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Seattle Mayor Ed Murray Picks First Women SPD Police Chief
SEATTLE (AP) - Former Boston police commissioner Kathleen O'Toole has been named Seattle's new police chief.
Seattle Mayor Ed Murray called a news conference Monday to announce his selection of O'Toole.
She said she was "honored and humbled" to be appointed to the position.
A search committee had narrowed a list of candidates to three: O'Toole; Elk Grove, California Police Chief Robert Lehner; and Mesa, Arizona, Police Chief Frank Milstead.
The city has had several interim chiefs since John Diaz announced his retirement in April 2013 after a three-year tenure.
http://www.komonews.com/news/local/Kathleen-OToole-named-Seattles-new-police-chief-259819371.html