Reform implication · 4 cases
Senior personnel investigations
When complaints land against department directors or other senior officials, internal HR is rarely the right venue. Reform routes those investigations to an outside body with subpoena power and publishes the outcome.
- | Metric | Value | |---|---:| | Emergency 911 calls / year | 300,000+ | | Non-emergency calls / year | 200,000+ | | Required standard | >90% of 911 calls answered within 15 seconds | | How they meet it | Mandatory overtime | | Source of…Structural failureCivil rights harm
- | Item | Finding | |---|---| | Total seized since 2017 | "Millions of dollars in cash" plus cars, houses, other property (no aggregate stated) | | Total cases | KCSO could not readily determine | | Cases challenged | KCSO could not readily…Civil rights harmStructural failureMisuse of public resources
- Pedro Gomez served as Director of External Affairs in Mayor Bruce Harrell's office. On June 18, 2024, Gomez allegedly raped Cheryl Delostrinos following a business meeting that Harrell had helped arrange. A police incident report describes…Special privilegesStructural failure
- In May 2024, Mayor Bruce Harrell removed Adrian Diaz as Seattle Police Department (SPD) Chief amid mounting reports of harassment, retaliation, and management dysfunction. Rather than being terminated, Diaz was moved to a "special…Conflict of interestSpecial privilegesStructural failure