SPD has been arresting hundreds of people under the new law, though the number of monthly arrests has recently been on a steady decline.According to Seattle Police Department data, arrests spiked during ahighly-publicized series of stingsin October and peaked in January. The number of monthly mi...
TheSeattle Police Departmentis looking for the suspects involved in the Election Night assault on Capitol Hill and investigating the incident as a possible hate crime. The Stranger was first to report the assault investigation Fridayreporting “a man in a Porsche with a Trump flag hit him with a...
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On Friday, Mayor Bruce Harrell named Shon Barnes as Seattle's new Chief of Police. December 20, 2024 9:19am PST Ex-police chief sentenced for paying $100 to rape teen Larry Clay Jr. was chief of the Gauley Bridge, West Virginia Police Department in 2020 when he reportedly convinced a ...
SEATTLE (AP) — The Seattle Police Department has achieved “full, sustained and lasting compliance” with most of the provisions of a federal settlement agreement that was intended to transform the department, a federal judge ruled.
TheSeattle Police Departmentreported fewer than 50 arrests had been made under the new drug law through November with 33 people diverted. LEAD stats show a big bump in the final weeks of October as the law went into effect that has since leveled off. ...
"That area looks vastly improved and the Seattle Police Department has done a good job of maintaining a presence there and the area still looks good. I think the thing that we can learn from that is the power of what happens when we all work together." Manion went on to ...
U.S. News and World Report has revealed the average cost of tuition at a private college in the United States. October 4, 2024 8:04am PDT video Seattle interim police chief's push to improve staffing In an effort to improve staffing and efficiency, Seattle Police Department Interim Chief ...
Seattle City Light pays $90 an hour for cops to direct traffic, a rate earned by only the top 2% of the Seattle Police Department’s payroll. On Sundays and holidays, when City Light pays $139 an hour, not even the interim police chief earns more. ...
Police were called to the 1400 block off 11th Ave to a report of at least three gunshots and a person down just south of E Pike at 1:35 AM. The Seattle Police Department says officers arrived and located a 25-year-old woman suffering from multiple gunshot wounds to the chest. “Office...