Seattle Overpaid Its Police $13.1 Million by Mistake
The City of Seattle says it overpaid more than 900 Seattle Police Department employees about $13.1 million. A new police contract included a 6% raise backdated to 2024. When the city calculated that back pay, it used officers' 2020 base pay instead of their 2024 pay, so the payments came out much larger. The money went out in June 2026 paychecks. In July, the police department told the City Budget Office that its budget and its spending on back pay didn't match. In September, employees were tol
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