Chief Ted Boe is on his way out; what happens next?
by Staff Writers.
This week, Burien City Manager Adolfo Bailon formally requested that King County Sheriff’s Office begin the process to replace Burien’s Police Chief Ted Boe.
Burien has an Interlocal Agreement (ILA) with King County for law enforcement services, and Chief Boe is their employee; therefore, King County must be involved in the recruiting and replacement process.
What comes next? We reached out to City Manager Bailon and asked him to help clarify the process of selecting a new chief of police. Politics aside, who can hire and who can fire the Burien police chief?
Here is City Manager Bailon’s response to Burien-News:
The following is the multi-step process to selecting a KCSO contract police chief.
- City notifies KCSO of need for Chief.
…..a. KCSO creates position announcement for internal recruitment.
…..b. Cities have ability to provide limited information on recruitment form.
. - KCSO posts recruitment announcement.
…..a. Candidate pool is screened by KCSO.
…..b. Top, qualified candidates are presented to city for consideration.
. - City process for selecting Chief of Police.
…..a. In 2018, Burien created and followed a rigorous public-engagement process.
……….1. Public meetings with candidates.
……….2. Coffee events with candidates and City Manager.
……….3. Survey was performed to obtain information from the public.
……….4. Media and social media outreach were performed for all events.
……………a. Material was created in multiple languages.
. - Formal interview process is determined by City’s Human Resource Dept.
…..a. Multi-panel interviews comprised of city personnel and technical experts.
. ….1. City Council would likely also interview candidates.
…..b. Finalist identified and name is shared with KCSO.
– Adolfo Bailon
I believe the time has come for a new Chief as most his tenure was influenced by a Leftist leaning Council. The era of hugs instead of handcuffs is over and his involvement with that old mindset and social experiment needs to come to an end. He may have legitimate claims of good policing, but the well is tainted with too much forgiveness and not enough consequences.