US 弁護士/代理人/検事 Jenny Durkan in Seattle stepping 負かす/撃墜する

SEATTLE (AP) ― U.S. 弁護士/代理人/検事 Jenny Durkan, who helped 交渉する 連邦の oversight of the Seattle Police Department after officers were 設立する to routinely use 過度の 軍隊, 発表するd Wednesday that she will leave office at the end of the month. But she doesn't know what's next.

"It's one of the first times in my life that I have not had a 職業 and have no 職業 lined up," said Durkan, 56, who was 任命するd by 大統領 Barack Obama in 2009 to serve as the 最高の,を越す 連邦の 警官 for the Western 地区 of Washington.

As a lawyer, she said, there is no better 職業 than 存在 a U.S. 弁護士/代理人/検事, because "at the end of the day, your 職業 is 司法(官)."

FILE - In this Oct. 24, 2012, file photo, U.S. Attorney Jenny Durkan speaks during a news conference in Seattle. Durkan announced Wednesday, Sept. 3, 2014, t...

FILE - In this Oct. 24, 2012, とじ込み/提出する photo, U.S. 弁護士/代理人/検事 Jenny Durkan speaks during a news 会議/協議会 in Seattle. Durkan 発表するd Wednesday, Sept. 3, 2014, that she's stepping 負かす/撃墜する at the end of the month. Durkan was 任命するd by 大統領 Barack Obama and served five years as the 最高の,を越す 連邦の 警官 for the Western 地区 of Washington. (AP Photo/Ted S. 過密な住居, とじ込み/提出する)

When asked why she's leaving with three years left in her 称する,呼ぶ/期間/用語, she said, "it seemed like this was a good time for me, for my family and for the office to take on a different challenge."

司法長官 Eric 支えるもの/所有者 賞賛するd Durkan as "a tireless 支持する for the American people, the 国民s of Washington 明言する/公表する and for the 原因(となる) of 司法(官)."

"Jenny Durkan exemplifies the highest 基準s of personal 正直さ and professional excellence," 支えるもの/所有者 said in a 声明. "For the past five years, I have been 感謝する for Jenny's 献身的な service and her wise counsel."

First Assistant U.S. 弁護士/代理人/検事 Annette Hayes will likely step in when Durkan leaves.

Washington 明言する/公表する's 上院議員s will begin the 過程 of recommending a 交替/補充 to the White House. Obama will then 指名する a new U.S. 弁護士/代理人/検事 to the 上院 for 確定/確認.

In the 地位,任命する, Durkan was 伴う/関わるd in 会談 where Seattle agreed to an 独立した・無所属 監視する of the police 軍隊 as part of a を取り引きする the 司法(官) Department over 過度の 軍隊. She also has led the 連邦の 機関's 小委員会 on cybercrime and 知識人 所有物/資産/財産 施行.

Cybercrime is "the 選び出す/独身 greatest 脅し to our 国家の 安全, privacy and economy," Durkan said. "It has an 衝撃 on every person, every company and our country."

転換s in 科学(工学)技術 and 革新s have led to privacy 関心s and left the U.S. 攻撃を受けやすい, she said.

In one example, Durkan's office 起訴するd ロシアの hacker Roman Seleznev, whose laptop 含む/封じ込めるd 1 to 2 million stolen credit card numbers when he was 逮捕(する)d, she said. He pleaded not 有罪の to 29 告発(する),告訴(する)/料金s Aug. 8.

Durkan, who's the daughter of late Democratic 明言する/公表する Sen. ツバメ Durkan and 以前 served as Gov. Chris Gregoire's longtime counsel, said she has no political aspirations. She 計画(する)s to stay in Seattle and wants to serve the community.

"I think that it's very important for people in any public service 役割 to remember that they serve for the public and not for themselves," Durkan said. "It's far easier to stay too long than to leave at the 権利 time."

FILE - In this Oct. 27, 2009, file photo, Jenny Durkan, U.S. Attorney for Western Washington, speaks during an interview in her office in Seattle.  Durkan an...

FILE - In this Oct. 27, 2009, とじ込み/提出する photo, Jenny Durkan, U.S . 弁護士/代理人/検事 for Western Washington, speaks during an interview in her office in Seattle. Durkan 発表するd Wednesday, Sept. 3, 2014, that she's stepping 負かす/撃墜する at the end of the month. Durkan was 任命するd by 大統領 Barack Obama and served five years as the 最高の,を越す 連邦の 警官 for the Western 地区 of Washington. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson, とじ込み/提出する)

FILE - In this June 3, 2005, file photo, then-Democratic Attorney Jenny Durkan speaks during her closing remarks in the gubernatorial election challenge tria...

FILE - In this June 3, 2005, とじ込み/提出する photo, then-Democratic 弁護士/代理人/検事 Jenny Durkan speaks during her の近くにing 発言/述べるs in the 州知事の 選挙 challenge 裁判,公判 in Chelan 郡 Superior 法廷,裁判所 in Wenatchee, Wash. Durkan, the U.S. 弁護士/代理人/検事 for Western Washington, 発表するd Wednesday, Sept. 3, 2014, that she's stepping 負かす/撃墜する at the end of the month. Durkan was 任命するd by 大統領 Barack Obama and served five years as the 最高の,を越す 連邦の 警官 for the Western 地区 of Washington. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson, とじ込み/提出する)

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