Carmen Best

Carmen Best (an haife ta a kusan 1965) tsohuwar jami'ar tsaro ce 'yar Amurka wadda ta yi aiki a matsayin babban jami'in 'yan sanda na Sashen 'Yan sandan Seattle daga 2018 zuwa 2020. Ita ce mace bakar fata ta farko da ta jagoranci rundunar 'yan sandan Seattle. Ita ce babbar jami'ar 'yan sanda a lokacin zanga-zangar George Floyd . Ta sanar da yin murabus a watan Agusta na 2020 bayan rage kasafin kuɗi, kuma ta bar aiki a hukumance a ranar 2 ga Satumba, 2020.   Best a halin yanzu tana aiki a matsayin Daraktan Ayyukan Haɗarin Tsaro na Duniya a Microsoft . 

 Rayuwar farko da ilimi 
An haifi Best a Tacoma, Washington kuma ta halarci Makarantar Sakandare ta Lincoln . Ta sami takardar shaidar gudanar da 'yan sanda daga Jami'ar Washington da digiri na biyu a fannin shari'a daga Jami'ar Northeastern . Ta kammala shirye-shiryen horarwa a Cibiyar Zartarwa ta Ƙasa ta FBI, Kwalejin Ƙasa ta FBI, Kwalejin Jagorancin Shari'a ta Manyan Birane, da Cibiyar Jagorancin 'Yan Sanda ta Manyan Birane.

 Sana'a 
Sashen 'Yan sandan Seattle ya ɗauke ta aiki a shekarar 1992, kuma kafin a naɗa ta shugaba, ta riƙe muƙaman jami'i, sajent, laftana, kyaftin, da kuma mataimakin shugaban 'yan sanda. Ta karɓi muƙamin shugaban 'yan sanda na wucin gadi a ranar 1 ga Janairu, 2018, inda ta maye gurbin Kathleen O'Toole, kuma daga baya magajin garin Seattle Jenny Durkan ta naɗa ta shugabar dindindin,  daga ranar 13 ga Agusta, 2018.  Ta zama mace baƙar fata ta farko da ta yi aiki a matsayin shugabar 'yan sandan Seattle.  

Best shine shugaban 'yan sanda a lokacin zanga-zangar George Floyd ta 2020. A lokacin zanga-zangar ranar 1 ga Yuni a unguwar Capitol Hill, 'yan sanda sanye da kayan tarzoma sun toshe ginin gundumar gabas ta SPD daga masu zanga-zangar,  ta amfani da ƙwallan fashewa,  gurneti masu fashewa, da kuma feshi mai zafi ga taron "a wasu lokutan ba tare da ɗan tsokana ba", a cewar The Spokesman-Review .   Bayan karshen mako na farko na zanga-zangar, an sami koke-koke 12,000 a kan 'yan sandan Seattle saboda amfani da ƙarfi fiye da kima.  A ranar 5 ga Yuni, Magajin Gari Jenny Durkan da Shugabar SPD Carmen Best sun sanar da hana amfani da hayaki mai sa hawaye na tsawon kwanaki 30,   amma a ranar 7 ga Yuni sun yi amfani da hayaki mai sa hawaye da kuma walƙiya ga taron jama'a a wajen gundumar gabas.  Best ya kare amfani da hayaki mai sa hawaye, yana mai cewa haramcin na kwanaki 30 ya keɓe jami'an SWAT da "matsalolin tsaron rayuwa".  A ranar 8 ga Yuni, Mataimakin Shugaban Kasa Tom Mahaffey ya yanke shawara ya janye daga Yankin Gabas, wanda ya haifar da kafa Zanga-zangar da aka mamaye a Dutsen Capitol . 

Ba a fayyace rawar da Best ta taka a shawarar janyewa daga Gabashin Yankin, da kuma amfani da hayaki mai sa hawaye ga masu zanga-zanga a lokacin zanga-zangar ba, domin ta goge saƙonnin rubutu sama da 27,000 da hannu daga wayar salula mallakar birnin.  Best ta yarda cewa ta goge saƙonnin daga zanga-zangar watan Yunin 2020, kuma ta yi iƙirarin cewa saƙonnin "na ɗan lokaci ne," a wata ma'anar cewa ba su ƙunshi wani muhimmin bayani ba. A lokacin da ta goge saƙonnin rubutu, birnin ya riga ya fuskanci ƙararraki da yawa da buƙatun bayanan jama'a game da yadda ake gudanar da zanga-zangar, wanda doka ta buƙaci ta ajiye saƙonnin rubutu, koda kuwa na ɗan lokaci ne. Share saƙonnin ya saɓa wa dokar jihar,  duk da haka, a watan Satumba na 2023, masu gabatar da ƙara na Gundumar King sun ƙi matsa wa Best da sauransu ƙarar laifuka, suna masu cewa babu "tushen doka don shigar da ƙarar laifuka." Madadin haka, ofishin ya gano cewa matsalar ta kasance "cikakkiyar guguwa" ta gaza wajen kiyaye bayanai da horo.  Magajin Gari Jenny Durkan da Shugaban Kashe Gobara Harold Scoggins suma sun goge saƙonnin tes ɗinsu daga wannan lokacin.  A watan Fabrairun 2023, Birnin Seattle ya biya dala $600,000 a wata ƙara saboda goge saƙonnin da Best, Durkan, da Scoggins suka yi, bayan da wani alkali na tarayya ya yi zargin cewa sun lalata shaidu da suka shafi yadda suke gudanar da zanga-zangar da kuma CHOP. 

A ranar 1 ga Agusta, 2020, wata ƙungiyar masu zanga-zanga da ba ta kai 100 ba ta yi tattaki zuwa gidan Best a gundumar Snohomish, amma maƙwabta sun tare su da bindigogi. Best ta bayyana ƙungiyar masu zanga-zangar a matsayin manyan mutane masu ƙarfin hali, kuma ta goyi bayan martanin maƙwabtanta a gare su. 

A ranar 10 ga Agusta, 2020, bayan Majalisar Birnin Seattle ta kada kuri'ar rage yawan ma'aikatan da kimanin jami'ai 100, Best ta yi murabus, tana mai cewa ba za ta iya rage bambancin ma'aikata a sashen ba, wanda hakan ya sa ta rage bambancin ma'aikata a sashen, wanda jami'ai 110 suka bunkasa a shekarar 2019, (inda kashi 40% na sabbin ma'aikatan suka kasance mutanen da ba su da launin fata)  ta lura cewa a karkashin dokokin kungiyar 'yan sanda, wanda aka dauka na karshe zai zama na farko da za a kora daga aiki, wanda hakan zai shafi jami'an da ba su da launin fata.    An maye gurbin Best da Mataimakin Babban Jami'in Adrian Z. Diaz a matsayin na wucin gadi.  

A ranar 19 ga Oktoba, 2020, an sanar da cewa Best za ta shiga KING-TV a matsayin mai sharhi kan harkokin tsaro.  A shekarar 2021, an buga Mafi kyawun littafin Baƙi a Shuɗi: Darussa kan Jagoranci, Yanke Shingayen, da Sulhu tsakanin Kabila . 

Bayan zaɓen Eric Adams na 2021, an ruwaito cewa Best tana cikin jerin waɗanda za su zama mace ta farko da za ta jagoranci Sashen 'Yan Sanda na Birnin New York ;  duk da haka, ba a zaɓe ta don wannan matsayi ba. 

 Manazarta 

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Rukuni:Haihuwan 1965