{"id":1998022,"date":"2023-08-11T15:24:01","date_gmt":"2023-08-11T19:24:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/veteran-seattle-cop-signs-off-after-23-years-instead-of-routine-exit-form-she-files-a-brutal-15-page-resignation-letter\/"},"modified":"2023-08-11T15:28:43","modified_gmt":"2023-08-11T19:28:43","slug":"veteran-seattle-cop-signs-off-after-23-years-instead-of-routine-exit-form-she-files-a-brutal-15-page-resignation-letter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/veteran-seattle-cop-signs-off-after-23-years-instead-of-routine-exit-form-she-files-a-brutal-15-page-resignation-letter\/","title":{"rendered":"Seattle cop retires after 23 years, submits a fierce 15-page resignation letter instead of a standard exit form."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">36<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fveteran-seattle-cop-signs-off-after-23-years-instead-of-routine-exit-form-she-files-a-brutal-15-page-resignation-letter%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1998022&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>Seattle Police \u2064Lieutenant Retires with a Bang<\/h2>\n<p>On her way out \u2064of her job as a Seattle \u2063police lieutenant, Jessica \u2062Taylor handed in a letter raking the city\u2019s left-wing \u200bleaders \u200bover the \u200dcoals \u2064for destroying her once-great city.<\/p>\n<p>Taylor retired from the Seattle\u200c Police \u2063Department on \u200dAug. 1 after 23 years on the\u2063 job, but instead of simply filling out the usual exit interview form, she left a scathing note blasting Police\u2062 Chief Adrian Diaz, Mayor Bruce Harrell and the Seattle City Council for driving <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/nra-others-sue-seattle-gun-storage-law\/?ff_source=usaheadlinenews.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Seattle<\/a> into \u201canarchy &#038; chaos.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Taylor\u200c shared her <a href=\"https:\/\/mynorthwest.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/watermark-Jessica-Taylor.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">15-page, \u200bfull-frontal\u2063 attack<\/a> on the\u200c city\u2019s failed\u200b leadership with <a href=\"https:\/\/mynorthwest.com\/3918086\/rantz-seattle-cop-says-criminals-running-city-brutal-resignation-letter\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">KTTH-AM\u2019s Jason Rantz<\/a> and spoke to him about her frustrations.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI wanted to go out with the truth,\u201d\u200d Taylor told Rantz on his radio show.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">LISTEN:\u200d Jessica Taylor served in the Seattle Police\u200b Dept for the last 23 years. But on August 1st, she called it quits. And she made\u200b sure she didn\u2019t leave quietly, \u200bcalling out the culture of lawlessness courtesy \u2064of our City Council and mayor.<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/CogkGipPLb\">https:\/\/t.co\/CogkGipPLb<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Jason Rantz\u2064 on KTTH Radio \u2062(@jasonrantz) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jasonrantz\/status\/1689625916472004608?\">August 10, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<h3>Unleashing the Truth<\/h3>\n<p>\u201cChief Diaz, let me tell \u2062you, the state of the Seattle Police\u2064 Department and this city is a disgrace,\u201d she wrote in the letter. \u201cThe toxic mix of \u2064the Seattle City Council\u2019s absurdity, the\u200b spinelessness \u200dof \u2063the\u2062 Mayor,\u2064 the leniency of the prosecutor\u2019s office, and\u2062 your failed leadership has accelerated this city\u2019s \u200bdownhill slide straight to rock bottom. The problems were already brewing before you came \u200bon\u200d the scene, but since your \u2064arrival, \u200cit\u2019s been \u2063a free \u200dfall into anarchy \u200b&#038; chaos.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The retired officer\u200d added that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/liberal-citys-nightmare-continues-spiral-control-selling-places-literally-loss-just-able-get\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">extremist<\/a> city \u200bofficials have \u201clost touch\u200c with reality, making decisions\u2062 that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/explain-the-business-strategy-cnn-mocked-over-brian-stelters-new-streaming-gig\/\" title=\"\u2018Explain The Business Strategy\u2019: CNN Mocked Over Brian Stelter\u2019s New Streaming Gig\">defy common sense<\/a> and basic logic.