Mayor Jenny Durkan selected him as a department insider to run Seattle Police after Chief Carmen Best bailed on the city. Mayor Bruce Harrell and the Seattle City Council kept him around as interim and then gave him the job to start last year. Now Chief Adrian Diaz is out amid allegations of gender discrimination,…
Diaz's departure comes amid a staffing crisis and lawsuits alleging racial discrimination, sexism within the department. Sue Rahr is the former King County sheriff.
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After his four years in the position, the shakeup follows accusations of discrimination, female officers suing for sexual harassment and more complaints.