The Council also will have the important task of negotiating and ratifying police accountability measures. The Seattle Police Officers Guild, the union representing officers, is currently negotiating its contract with the city and the outcome is seen as essential for accountability. In 2017, the City Council adopted new measures making it easier to discipline and fire officers for misconduct. In 2018, SPOG’s new contract weakened those measures, yet the Council voted 8-1 to ratify it.
“We are particularly concerned about the SPOG contract,” said Rev. Patricia Hunter, Seattle Community Police Commission co-chair. “This new Council needs to not bargain away accountability of police. … Officers have to be held accountable
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