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTheir \u2063priority is playing politics and pandering to\u200c radical ideologies rather than\u2064 genuinely serving the\u2062 city\u2019s and\u2062 its residents best interests,\u201d Taylor\u2063 said of council members. \u201cTheir absurd \u200dpolicies have \u2062turned\u200b Seattle\u2063 into \u200ba\u2064 playground for \u2064anarchists and criminals, and they \u200bseem utterly unconcerned with\u200b the devastating \u2064consequences of their\u2063 actions. If you haven\u2019t\u200c noticed, the criminals are running this city.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Taylor also\u200d blasted Harrell \u2062for lacking\u200c the \u201ccourage\u201d\u200c to take on \u2063his\u200c own City\u200d Council.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cInstead of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/free-beacon-staff-to-editors-arm-the-nathan-robinson-regime-to-prevent-communist-takeover-of-current-affairs\/\" title=\"Free Beacon Staff to Editors: Arm the Nathan Robinson Regime To Prevent Communist Takeover of \u2018Current Affairs\u2019\">taking decisive action<\/a> to\u2062 protect the city and its \u2064citizens, the Mayor ignores the rampant lawlessness on our streets,\u201d she\u2063 wrote. \u201cIt\u2019s a disgrace to see \u200da <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/veteran-seattle-cop-signs-off-after-23-years-instead-of-routine-exit-form-she-files-a-brutal-15-page-resignation-letter\/\" title=\"Seattle cop retires after 23 years, submits a fierce 15-page resignation letter instead of a standard exit form.\">city leader prioritize \u200dpolitical correctness<\/a> over the safety and well-being of its \u200bpeople.<\/p>\n<p>The former cop went on \u2063to lament \u2062that the council\u2019s leftism is bringing a \u201cperfect storm of\u200c incompetence and chaos\u201d\u2063 to Seattle\u2063 and wonder how \u2063officials aren\u2019t \u2063embarrassed by their failures.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s\u200b no wonder Seattle has\u200c become a laughingstock of the nation and \u200cthe globe,\u201d Taylor said. \u201cThey \u200dare laughing about us on the international news. Aren\u2019t you embarrassed? I am. It\u2019s mortifying. The city that once prided itself on progressiveness and prosperity has now become a hotbed for crime and anarchy.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>She said \u2063the \u201cradical\u201d city leaders care more about \u201cpandering to extreme ideologies than \u200bactually governing.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cInstead of taking decisive action to protect\u200c the city and its citizens,\u200d the\u200c Mayor \u2063disregards the rampant lawlessness on our streets,\u201d she wrote. \u201cIt\u2019s a disgrace to see a city leader prioritize political correctness over the safety and\u2064 well-being of its people. Listen, Seattle \u200ddeserves better, \u2062and it\u2019s time for a complete overhaul of\u2063 the\u200c leadership\u200c that has driven this city and state into the\u2064 ground.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Taylor said she had \u2063developed\u2063 trigeminal neuralgia, a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/white-house-facing-questions-over-whether-prioritizing-teachers-for-vaccine-violates-equity\/\" title=\"White House Facing Questions Over Whether Prioritizing Teachers For Vaccine Violates \u2018Equity\u2019\">chronic medical condition<\/a> that \u2063causes intermittent but severe facial \u2062pain. She\u200d said she \u2063feared the COVID-19 vaccine would\u2063 make the condition worse, so she applied for a medical\u2064 exemption for\u2063 the city\u2019s vaccine mandate. But instead of being given the exemption, the department punished her \u200cby \u200dsuspending her without \u2064pay, Taylor \u200bsaid.<\/p>\n<p>She also said the adherents of the \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/woman-heartbroken-defund-police-movement-gives-touching-gifts-nyc-cops\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">defund\u200c the police\u201d<\/a> \u2063movement on what she called the\u200d \u201cradical \u200dCity Council\u201d destroyed the morale of the \u200cdepartment.