SCORCHED EARTH: Cop lets loose on 'spineless mayor' and city's sad descent into 'anarchy' in fiery resignation letter. Read it in full.
A now-retiredunleashed 23 years of pent-up frustration with police and city leaders in an"unfiltered, raw, and unapologetic" resignation letter.
Retired Seattle Police Lt. Jessica Taylor left the department on Aug. 1, 2023 with a scathing resignation letter accusing police and city leaders of failing Seattle. "Know that this city's officers and citizens are suffering under your failed leadership and the incompetence of those in power," Taylor wrote."The people of this city deserve leaders who will stand up for what's right, enforce law and order, prosecute those who break it, and prioritize the safety and well-being of its residents above all else. It's time for a reckoning, and the citizens of Seattle deserve competent leadership.
"SPD is dangerously understaffed, and the officers and their families are suffering," Taylor wrote."The hours are ruthlessly long, and due to the staffing crisis , these unsafe conditions are entirely unacceptable. Completely. They have also been working for years without a contract — Also unacceptable."Taylor told Rantz that leaving was bittersweet despite her problems with the department.
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