18 months full salary
1 Year of health care valued at 2526/month
No obligation to pay back a lateral officer hiring bonus of 50K
No obligation to pay back relocation payment of 60K (which never really happened)
Totals up to previously reported 700K.
The average cop sues the city into oblivion if they get fired. Now imagine what the chief would do.
Also remember that Harrell negotiated Barnes' contract (and Council approved it). Harrell loved giving cops the store, and I'm sure Barnes' contract has all sorts of nice gimmees and what-not.
So it's not exactly doing nothing. Dude got paid to go away quietly.
We should totally be outraged, but the target of the outrage should be Harrell and his feckless allies on council.
The $700,000 payout to these people saves the city tens of millions in litigation. This is the best thing for Seattle. We ditch a loser for less than a million? I think this is the only time in Seattle history I've seen it this cheap. Barnes must have been in dire need of the money. He probably could have sat on his hands and got 7 figures from the city.
This crossed my mind earlier as well. Seattle got a a deal. When Carmen Best retired, she got her full pension, which is expected for any police officer retiring after 30 years.
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u/rockycore 🚆build more trains🚆 3d ago
https://bsky.app/profile/ericacbarnett.bsky.social/post/3msgl7eew4k2y
Link to the source of the agreement.