In the last 8 years SPD has become completely unmotivated to do their job despite never having their budget cut. Adjacent police departments like Kirkland and Lake Forest Park are much more willing to do their job, but they fire officers who don't do their job, while SPD retains these caustic, non-performing officers.
So long as we let our officers in Seattle getaway with billing fraudulent hours that weren't worked, ignoring core job duties, and slow rolling the duties that they do do, we will be stuck with an ineffective police force.