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“Your voices will be heard,” O’Toole promised during a special meeting of the City Council’s public-safety committee at the New Holly Gathering Hall in South Seattle.
The former Boston police commissioner, Mayor Ed Murray’s choice to be Seattle’s next police chief, initially listened to comments from the public during the committee’s second hearing to consider her nomination. She then fielded questions and comments from committee Chairman Bruce Harrell and four other council members.
The committee will meet again Thursday for a third hearing, where it is expected to take a preliminary confirmation vote. If a majority of the council appears at the meeting — where any council member can vote, whether on the committee or not — O’Toole, 60, could secure enough votes to effectively assure her confirmation when the full nine-member council votes June 23.
A Pioneer Square resident opened the hearing, saying she and her family enjoyed living in the neighborhood but wouldn’t stay unless there is more action to deal with low-level crime.
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