November 3-The SeaTac Police Department hired a new Community Service Officer (CSO). Denise Contreras is the new CSO here in SeaTac and she is already out in the community. 

CSO’s work as the liaison between various community groups and the Sheriff’s Office.  Their work can include conflict resolutions in non-violent situations, victim assistance, working with child abuse cases, and offering social agency referrals. CSOs also assist with law enforcement tasks that the officers can’t always get to such as taking stolen bike reports, assisting with witness statements, directing traffic in emergency situations, and working with community groups to prevent crime.

Contreras is already out in the community as she was handing out candy this week at the SeaTac PD Trunk or Treat event at City Hall. She moved to Seattle in 2021 after graduating from Grand Canyon University with a bachelor’s in criminal justice. She is pursuing a master’s in forensic psychology.

Prior to starting with the King County Sheriff’s Office (KCSO) as a CSO, Contreras worked in family and juvenile court as a judicial assistant and then transitioned to the King County Prosecutor’s Office where she worked in the most dangerous offender’s project/homicide unit.

If you see Contreras in the community, be sure to give her a warm welcome.

Published by cityofseatac