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Council briefed on SPOG and SPMA contracts that would expand CARE solo dispatch, increase wages and change accountability negotiations
Summary
Central staff presented proposed collective bargaining agreements with the Seattle Police Officers Guild and Seattle Police Management Association that would authorize wages increases, expand civilianization and CARE solo dispatch in specified situations, and leave key accountability issues (appeals standard, subpoenas) for arbitration or future bargaining.
City staff on Monday walked Seattle City Council members through proposed collective bargaining agreements with the Seattle Police Officers Guild (SPOG) and the Seattle Police Management Association (SPMA) covering 2024–2027, highlighting accountability reforms, a path to expanded community-response capacity and multi-year fiscal impacts.
Greg Dawson of council central staff said the SPOG contract (Council Bill 121,133) would be effective Jan. 1, 2024, through Dec. 31, 2027. "The Seattle Police Officers Guild contract between the city and SPOG is effective from 01/01/2024 to 12/31/2027," Dawson said during his presentation, and he described negotiated changes designed to address long-standing accountability priorities raised by the Office of Police Accountability (OPA), the Office of Inspector General (OIG) and the Community Police Commission.
Dawson summarized five accountability priorities that the accountability agencies prioritized:…
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