If Seattle’s elected leaders felt they were so in the right when they refused to comply with a state arbitrator’s ruling to rehire a fired officer, then why didn’t they …
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City Prosecutor and Public Defender: Strange Bedfellows? Not in This Town
by Steve Pomperby Steve PomperYou’d think a city’s top prosecutor, Seattle’s City Attorney Pete Holmes, teaming up with Department of Public Defense Director Anita Khandelwal, the lead public defender, would make the proverbial strange …
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Lefties Support Judge’s Efforts to Revoke Compliance Ruling on Bogus Obama/Holder-Era Consent Decree
by Steve Pomperby Steve PomperDoes U.S. District Judge James Robart need another excuse to revoke his 2018 ruling the Seattle Police Department (SPD) was in “full and effective compliance” with a bogus federal consent …
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Federal Judge Who Found Police Department in Compliance with (Bogus) Consent Decree Could Change His Mind
by Steve Pomperby Steve PomperOnce again, the Seattle Police Department (SPD) finds itself ensnared in controversy. U.S. District Court Judge James Robart earlier last year found the SPD in compliance with a bogus federal …
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Binding Arbitration: Fired Cop to be Rehired, But Leftist City Won’t Even Return Officer’s Calls
by Steve Pomperby Steve PomperI wrote about what I consider police Officer Adley Shepherd’s wrongful termination in my book, “De-Policing America: A Street Cop’s View of the Anti-Police State.” Rather than writing about the …
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Will the Last Officer Leaving SPD Please Turn Off the Lights!
by Steve Pomperby Steve PomperI wouldn’t have written about this issue again so soon if I hadn’t received the email below. Or if I thought this officer’s views were an anomaly. They’re not. And …
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Seattle Police Department Imploding: Difficulties in Hiring and a Mass Exodus as Officers Retire Early or Leave for Other Agencies
by Steve Pomperby Steve PomperI received information two days ago, which I trusted but have been waiting for corroboration. This information also validates my thesis about de-policing in America (at least, in Seattle) in …