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Mayor-elect announces members of Police Chief Search Committee
SEATTLE – Mayor-elect McGinn today announced the members of the Police Chief Search Committee. The search committee will hold an organizational meeting on January 13th. A recommendation is expected to the mayor by May.
As previously announced, the co-chairs of the search committee are Downtown Seattle Association President Kate Joncas and Charles Rolland, board president for Community and Parents for Public Schools of Seattle.
A complete list of the committee members is after the jump.
James Armstrong – Loren Miller Bar Association, Armstrong Law Offices
Robert Boruchowitz – Seattle University School of Law
Tina Bueche – Pioneer Square & Office of Professional Accountability Review Board
Terrance Carroll – Seattle University School of Law
Louise Chernin – Greater Seattle Business Association
Dave Freiboth – King County Labor Council
Kay Godefroy – Seattle Neighborhood Group
Bruce Harrell – City Council
Pramila Jayapal – OneAmerica
Kate Joncas – Downtown Seattle Association
Ahoue Kone – Seattle Immigration and Family Law Group
Anne Levinson – Former Deputy Mayor
Roberto Maestas – El Centro de la Raza
Michael Malone – Hunters Capital
Rich O’Neill – Seattle Police Officers Guild
Cindy Potter – Greenwood Aurora Involved Neighbors
Charles Rolland – Community and Parents for Public Schools of Seattle
Lt. Eric Sano – Seattle Police Management Association
Dan Satterberg – King County Prosecutor
Mary Ellen Stone – King County Sexual Assault Resource Center
Kathleen Taylor – American Civil Liberties Union of Washington
Tony To – Homesight
Rev. Harriett Walden – Mothers for Police Accountability
Jenna Walden – Othello Neighborhood Association, SE Seattle Crime Prevention Council
Rev. Aaron Williams – Mt. Zion Baptist Church
Posted by: Aaron Pickus, Assistant Communications Director
Comments
Comment from Taylor Bowie
Time January 1, 2010 at 8:02 pm
I would have liked to have seen Councilman Tim Burgess on this list, given his diverse background and understanding of police work.
Comment from Roger Freeman
Time January 28, 2010 at 9:43 am
Mr. Mayor,
For years now I have been underwhelmed by the city’s hiring practices for the position of Seattle Police Chief. Let’s me be clear, there are multiple people on the department who are more then qualified to take position of Chief. Acting Chief Diaz and or Nick Mets would make outstanding chiefs for this great city. For once, let’s do something different, hire from within. Acknowledge the leadership of the department who have for for years worked tirelessly to ensure the public safety of our city. The same leaders who have stood by the widows and families of our fallen officers, the same leaders who have worked within the department to clean up the WTO mess, Mardi Gras Riots and other difficult events in the departments past.
Mr. Mayor, please don’t make the same tired old decision as other mayors before you and hire an individual from outside the city or the northwest who does not have the respect or understanding of the department and this city. I hope, for every one person you have on your “search committee” you will talk to five officers on the street to get their perspective.
Yes it’s a major political appointment but at the end of the day, he or she is a POLICE OFFICER…. a SEATTLE POLICE OFFICER. Give those who aspire to reach the level of Chief within the department the chance to prove all the long nights of hard work over the years will be acknowledged by giving them the opportunity at the top spot.
PLEASE break the paradigm of bad choices made over the years of Chiefs who were lap dogs for the Mayor’s office and did not have the respect of the rank and file officers on the street.
Show real leadership… I don’t ever want to see another chief who can’t spell Wallingford, Fauntleroy or Briarcliff. I want a chief who understand the real history of the department, the mistakes that have been made in the past and is willing to leave the office and support the department down to the beat officer on the street.
That is what the City of Seattle deserves and should demand in the search for a new Chief.
Comment from Chris
Time January 1, 2010 at 7:51 pm
Wow! Twenty-five individuals for police chief search committee!
While I appreciate the involvement of so many different facets of the community being represented, the sheer number of people on this committee gives the perception of an overly-bureacratic process–and government.
I certainly hope that this committee is broken down in to smaller sub-committees, with a core, primary executive committee that make the ultimate decision. Trying to find consensus on a committee this large will prove to be very challenginf.
Good luck to you though!