On July 14th, 2022 the UW Political Economy Forum hosts former Seattle Police Chief Carmen Best for an author meets critics event where we’ll discuss her new book, “Black in Blue: Lessons in Leadership, Breaking Barriers and Racial Reconciliation."
The first African-American woman to hold the top policing job in Seattle, Washington, Chief Carmen Best (Ret.) served with the Seattle Police Department for twenty-eight years. In 2018, Chief Best was promoted to Chief of Police, a job she called “a dream of a lifetime,” managing approximately 2,000 sworn and civilian employees. She quickly began efforts to diversify the police force, which had long been less diverse than the city, recruiting more than forty new officers of color.
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