Carmen Best

9 Stories

Seattle’s Carmen Best is being considered for NY police commissioner job

The New York Times is reporting former Seattle Police Chief Carmen Best is on the short list of candidates for police commissioner at the New York Police Department.
Katie Campbell

Angela King
Former Seattle Police Chief Carmen Best speaks plainly about being 'Black in Blue' in new book

Former Seattle Police Chief Carmen Best started her law enforcement career the same year Rodney King was brutally beaten by Los Angeles police officers. She ended her career in 2020, just a few months after George Floyd was murdered by police in Minneapolis. And the intervening years were marked with too
Angela King

Katie Campbell
Jenny Durkan on the decision to leave East Precinct, and those missing texts

Homelessness, economic recovery, policing – these issues don’t wait for an election. They’re being addressed – or not, depending on your perspective – in real time.
Angela King

Katie Campbell
Seattle Now: Do NOT touch the armadillos

Another week, another shot at making sense of what life is like now with KUOW's Adwoa Gyimah-Brempong and the Seattle Storm’s Mercedes Russell.
Patricia Murphy

Clare McGrane
SPD faces officer shortage as Seattle grows. But there's some progress

In 2018, the Seattle Police Department hired dozens of officers. But so many left that same year that the department suffered a net loss of 41 people.
Kate Walters
Seattle Police Chief identifies, denounces officer fired for social media posts.

Seattle Police Chief identifies, denounces officer fired for social media posts.
Kim Malcolm

Amy Radil
'No battle brewing.' Seattle officials pledge to address crime together.

Seattle officials walk streets, promising to be on same page in promoting safe neighborhoods.
Amy Radil
As Carmen Best becomes Seattle police chief, questions persist about unusual process

As Carmen Best enters the confirmation process to become Seattle’s next police chief, she told the City Council Wednesday how her profession has...
Amy Radil
Interim no longer: Carmen Best named next Seattle Police Chief

After public uproar following the initial selection for the city's new head of police, Seattle Mayor Jenny Durkan announced Tuesday morning that Interim...
Kara McDermott