Seattle police chief lays out plan for hitting ‘reset,’ but questions remain

Interim Seattle Police Chief Adrian Diaz presented the department’s Strategic Plan for 2022 to city council’s public safety committee on Tuesday, detailing goals for recruitment and retention, addressing rising rates of violent crime, and rising to meet calls for reform from the last two years.

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The plan was outlined in a 29-page document, presented by Diaz as part of an hour-long question and answer session with members of the committee. In it, he stressed his hope to have the Seattle Police Department “hit the reset button.”

“It lays a foundation for a compassionate and empathetic department that

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