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THIS is the department that Sara Nelson, Cathy Moore and Bruce Harrell built. Harrell hired Shon Barnes (the out going SPD head). Chief Barnes did some of the most hiring of new cops SPD has seen since 2020. Throughout this time many local cop watch groups have said the quality of the new hires, like interim Chief Sayles, and heavy reliance on out of state hires was building a department out of…