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Urban Politics #254
By City Councilmember Nick Licata with assistance from Legislative Assistant Lisa Herbold.
SEATTLE POLICE OFFICERS' CONTRACT
Last week, a proposed labor contract agreement between the City and the Seattle Police Officers' Guild (SPOG) was announced by each the Mayor's Office, Council Public Safety Committee Chair Councilmember Tim Burgess, and SPOG. Each announcement recognized the shared interests - including higher wages, accountability, and recruitment incentives - of our police officers, Seattle residents and City officials.
The proposed contract increases officer starting salaries 8 percent on top of a 25.6 percent raise, making SPD Washington State's top-paid police department, as they should be. It is expected that the proposed contract also allows for the adoption of the yet to be implemented recommendations made by the Mayor's Panel on police accountability. I have long supported higher wages for police officers and I have understood that increased police accountability would more likely be accepted by SPOG if police officer wages were finally increased to levels that are more on par with the wages of officers in police departments in other cities similar in size to Seattle.
Read the complete article
Read past issues of the Urban Politics.
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Civic activity and Community involvement are two key components to Councilmember Licata’s history of
involvement in Seattle politics that dates back to 1975.
Nick has been instrumental in founding organizations and publications such as The Civic Foundation, the Seattle Sun
newspaper and the People’s Yellow pages to help provide people with access to community organizations, social service
agencies, and political groups as well as promoting neighborhood involvement in the City’s political process.
Councilmember Licata is excited to be the Chair of the Culture, Civil Rights, Health & Personnel; Labor Policy; and Pedestrian Safety Committees and
working with his colleagues to help keep Seattle a vibrant and livable city.
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Member of the Council since: 1998
Current Term: 2006-2009
Committees:
Chair: Culture, Civil Rights, Health & Personnel;
Labor Policy; and
Pedestrian Safety
Vice-Chair: Finance & Budget and
Budget
Member: Public Safety, Human Services & Education
Alternate: Housing & Economic Development
Staff:
Newell Aldrich, Lisa Herbold, Frank Video, and Robin Matisse
Issues of Interest:
Transparency in government decision-making, Fair distribution of public resources to our diverse communities, Investing our public resources as efficiently and effectively as possible
Organizational Affiliations:
Democratic Party, ACLU, Sierra Club, 911 Media Arts Center, Washington Environmental Council, NOW, National League of Cities
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