The officer reported it to the police chief, which led city officials in Kent, Wash., to suspend the assistant chief — 27-year department veteran Derek Kammerzell — for two weeks without pay. “It was clear that the Assistant Chief would have significant difficulty being an effective leader in the Department,” officials said Friday in a statement. Reacting to the blowback, officials put Kammerzell on paid administrative leave and asked him to resign, according to the city’s statement. Advertisement“As a result, we noted that his resignation would come at a high cost to the City,” Kent officials said Friday in their statement. On Friday, the Jewish Federation of Greater Seattle said it had been working with Kent city officials since January and praised them for the months of work spent to get Kammerzell off the force.

Source: Washington Post June 14, 2022 13:33 UTC