“The Neighborhood Policing plan is the most significant change
in our police department in more than 30 years. The goal
is simple: make policing, stronger, faster and smarter in
every neighborhood in the city. We'll do this by adding 154 patrol officers
and fundamentally changing the way they're deployed. The outcome is
clear: officers will be where they're needed, when they're needed.”
--Mayor Greg Nickels
On March 7, 2007, Mayor Greg Nickels released the Neighborhood Policing
Staffing Plan, which outlines the City’s long-range plan for staffing
patrol services. The initiative adds 154 new patrol officers -- 49 have
already been added since mid-2005 and another 105 will be added between
2008 and 2012. The plan expands the City’s patrol force, providing
a faster, stronger and smarter approach to protecting Seattle’s
neighborhoods:
- faster response time regardless of the time of day,
day of the week, or season of the year;
- stronger police presence when responding; and
- smarter use of patrol resources to focus on persistent
problems that can affect quality of life in the city.
Read the plan’s Executive
Summary - Acrobat PDF
Read the entire plan - Acrobat PDF
