared-down budget cut to the SPD, the next steps are unclear.
“You know, people are going to abandon this project of doing something different
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