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Longley, Larry

Larry Longley is a Sergeant with the Seattle Police Department and has been serving the Seattle community for the past 26 years. Sergeant Longley has worked varying assignments as a Patrol Officer, Anti-Crime Team Officer (now Community Response Group CRG) in a plain-clothed or uniform capacity, Crisis Intervention Officer, Field Training Officer, Patrol Sergeant, and now a Sergeant in the CRG. Sergeant Longley has been Hostage Negotiator since 2010 and is currently the Team Leader for the Seattle Police Hostage Negotiations Team. The team, which is on call, currently has 20 members and responds to 100-170 calls for service annually and is now frequently assisting the SPD SWAT team with their planned search warrants and high-risk missions.