SEATTLE - Two Seattle Police officers have been fired for violating the department's use of force policies during a shooting in the Eastlake neighborhood last fall. Dash cam and body cam video released by SPD shows the officers opening fire on a car that was driving away from police in October 2017. In her discipline reports, newly-nominated police chief Carmen Best said officer Kenneth Martin and officer Tabitha Sexton put people in danger when they fired at the fleeing suspect. The officers were responding to reports of suspicious activity and fired two volleys of shots, one as the car lurched toward officers and another as it sped away. Best determined their actions were not reasonable, necessary or proportionate. She said they also put public safety at risk, but in this case, no one was seriously injured in the shooting. (KOMO4 News, July 23, 2018)
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