“Facing increasing crime, gun violence, and public safety issues, our next permanent chief must be able to respond to these challenges with urgency and innovation,” Mayor Bruce Harrell said in a press release.
since he took office, clarifying further on Thursday that he remains “pleased” with the interim chief’s work thus far, while encouraging him to apply for formal consideration now that the search process is beginning in earnest.
A “competitive examination” of multiple candidates is also required in Seattle’s city charter, which mandates that the field eventually be narrowed down to three finalists. Harrell will then pick from those three, with that final selection subject to a confirmation vote by the city council. The last search for a new police chief in Seattle took place in 2018 after then-chief Katherine O’Toole stepped down, ultimately ending in Best’s appointment. That selection process was mired in controversy in its early stages, after Best was left off the initial list of three finalists chosen by a 25-member search committee.
All three of the finalists in 2018 had not previously served with the Seattle Police Department.
Best served in the role for two years before announcing her decision to step down in August 2020, following months of social justice protests and the formation — and eventual dismantling– of the Capitol Hill Occupied Protest zone outside the East Precinct, and just days after city council approved a series of cuts to SPD’s budget spanning mounted patrol, school resource officers, public affairs, Harbor Patrol, SWAT, and more.
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