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 12px auto 6px auto;font-family: Helvetica,Arial,Sans-serif;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;font-weight: normal;font-size: 14px;line-height: normal;display: block\"><a style=\"text-decoration: underline\" title=\"View Jessica Taylor Letter on Scribd\" href=\"https:\/\/www.scribd.com\/document\/664428041\/Jessica-Taylor-Letter#from_embed\">Jessica Taylor Letter<\/a> by <a style=\"text-decoration: underline\" title=\"View The Western Journal's profile on Scribd\" href=\"https:\/\/www.scribd.com\/user\/480928840\/The-Western-Journal#from_embed\">The Western \u200cJournal<\/a><\/p>\n<h3>A City in Crisis<\/h3>\n<p>\u201cSPD is dangerously \u2062understaffed, and\u2064 the officers \u2063and\u200d their families\u2062 are suffering,\u201d Taylor wrote. \u2063\u201cThe hours are ruthlessly long, and due\u2062 to the\u200b staffing crisis (created\u2062 by you, the mayor, and the council), these unsafe\u2062 conditions \u2062are entirely unacceptable. Completely.\u2064 They have also been working \u2063for\u200c years\u200d without a \u2064contract \u2014 Also unacceptable.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Taylor \u200csaid she is distraught over the conditions she and \u2062her fellow officers \u2064have been\u200d forced to work under, which she said are making Seattle\u200d a more \u200c <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/assaults-seattle-firefighters-skyrocket-high-may-impact-critical-services\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">dangerous place<\/a>. She \u2064said\u2063 she could not just \u200cretire without speaking out about the destruction of \u2062the city she\u2064 loves.<\/p>\n<p>She closed her letter by saying,\u2063 \u201cYou \u2064offered\u200b me an\u200b opportunity for an honest exit \u2062interview, and \u200chere it is. I will always stand up\u200c for what\u2019s right and what \u2064I believe in \u2026\u2026..even if\u2062 I am standing alone.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>While <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/seattle-chop-zone-causing-billion-dollar-investment-firm-abandon-city-move-phoenix\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Seattle<\/a> \u200cis certainly one of the\u200d most extreme examples of how leftism is uniquely destructive, \u200bother cities are also \u200dsuffering from the same foolish policies. \u2064 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/chicago-nightmare-anti-cop-lightfoot-discovers-cut-police-50-without-firing-anyone\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Chicago<\/a>, New York, San Francisco, St. Louis, Portland and so many\u200d more are \u2063also suffering as\u200c a result of dangerous \u2062woke policies.<\/p>\n<p>And like Seattle, the \u200b <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/defund-police-backfires-cities-left-one-option-fight-crime-surge\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/another-wave-of-portland-police-quit-amid-massive-spike-in-shootings-and-stabbings-fire-dept-responding-to-10-homeless-tent-fires-a-day\/\" title=\"Another Wave Of Portland Police Quit Amid Massive Spike In Shootings And Stabbings; Fire Dept. Responding To 10+ Homeless Tent Fires A Day\">police departments<\/a><\/a> in these cities are experiencing a severe shortage of\u2062 manpower as officers retire and potential recruits \u2064turn them away.<\/p>\n<p>The result is that big-city living has become dangerous for the average citizen \u2014 and there is no relief in sight as extreme, \u2064left-wing politicians entrench\u200c themselves and their radical\u200c ideology.<\/p>\n<p>The \u2063post <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/veteran-seattle-cop-signs-off-23-years-instead-routine-exit-form-files-brutal-15-page-resignation-letter\/\">Veteran Seattle Cop Signs Off After 23 Years, Instead of Routine Exit Form She Files \u2063a Brutal 15-Page Resignation \u2064Letter<\/a> \u200d appeared first \u2062on <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\">The Western Journal<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Seattle police lieutenant, Jessica Taylor, retired after 23 years, submitting a scathing letter to criticize the city&#8217;s left-wing leaders for ruining the once-great place. 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