publicola.com/2026/10/01/spd-overpaid-officers-by-13-million-now-the-city-wants-it-back SPD Overpaid Officers By $13 Million. Now the City Wants It Back.
A baseline mix-up using 2020 pay instead of 2024 just cost Seattle taxpayers over $13 million, with one officer pocketing $32,000 too much. Hundreds got five-figure overpayments, and the police guild's contract doesn't even say they have to give it back.
— via PubliCola, ericacbarnett
