She loves the department and her officers. ©2020 FOX News Network, LLC. She said two sources told her that the announcement is imminent.The Seattle City Council also cut Best’s roughly $285,000 annual salary and the pay of other top police leaders, although the final cuts to Best’s salary were significantly more modest than those approved last week.

Republican Sen. Tom Cotton, one of the 11 Americans sanctioned by China, joins 'Fox & Friends. Diaz will serve as interim police chiefPolice Chief Carmen Best announces her resignation as Deputy Police Chief Adrian Diaz, looks on, at a news conference, Seattle, Aug. 11, 2020. All market data delayed 20 minutes. "I'm sad to leave in some ways but you know when it's time it's time," Best told reporters. Turn on desktop notifications for breaking stories about interest? Seattle’s police chief resigned late Monday in the wake of protests against police brutality and a recent Seattle City Council vote to defund her department by 14%. She had been with the department for 28 years. "She loves the city she served. "The council gave us $1.6 million to make sure that we hired the best and the brightest and the most diverse and brought them on and less than a year later, we're gonna just turn them all away." Best, who made history when she became the city’s first Black female police chief in 2018, said the resignation would be effective Sept. 2. SEATTLE — Seattle Police Chief Carmen Best will retire in September after 28 years with the department. The council plan also takes officers off a team that removes homeless camps.On Monday, only Council Member Kshama Sawant voted against the budget package, saying it does not do enough to defund the police.Best, who served in the department for 28 years, ended her email saying that she looks forward to “seeing how this department moves forward through the process of re-envisioning public safety. USA TODAY . Seattle police chief resigns in wake of 'personal' budget cuts to departmentCoronavirus updates: Over 1,000 students under quarantine in 1 school districtWeaponizing religion: Trump's attacks on Biden's faith, calling him 'against God' Fauci says he has serious doubts Russia's COVID-19 vaccine is safe, effectivePolice Chief Carmen Best discussed steps to help combat police brutality and protect the rights of Black residents. ©2020 FOX News Network, LLC. She does it always such grace was such a great sense of humor in such a great deep humility."

He has been in law enforcement for more than 20 years. “This was a difficult decision for me, but when it’s time, it’s time.”She thanked Mayor Jenny Durkan for her “her continuous support” and said that the Seattle PD is “truly the best police department in the country, and please trust me when I say, the vast majority of  the people in Seattle support you and appreciate you.”Durkan and Best had urged the council to slow down its discussions about police budgets, saying the issue could be taken up in earnest when the 2021 city budget is considered.They also said any layoffs would disproportionately target newer officers, often hired from minority communities, and would inevitably lead to lawsuits.Brandi Kruse, a reporter for Q13 Fox, tweeted that there is a press conference set for 11 a.m. Tuesday.

Best and Durkan had both urged the council to delay the budget cuts until 2021.

You are without a doubt the best police department in the country." Durkan has appointed deputy chief Adrian Diaz as interim police chief. All rights reserved. "What is important is you have remained committed to being the best to continuously improving and innovating," she added. The announcement came came just hours after the city’s council voted to reduce the department’s spending plan by 14%, far below the 50% reduction that some council members had advocated for. All rights reserved. '“These police chiefs and their police officers are simply trying to enforce the law and explain to them If you defund the police, if you tell the police to pull back from certain neighborhoods, if you just disrespect law enforcement in general, you’re going to get more crime, you’re not going to appease rioters in the streets and, unfortunately, that’s what we’re continuing to see in so many of our cities,” Cotton, R-Ark., told “Best’s email, which was obtained by Jason Rantz, a local radio host, said that her retirement will be effective Sept. 2.“I wanted you to hear this from me, but some media have reached this conclusion on their own,” she wrote. Seattle Police Chief Carmen Best, right, speaks, Monday, July 13, 2020, during a news conference at City Hall in Seattle. Approval of the measure first came with an 7-1 vote on several amendments introduced by the council that included cutting the pay of top police officers and eliminating the Navigation Team and SWAT unit. "I definitely think it's personal, but with that said, I'm stepping out of the way and doing what a real leader would do and focusing on what's going to help the organization and the wheel forward," Best said. Carmen Best announced her shocking retirement in an email to staff, saying it was a “difficult decision,” but the department formally announced her departure in a press conference Tuesday afternoon. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, "She has been a role model for so many women, especially young black women and girls. Seattle's Chief of Police, Carmen Best, has announced her resignation just hours after the City Council voted to defund the police by reducing the department by as many as 100 officers. "It feels very duplicitous and, honestly, I just, I have my convictions I cannot do that," she added. She noted that Best helped the city grapple with a global pandemic "that's getting worse" and guided it through "a civil rights reckoning that has made our nation, our state and our city confront, acknowledge and begin to truly address the generational harms caused by systemic racism." Seattle police chief blames City Council as she steps down after vote to cut $4 million in budget, 100 officers. She said called her departure a "deep loss for our city," especially during the ongoing civil unrest happening throughout the city and across the nation. I relish the work that will be done by all of you.”Get all the stories you need-to-know from the most powerful name in news delivered first thing every morning to your inboxThis material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.

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