#BREAKINGNEWS: Chief Carmen Best just emailed her resignation notice to Seattle police officers. pic.twitter.com/Y8y7etOXvU
— (((Jason Rantz))) on KTTH Radio (@jasonrantz) August 11, 2020
Best’s move to retire also comes after the Seattle City Council announced on Monday that it was cutting roughly $3 million from the budget, including:
- Cut 32 officers from patrol – $533,000
- Reduced specialized units including officers assigned to mounted unit, school resource officers, homeland security, harbor patrol, SWAT team – $250,000
- Removed officers from Navigation Team, ensuring homeless neighbors are not retraumatized by armed patrol officers – $216,000
- Reduced staff budget through recognizing expected attrition – $500,000
- Reduced administrative costs, including salaries, community outreach, public affairs
- Cut $56,000 from training and travel expenses
- Cut recruitment and retention – $800,000
- Transferred victim advocates from SPD to Human Services Department – $377,000 impact
- Removed two sworn officer positions from the 911 Emergency Call Center
Best was targeted at the start of the month by “aggressive” far-left activists who showed up to her home, which she responded to by asking that the City Council stand up against “mob rule.”
read more here: https://www.dailywire.com/news/breaking-seattle-police-chief-resigning-after-democrat-city-council-votes-to-cut-police-budget/
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I would have told them eat dirt I am going nowhere.
I all reaady wished the Chief a happy retirement and advised her to move to a state where they would not tax her pension!