Police
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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…
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City Inside/Out: Preschool, Police, Waterfront and More
The January edition of the Seattle Channel's City Inside/Out program airs at 7:30 p.m. tonight. This…
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Police Reform and Increasing Public Safety
On July 27, the city took a significant step toward reform of the Seattle Police Department…
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A New Philosophy of Policing for Seattle
My tenure as chair of the Council's public safety committee will end this afternoon when the…