The Political Fate of the Police Chief
Behind-the-scenes maneuvering at the police board suggests that Chief Jackson’s tenure is coming to an abrupt end, much to the concern of local gambling interests.
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"Chief Jackson must go," said a member of the board committee yesterday. "We have the positive assurance of Acting Mayor Miller that a new chief will be chosen at the next meeting of the police board, and he speaks by the card, for two members of the board are with him. Fred E. Sander has been Jackson’s backer, but he has thrown him overboard now, and the change is bound to come." It is supposed that A. G. Lane will be satisfactory to the kids. The gamblers are watching the situation closely and are confident that a man will be put in who will allow them to run full blast and not dally with them.
“The gamblers are watching the situation closely and are confident that a man will be put in who will allow them to run full blast and not dally with them.”
This piece highlights the historical entanglement between police leadership, municipal politics, and the 'vice' economy in Seattle. The anxiety over who controls the police board persists as a fundamental tension in city governance.
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