“I’ve accomplished so much in the four years as chief, but there’s more to be done,” Diaz said. Diaz took over as acting chief in 2020 for Carmen Best, who resigned following a summer of demonstrations against police brutality after the killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis. He...
Chief: Seattle Protest Area Is Not a Police-Free Zone More The Associated Press A sign at an entrance to what has been named the Capitol Hill Occupied Protest zone in Seattle reads "Free Cap Hill," Monday, June 15, 2020. Protesters have taken over several blocks near downtown Seattle aft...
Rahr’s preference is someone with leadership experience, ideally someone who’s already been a chief somewhere else. So far, she’s not found that expertise inside the Seattle Police Department. The “acrimony, inside and outside,” h...
Seattle interim police Chief Sue Rahr fired OfficerDaniel Audereron Wednesday for the comments he made in the hours after the January 2023 death of Jaahnavi Kandula, CBS affiliate KIRO-TVreported. Rahr wrote in a departmentwide email sent Wednesday that it was her duty to u...
The article discusses the retirement of Seattle, Washington, Police Chief John Diaz in May 2013 in light of a federal investigation by the U.S. Department of Justice that uncovered evidence of biased policing among Seattle's police.EBSCO_bspWall Street Journal - Eastern Edition...
After the council cut the police budget, the department's then-chief Carmen Best retired early in protest. Interim Chief Adrian Diaz took over. He said it concerns him to see so many officers leave the department. "You know, it does because we saw our shootings go up. We saw our homici...
was chief of the Gauley Bridge, West Virginia Police Department in 2020 when he reportedly convinced a woman to sell her stepdaughter to him for $100. December 20, 2024 8:24am PST Watch: Bullet breaks school bus window, narrowly missing students Video from inside a school bus shows the ...
Seattle Mayor Bruce Harrell hired a firm to investigate sexual discrimination and harassment claims against leaders of the Seattle Police Department, including Chief Adrian Diaz. SEATTLE - Seattle Mayor Bruce Harrell hired a firm to investigate sexual discrimination and harassment claims against leaders ...
proposals Monday that would begin defunding the police department by cutting officers through layoffs and attrition — an action supported by demonstrators who have marched in the city following the police killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis but strongly opposed by the mayor and police chief. ...
A Seattle police officer has been fired for calling his Chinese American neighbor racist and sexist slurs while off duty in 2022.