Police
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Five things we should do to protect the public from chronic crime and persistent offenders in downtown
This post was first published earlier today at Crosscut.com. I’ve been thinking a lot about the…
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SPD Found in “Initial Compliance” on Use of Force
The monitoring team overseeing Seattle’s progress toward compliance with the federal court order related to Constitutional…
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Defending the Rule of Law
Over the past couple of weeks, it has been suggested that Seattle police officers should not…
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The Long Road to Effective Management of Our Police Department
When Kathy O’Toole assumed command of the Seattle Police Department in June, 2014, she inherited a…
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The Hard Work of Innovative Policing
Two weeks ago I spoke on a panel at a White House forum on innovations in…
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The False Promise of the Death Penalty
Two high-profile death penalty trials are underway in King County Superior Court: the 2009 assassination of…
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Looking Outside for Assistant Police Chiefs
Earlier this week, Chief O’Toole announced that she is opening up the five assistant chief positions…
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Looking Upstream
The following article was sent out in my City View Newsletter, which you can sign up…
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Reflections on Ferguson and Seattle
The following article was posted today on Crosscut. It has been just over a week since the…
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Returning to Kindergarten
Recently I returned to Stevens Elementary – where I attended kindergarten – to talk with the…