Prior to serving as Chief of the Seattle Police Department, Diaz served as the Assistant Chief for the Collaborative Policing Bureau. He began his career in Patrol and served with the Bike Unit and as an undercover officer with the Anti-Crime Team before joining the Investigations Bureau. He is also a Master Defensive Tactics instructor at the Washington State Criminal Justice Training Commission. Throughout his career, he has been an architect of several citywide youth violence reduction initiatives.
Diaz holds a B.A. in criminal justice from Central Washington University and a Master’s in Public Administration from the University of Washington. He has completed the Major Cities Chiefs Associations Police Executive Leadership Institute, the Cascade Executive Program and the Senior Management Institute of Policing. Diaz has authored numerous national publications in community policing, misdemeanor justice and juvenile justice.
We have accomplished a lot together in our first five years, but we are just getting started. Will you support the Council as we build bridges across ideological divides and craft consensus for solutions?
