By Isha Trivedi
The Peninsula Gateway (Gig Harbor, Wash.)
TACOMA, Wash. — Tacoma’s interim police chief will tackle the function completely after a unanimous City Council vote on Feb. 3.
Patti Jackson has served because the Tacoma Police Department’s interim police chief since March 2025. She was appointed to the interim function after former chief Avery Moore resigned within the wake of controversies over his use of a city-issued mobile phone and a lawsuit filed by his former chief of workers.
Jackson’s annual wage as interim police chief was $326,934 – the identical as Moore’s wage earlier than he resigned. Her appointment will go into impact on Feb. 9, in accordance with town.
Council members and metropolis leaders lauded Jackson’s talents, saying she has been a “proactive” chief and has labored arduous to construct belief with Tacoma residents, metropolis leaders and officers within the division.
“Patti has served our department with distinction over the past year as interim chief of police, providing steady leadership, continuity and thoughtful direction during this critical time of transition for the department and the city,” interim metropolis supervisor Hyun Kim stated on the metropolis council assembly.
Jackson described her promotion as “an honor” and at instances acquired emotional throughout her remarks. The vote confirming her appointment resulted in a standing ovation from in-person attendees.
“The men and women that are here that are standing with us, with the agency, I would work for them any day of the week,” she stated. “And I fully support each and every one of our community members.”
The vote got here after Jackson spent weeks assembly with Tacoma residents and metropolis leaders to stipulate her imaginative and prescient and targets for the division. She emphasised in these conferences that she doesn’t follow “headline-driven leadership” and hopes to be a “proactive” chief.
Jackson got here to the Tacoma Police Department from the Pierce County Sheriff’s Office’s Patrol Operations the place she labored for over 35 years, largely within the Corrections Bureau. She oversaw the Pierce County Jail for eight years and misplaced the election for Pierce County sheriff to Keith Swank in 2024.
Jackson’s work in regulation enforcement in and round Pierce County has not been with out controversy. The Corrections Bureau’s guild held a vote of no confidence in Jackson in March 2024 over issues on the time over a scarcity of coaching for guild members.
A evaluation that Swank requested final fall of an impartial investigation additionally discovered that Pierce County officers employed individuals for corrections jobs who may not have been certified – although the evaluation discovered that Jackson didn’t violate any division insurance policies.
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