On November 21st, at approximately 3:47 PM, West Precinct officers responded to a call of a man assaulting another man at a bus shelter at the corner of 4th Avenue South and South Holgate Street.  Officers arrived at the location and discovered an adult male lying on the ground in the shelter.  He had been [...]

Chief John Diaz has directed the Office of Professional Accountability (OPA) to expedite the gathering of preliminary evidence and information into the videotaped arrest of a 17 year old robbery and assault suspect on October 18th.  The purpose of this expedited review is to determine if the internal investigation into this incident should be referred [...]

Today, during a conversation with a local news outlet, the department learned that a plainclothes Seattle Police officer kicked a 17-year-old male suspect during an October arrest.  The conversation alluded to a surveillance video that captured the arrest and had been collected as evidence. Seattle Police command staff sought and obtained the evidentiary video shortly [...]

On November 17th, at approximately 9;10 AM, Seattle Police and Seattle Fire Department responded to a call of a vehicle/pedestrian collision in the intersection of 7th Avenue and Cherry Street.  The pedestrian, believed to be a female, was killed when she was struck by a dump truck.  Detectives from the Traffic Collision Investigation Squad (TCIS) [...]

On November 16th at approximately 2:35 p.m. two women (ages 34 and 31) were walking with their children (a 3-year-old boy and a 22-month-old girl, respectively) in Myrtle Edwards Park.  An unknown 27-year-old male suspect began walking toward the one woman’s 3-year-old son.  As he did, the woman picked up her son and held him in [...]

On November 14th, a South Precinct officer responded to a disturbance call in the 1700 Block of Sturgus Avenue South.  While officers were investigating that call, the officer noticied a motorcycle leaning against the building.    The motorcycle’s  registration was checked.  The information came back that it was a stolen motorcycle.   Additional information showed that the residents of the [...]

On November 15th, at approximately 6:39 PM,  officers responded to a report of an armed robbery at a deli in the 7700 Block of Highland Park Way SW.  A suspect, described as a black male, approximately 20-30 years old, 5″ 10″, wearing a black hooded parka and sunglasses, entered the business and robbed it at [...]

On November 15th, at approximately 3:00 AM, North Precinct officers responded to a collision at Holman Road NW and North 105th Street.  It appears that a Honda Civic driven by a 25 year old male with a 23 year old male passenger was travelling westbound on North 105th Street at a high rate of speed.  [...]

On November 13th, at approximately 2:24 AM, West Precinct officers responded to a call of a stabbing incident outside a theater in the 2100 Block of 6th Avenue.  The adult male victim had been attending a rave party inside the theater and was outside on the sidewalk when he was stabbed once in the side [...]

On November 11th, at approximately 10:00 PM, a West Precinct patrol officer was on routine patrol in the 400 Block of 7th Avenue South.  A citizen ran  up to the patrol car and informed the officer about an unconscious woman lying on the sidewalk.  The citizen stated that the woman was unresponsive.  The officer immediately notified [...]