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More than 200 Seattle police officers quit over the last year, many citing anti-police climate

Police Chief Adrian Diaz said the department was left with the lowest number of deployable officers he had seen

He said the department is hiring more community service and crime prevention officers to handle non-criminal calls but said that doesn’t make up for a lack of front-line officers.

"I’m hoping that it starts to level off," he said. "I do see that this year we could have a significant amount of people leaving."

Seattle Mayor Jenny Durkan’s office said in a statement: "Despite an increased focus on recruitment and retention, the Seattle Police Department continues to lose sworn officers at a record pace due to ongoing budget uncertainty," an outcome which "Defund the Police" advocates see as success.