Allegations former Seattle Police Chief Adrian Diaz 'untruthful' with investigators

A claim of dishonesty to investigators and a potential violation of department policy led Interim Seattle Police Chief Sue Rahr to place former Police Chief Adrian Diaz on administrative leave.

The new information comes in a letter sent Friday by Seattle Inspector General Lisa Judge to Mayor Bruce Harrell, City Council President Sara Nelson, City Attorney Ann Davison, and the Public Safety Committee Chair.

Judge states in her letter that her office “identified potential violations of department policy by … Diaz.”

There are allegations that Diaz engaged in a romantic relationship with a subordinate and misused city assets for personal purposes. That subordinate, Jamie Tompkins, was identified by SPD this week as the department’s Director of Communications. She was also placed on paid administrative leave at the same time as Diaz.

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