Seattle mayor's office demanded fewer White men, military in police recruitment: memo

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Seattle mayor's office demanded fewer White men, military in police recruitment: memo
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Seattle Mayor Bruce Harrell's office issued guidelines for Seattle Police Department recruitment that asked for 'less' white males and officers with 'military bearing' to be featured.

that the police union fully supports"95% of what is listed in this recruiting document," but cannot abide by"discrimination."

Emails obtained by Fox News show the mayor's office planned an ad campaign targeting minority communities for police recruitment. In March 2023, Dalgetty worked with SPD human resources staff to create promotional materials for the planned recruitment drive in April.

Seattle Mayor Bruce Harrell speaks during a news conference in the Chinatown-International District neighborhood of Seattle on Monday, April 18, 2022. Harrell, swept into office on a law-and-order platform pledged to stem rising homelessness and crime. "As with OneDrive documents shared out for collaboration, edits were made to the ‘live’ OneDrive link that was still in draft form on March 22, 2023 and March 23, 2023. The only version that we have of that record is the version that has already been provided to you," the officer said.

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