{"id":1998053,"date":"2023-08-11T15:48:02","date_gmt":"2023-08-11T19:48:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/anarchy-chaos-female-seattle-cop-with-23-years-on-force-sends-scathing-resignation-letter\/"},"modified":"2023-08-11T15:50:35","modified_gmt":"2023-08-11T19:50:35","slug":"anarchy-chaos-female-seattle-cop-with-23-years-on-force-sends-scathing-resignation-letter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/anarchy-chaos-female-seattle-cop-with-23-years-on-force-sends-scathing-resignation-letter\/","title":{"rendered":"Female Seattle cop resigns after 23 years, cites &#8216;Anarchy &#038; Chaos&#8217; in scathing letter."},"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\">28<\/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%2Fanarchy-chaos-female-seattle-cop-with-23-years-on-force-sends-scathing-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=1998053&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>A Seattle Cop&#8217;s Scathing Resignation Letter Exposes City&#8217;s Decline into Crime and Anarchy<\/h2>\n<p>A female Seattle cop with 23 years on the force sent a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/anarchy-chaos-female-seattle-cop-with-23-years-on-force-sends-scathing-resignation-letter\/\" title=\"Female Seattle cop resigns after 23 years, cites 'Anarchy &#038; Chaos' in scathing letter.\">scathing resignation letter blasting<\/a> the \u200dcity for allowing \u201ccrime and\u2063 anarchy\u201d to take over.<\/p>\n<p>Seattle Police Lieutenant Jessica Taylor, who retired on August 1 after more than two decades \u200bon the force, refused to complete\u200c the\u200c standard\u2062 exit interview\u200c form and instead penned a blistering 15-page letter to \u2064the police chief, KTTH\u2019s Jason Rantz Show\u2063 <a href=\"https:\/\/mynorthwest.com\/3918086\/rantz-seattle-cop-says-criminals-running-city-brutal-resignation-letter\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">reported<\/a>.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cChief Diaz, let me tell you, the state of the Seattle Police\u200c Department and this city is a disgrace,\u201d Taylor began her letter.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe toxic mix \u200cof the Seattle City Council\u2019s absurdity, the spinelessness \u200dof the Mayor, \u200cthe leniency of \u2062the prosecutor\u2019s office, and your failed \u2063leadership has accelerated this city\u2019s downhill slide\u2062 straight to rock bottom,\u201d she wrote. \u201cThe problems were already brewing before you \u200bcame on the scene, but\u2064 since your arrival, it\u2019s been a \u2062free fall into anarchy &#038; chaos.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<h3>Crime Statistics \u2063Paint a Grim Picture<\/h3>\n<p>Violent \u2064crime remains high\u200d in Seattle this \u200byear after <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsweek.com\/seattle-residents-had-mail-stopped-because-rising-crime-1800729\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">hitting<\/a> a 15-year high in 2022. So far this year, Seattle has seen 28 homicides, more than 1,500 aggravated assaults, \u200dmore than\u2064 3,700 car thefts, more than 4,000 burglaries,\u200d and more\u200b than 10,700 larceny thefts, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.seattle.gov\/police\/information-and-data\/data\/crime-dashboard\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">according<\/a> to police data.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cIf you haven\u2019t \u200bnoticed, the criminals are \u2064running this city,\u201d Taylor wrote.\u200b \u201cAren\u2019t you\u2064 embarrassed? I am. It\u2019s mortifying. The city that once prided itself on progressiveness and prosperity has\u2062 now become a hotbed \u200dfor crime and anarchy.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Taylor accused Adrian Diaz, the police chief, of having an \u201cinsatiable appetite for control\u201d\u2062 that blinds him to the\u200b sacrifices of officers facing danger on the street.<\/p>\n<p>She also accused the police chief of \u201cbadging\u201d his way to the front of a Taylor Swift concert, \u201cwhere people paid $1000s to be there.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><b><a href=\"https:\/\/onelink.to\/dwapp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" aria-describedby=\"sk-tooltip-9096\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/onelink.to\/dwapp&#038;source=gmail&#038;ust=1691837172997000&#038;usg=AOvVaw3L5AES424lnmUopfduGAIe\">CLICK HERE TO GET THE \u2063DAILYWIRE+ APP<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n<p>Taylor also lambasted Seattle Mayor Bruce Harrell, a Democrat, accusing him of prioritizing \u201cpolitical correctness\u201d over safety.