Seattle Police Chief Carmen Best Resigns After Council Cuts Funding for Police Department

Seattle Police Chief Carmen Best holds a press conference outside of the departments vacated East Precinct in the area known as the Capitol Hill Organized Protest (CHOP) in Seattle on June 29, 2020. David Ryder/Getty Images

Seattle Police Chief Carmen Best announced her resignation on Tuesday, one day after the City Council cut nearly $4 million from the police department’s budget.

“I’m sad to leave in some ways, but when it’s time it’s time,” Best said at a press conference with Seattle Mayor Jenny Durkan, a Democrat.