BELLEVUE — The city manager of Bellevue said the Seattle suburb won’t offer its police chief job to any of the five candidates interviewed last month.
The Seattle Times reported that City Manager Brad Miyake said Monday in an email to city staff that he would not select any of the candidates “after reviewing all the feedback, as well as my own analysis of how these candidates would fit with the community.” No other reason was given.
Miyake’s note said the city will search for new candidates soon.
The group of five included Nick Metz, a Seattle assistant police chief, and Bellevue’s own deputy police chief. A search firm came up with the five candidates after Bellevue’s last police chief, Linda Pillo, retired in April.
Former Bellevue Police Chief Jim Montgomery has been interim chief since Pillo left.
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