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, the Seattle City Council has \u201clost touch with reality and is making \u200bdecisions \u2064that\u200c <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 Taylor wrote.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTheir priority is playing politics and pandering to radical ideologies, \u2062rather than genuinely serving the\u2063 city\u2019s and its\u2063 resident\u2019s best interests,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo, as I walk away from the Seattle\u2062 Police Department, I do so with my head\u2064 held high, knowing that I stood \u2062up \u2064for what\u2019s right and refused to be silenced,\u201d she wrote. \u201cMy conscience is clear, and I have no regrets about speaking out against the failed\u200d leadership that has brought this department and this city to its\u200c knees.\u201d<\/p>\n<h3>West Coast Cities Struggle with Crime, Homelessness, and Drug Addiction<\/h3>\n<p>Seattle is not \u200dthe only West Coast\u2063 city struggling with the trifecta of crime, \u200dhomelessness, and drug addiction. \u2062Harrowing scenes of homeless people engaging in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/its-now-almost-impossible-to-get-arrested-for-drugs-in-washington-state\/\" title=\"It\u2019s Now Almost Impossible To Get Arrested For Drugs In Washington State\">open-air drug<\/a> use and living in filth on city streets\u2063 continue to come out of the neighborhoods most in need of help.<\/p>\n<p>Los \u2063Angeles \u200dis seeing a\u2063 drop in\u200c overall violent crime, but personal theft is up 15% to more than 19,700 thefts so far\u200c this year, <a href=\"https:\/\/lapdonlinestrgeacc.blob.core.usgovcloudapi.net\/lapdonlinemedia\/cityprof.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">according<\/a> \u200cto police. \u2062Meanwhile, homelessness is up 10%\u200b this year, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lahsa.org\/news?article=927-lahsa-releases-results-of-2023-greater-los-angeles-homeless-count#:~:text=LOS%20ANGELES%20%E2%80%93%20The%202023%20Greater,to%20an%20estimated%2046%2C260%20people.\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">according<\/a> \u2062to the latest count, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/los-angeles-homelessness-up-10-2023-count-shows\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">released<\/a> \u200clast month. Los\u2064 Angeles County\u2019s homeless population rose to about 75,518 people, up \u200dfrom 69,144 in 2022.<\/p>\n<p>In San Francisco, violent crime is up when compared to August of \u200clast\u200c year. Homicides are up 20% to \u206235 homicides, robberies are up \u206414% to more than 1,600, and car thefts are up 13% to more than 4,100, police data \u200b <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sanfranciscopolice.org\/stay-safe\/crime-data\/crime-dashboard\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">shows<\/a>.\u2064 About 38,000\u2063 people <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/rising-crime-homelessness-leave-residents-of-san-francisco-and-oakland-on-edge\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">are homeless<\/a> \u2063 on a given night in the Bay Area, up 35% \u200bsince 2019. Crime and \u200bopen-air drug use have caused businesses to flee San Francisco\u2019s downtown, where foot traffic has thinned.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Seattle cop, Lieutenant Jessica Taylor, retired after 23 years on the force. In her fiery resignation letter, she criticized the city for tolerating &#8220;crime and anarchy.&#8221; Taylor declined the standard exit interview form and chose to express her thoughts in writing. Her retirement took effect on August 1.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":107,"featured_media":1998054,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1998053","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1998053","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/107"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1998053"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1998053\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1998054"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1998053"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1998053"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1998053"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}