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SPD officers suspended after waiting 20 minutes to respond to shooting (www.seattletimes.com)
submitted 9 months ago by GlitzyArmrest to c/seattle
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Two Seattle police officers have been given a day off without pay for their lackadaisical response to a priority report of a shooting at a Sodo nightclub.

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[–] PeterPoopshit 13 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

A day off without pay? A day off? In a line of work where it's common to work well beyond full time job amounts of hours per week? That's a reward not a punishment. They probably couldn't have got a day off without pay otherwise even if they wanted to.