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Police Reform
3:07 pm
Tue April 9, 2013

SPD Chief Diaz Steps Aside

Credit AP Photo/Ted S. Warren
Seattle Police Chief John Diaz at a press conference in 2009.

Seattle Police Chief John Diaz announced on Monday that he’s stepping down. Diaz was appointed chief by Mayor Mike McGinn in 2010 and served 33 years with the SPD. Assistant Chief Jim Pugel will lead the department until the city hires a successor. How will Diaz's departure affect SPD morale and the city's ongoing police reforms? We talk with City Attorney Pete Holmes, public defender Lisa Daugaard and Seattle Times reporter Steve Miletich.

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