The Seattle City Council’s public safety committee advanced legislation to formally approve an amended version of the Seattle Police Department’s “interim policy” on the use of so-called less-lethal weapons, such as pepper spray and blast balls for crowd control, after rejecting a half-dozen...
The Seattle Police Department told protesters in the city’s ‘CHOP’ district to vacate the streets Wednesday; citing “ongoing violence and public safety issues” after a series of shootings left two people dead. Advertisement “Due to ongoing violence and public safety issues in...
Sean Whitcomb, SPD’s public affairs director, in the Twitch online video game “Destiny” during a broadcast on Wednesday. (YouTube screen shot) The Seattle Police Department is ending its use of the Twitch online video game streaming service as a form of community outreach, after a ...
Seattle police hunting for Luna Park Cafe egg thieves Hundreds of eggs are missing from a West Seattle restaurant in what police are calling a “breakfast heist." February 7, 2025 1:46pm PST video Bryan Kohberger: the Podcast Ep. 3 Can I get a witness ...
PubliCola obtained Fire employees’ pay information, including a breakdown that accounts for vacation, leave, overtime, and other pay codes, through a records request. Most of the SFD employees who made over $300,000 reported working thousands of hours of overtime, on top of the 90.46 hours...
Industries Public safety Source Seattle Police Department This dataset includes Seattle crime data reported by the Seattle Police Department (SPD). The SPD's Records Management System (RMS) was new as of May 2019. To preserve data quality and continuity with prior systems (2008-Present), SPD rel...
TheSeattle Department of Transportationsays a new public art installation is underway on the triangle wedge of concrete where Madison, 14th Ave, and Pike meet —“where Capitol Hill, the Central District, and First Hill converge.”Continue reading→ ...
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TheSeattle Police Department says it started enforcement of the city’s new public drug use law with “enforcement operations” in two familiar crime hot spots this weekend — Little Saigon and the downtown core around 3rd and Pine. SPDChief Adrian Diazsaid the operations were underway in the ...
The one-year veteran of the Seattle Police Department was placed on administrative leave which is standard policy. Prosecutors on Friday charged Leil with first and second-degree assault. He's being held in lieu of $500,000 bail. Leil's next court appearance is scheduled for Oct...