FOLLOWUP: Seattle Police chief search proceeds with ’40+ qualified applications’

Three months after former Seattle Police Chief Shon Barnes‘s departure, Mayor Katie Wilson‘s office has provided an update today on the search for a new permanent chief. More than “40 qualified applications” were in by the cutoff date at the end of October, “including both internal and external candidates.” The advisory committee co-chaired by a West Seattleite, retired State Supreme Court Justice Mary Yu, is reviewing them now and “will advance the top candidates for a competitive examination l

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