Seattle Mayor Jenny Durkan named Carmen Best as the new Seattle police chief on Tuesday morning after a search that began in January. The Seattle City Council will need to confirm Best before she can ...

Best has been running SPD ever since Chief Kathleen O’Toole resigned in late 2016. She has worked with the Seattle Police Department for 25 years, acting as a media relations officer, narcotics ...

Acting Police Chief Carmen Best, center, with Nikkita Oliver of Seattle's People's Party and Andre Taylor of Not This Time. Credit: Lester Black Acting Police Chief Carmen Best and the two other ...

Seattle finally has an official police chief to replace Kathleen O’Toole. The first African American woman to hold the position, Carmen Best is traversing the Emerald City on Tuesday for a handful of ...