Be Best

by Lester BlackAfter Carmen Best (left) got the nod from the mayor (right), she talked with The Stranger about body cams, the police union, and her 26 years on the force.Lester Black
Carmen Best wasn't supposed to be our next police chief. When the mayor announced the three finalists for the position in May, Best's name was notably absent.
On the list was a police chief from Minneapolis, one from Austin, and one from Baltimore. But Best, a 26-year veteran of the Seattle Police Department and the