Seattle confirms Shon Barnes as police chief, pledges full SPD staffing by 2027

The Seattle City Council unanimously confirmed Shon Barnes as the city’s next police chief.

“We do have a plan, and we have been working, and we’re ready to debut that plan to our community and show them how we’re going to work together as a collaborative police department to achieve the type of public safety that we want,” Barnes told the city council during the announcement.

With his appointment as Seattle’s top cop now official, he vowed that staffing in the Seattle Police Department (SPD) will be at full capacity by 2027…

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