Seattle deputy mayor: New SPD chief to be appointed before 2024 ends
BY STEVE COOGAN
Seattle Deputy Mayor Tim Burgess announced on KIRO Newsradio’s “The John Curley Show” Friday afternoon the city hopes to make an announcement about the new chief of the Seattle Police Department (SPD) in December.
Speaking to Tim Gaydos and Greg Tomlin who were filling in for Curley, Burgess added that the city has successfully met their deadline to find a permanent replacement by the end of 2024.
“The news I’ll break is that we’re going to meet our deadline of appointing a new chief before the end of the year,” Burgess said during the interview Friday.
In a short statement emailed to KIRO Newsradio and MyNorthwest Friday afternoon, Jamie Housen, a spokesperson for Seattle Mayor Bruce Harrell, explained that a candidate hasn’t been chosen.
https://mynorthwest.com/4012657/seattle-deputy-mayor-new-spd-chief-to-be-announced-in-december/