A chief of police (COP) is the title given to an appointed official or an elected one in the chain of command of a police department,particularly in North America. A chief of police may also be known as a police chief or sometimes just a chief,while some countries favour other titles such as commissioner or chief constable. A police chief is appointed by and answerable to a state or local government.
The Seattle Police Department (SPD) is the principal law enforcement agency of the city of Seattle,Washington,United States,except for the campus of the University of Washington,which is under the responsibility of its own police department.
Kathleen M. O'Toole is an American law enforcement officer who served as Chief of the Seattle Police Department (SPD) from June 23,2014,to January 4,2018. She was previously the first female commissioner of the Boston Police Department,when appointed by Mayor of Boston Thomas M. Menino in February 2004.
The King County Sheriff's Office (KCSO) is a local law enforcement agency in King County,Washington,United States. It is the primary law enforcement agency for all unincorporated areas of King County,as well as 12 cities and two transit agencies which contract their police services to the KCSO. KCSO also provides police and fire Aircraft Rescue and Fire Fighting to the King County International Airport. KCSO also provides regional-level support services to other local law enforcement agencies such as air support and search and rescue. The department has over 1,000 employees and serves 2.1 million citizens,over 500,000 of whom live in either unincorporated areas or the 12 contract cities.
Bruce Allen Harrell is an American politician and attorney serving as the 57th and current mayor of Seattle,Washington. He was a member of the Seattle City Council from 2008 to 2020. From 2016 to 2020,he was president of the city council. He was acting mayor of Seattle from September 13 to 18,2017. He was elected mayor in his own right in the 2021 Seattle mayoral election,becoming the second Black mayor since Norm Rice,and the first African-Asian American mayor of the city.
Jenny Anne Durkan is an American attorney,former federal prosecutor,and politician who served as the 56th mayor of Seattle,Washington. She is the daughter of Martin Durkan. Durkan is a member of the Democratic Party. After earning her Juris Doctor from University of Washington School of Law in 1985,Durkan began practicing law as a criminal defense lawyer and civil litigator. In October 2009,President Barack Obama appointed her United States Attorney for the Western District of Washington. She held that position until September 2014.
Timothy L. Burgess is an American journalist and politician from Seattle,Washington. He was a member of the Seattle City Council from 2007 to 2017,and served as Mayor of Seattle for 71 days in late 2017. Prior to his political career,Burgess was a radio journalist and Seattle Police Department (SPD) officer.
The murder of Timothy Brenton occurred on October 31,2009,in the Central District of Seattle,Washington,United States. Timothy Quinn Brenton,an officer with the Seattle Police Department (SPD),was seated in a parked patrol car with another officer discussing a traffic stop when a gunman stopped his vehicle alongside the patrol car,opened fire on both officers,and fled the scene. Brenton died at the scene and his partner sustained minor injuries. One week later,as a public memorial service for Brenton was being held at KeyArena,the gunman was seriously wounded and apprehended after being shot by police officers in Tukwila.
Steve Strachan is an American law enforcement officer and politician. He has served as the Chief of the Bremerton,Washington Police Department,Chief of the Lakeville,Minnesota Police Department,the Chief of the Kent,Washington Police Department,and the Sheriff of King County,Washington. He also served as a Member of the Minnesota House of Representatives,representing District 36B.
Police reform in the United States is an ongoing political movement that seeks to reform systems of law enforcement throughout the United States. Many goals of the police reform movement center on police accountability. Specific goals may include:lowering the criminal intent standard,limiting or abolishing qualified immunity for law enforcement officers,sensitivity training,conflict prevention and mediation training,updating legal frameworks,and granting administrative subpoena power to the U.S. Department of Justice for "pattern or practice" investigations into police misconduct and police brutality.
Anne Kirkpatrick is an American law enforcement officer and the current Superintendent of the New Orleans Police Department. Prior to New Orleans,she was the former Chief of the Spokane Police Department and the first woman to head the Oakland Police Department.
Mitzi G. Johanknecht is an American police officer who served as the sheriff of King County,Washington from 2018 to 2022. Prior to her election in 2017,she served for 32 years at the King County Sheriff's Office,holding the rank of major.
This is a list of protests over the murder of George Floyd that took place in the state of Washington in 2020.
The city of Seattle experienced protests over the murder of George Floyd in 2020 and 2021. Beginning on May 29,2020,demonstrators took to the streets throughout the city for marches and sit-ins,often of a peaceful nature but which also devolved into riots. Participants expressed opposition to systemic racism,police brutality and violence against people of color.
Carmen Best is an American former law enforcement officer who served as the chief of police of the Seattle Police Department from 2018 to 2020. She was the first black woman to lead Seattle's police force. She was chief of police during the George Floyd protests. She announced her resignation in August 2020 following budget cuts,and officially left office on September 2,2020. Best currently serves as Director of Global Security Risk Operations at Microsoft.
The Capitol Hill Autonomous Zone (CHAZ) or Capitol Hill Organized Protest (CHOP),originally Free Capitol Hill and occasionally the Capitol Hill Occupied Protest (CHOP),was an unlawful occupation protest and self-declared autonomous zone in the Capitol Hill neighborhood of Seattle,Washington. The zone,originally covering two intersections at the corners of Cal Anderson Park and the roads leading up to them,was established on June 8,2020,by people protesting the May 2020 killing of George Floyd by a police officer in Minneapolis,Minnesota. The zone was cleared of occupants by police on July 1,2020.
Adrian Z. Diaz is an American law enforcement officer who served as the chief of the Seattle Police Department from 2020 to 2024. Diaz had previously served as deputy chief of the department. Diaz assumed office in an acting capacity on September 2,2020,following the resignation of Carmen Best. On September 20,2022,Diaz was appointed to the permanent position.
Graffiti is a cause of disagreement among residents of Seattle,in the U.S. state of Washington.
