Former Seattle Police Chief Carmen Best complained Thursday about a demoralizing effect of the “Defund the Police” movement for law enforcement officers. Best, who retired in September 2020 after the Seattle City Council had approved proposals drastically reducing the police department budget, appeared Thursday on Fox News’ “America’s Newsroom,” where she commented on the implications of the “Defund the Police” movement on cops. We should have a wide level of diversity within all our organizations,” she said. I know in Seattle when officers left, many of them on their exit interviews laid the blame mostly at the city council for not supporting them through budget and other avenues,” Best added. Carmen Best, former Seattle police chief, speaks out on the rising crime in cities across the country: “We really need to have the numbers [of police officers] increased.” pic.twitter.com/vCjZyvpptt — RNC Research (@RNCResearch) October 26, 2021“We really need to have the numbers [of police officers] increased,” she then suggested.

Source: Fox News October 28, 2021 22:55 UTC