On February 14th, at approximately 7:50 PM, a 32 year old female was walking in the alley behind her apartment building when she was accosted by two unknown black male teenagers in the 3800 Block of South Edmunds Street.  At least one of the suspect was reportedly armed with a small handgun.  When the victim refused [...]

On February 12th, at approximately 1:30 PM, a demonstration occurred at Westlake Park.  At the conclusion of he demonstration, the demonstration  turned into a march, with West Precinct bicycle officers monitoring the march. The group marched through downtown and then eastbound on Pike Street.  As the group march, members of the group would pull large items, such as newspaper stands and [...]

On 2/11/11, at approximately 9:45 a.m., a female pedestrian, in her late 70’s was walking E/B in the crosswalk on S.Orcas at M.L. King Jr. Way S., According to witnesses the pedestrian traffic light was red and the northbound traffic light was green.    The pedestrian was at the midpoint of the intersection when she attempted to run to the S.E. [...]

On February 10th from 12:30 p.m. to 1:30 p.m. the SPD Traffic Unit’s Aggressive Driver Response Team conducted a speed enforcement emphasis in the 3300 block of SW Admiral Way.  Emphasis patrols are regularly conducted in accordance with the Traffic Unit’s mission to promote traffic safety through the vigorous enforcement of city and state traffic laws.  [...]

The Seattle Police Department would like to offer the following correction to yesterday’s statement. The off-duty officer successfully retrieved the two jackets from the woman who took them. This is evident in the first paragraph of the third page of the police report, “…..states the female began arguing with him about the ownership of the [...]

On February 10th, at approximately 5:10 AM, East Precinct officers responded to the 700 Block of 16th Avenue East on a report of a possible burglary.  An alert neighbor saw an unknown male standing on her property and scared him off.  The neighbor then alerted her neighbor to the fact that this suspicious man was [...]

On February 9th, representatives from the Seattle Police Department, the King County Prosecutor’s Office, the Seattle City Attorney’s Office were on hand in Columbia City to explain the South Seattle Drug Market Iniative (DMI). Drug dealing generates or contributes to a wide range of social disorder and drug-related crime in the surrounding community that can [...]

The Seattle Police Department Office of Professional Accountability (OPA) received a complaint of misconduct that occurred during the early morning hours of December 12, 2010. An off-duty male Seattle Police officer and his male friend were at a nightclub in the Ballard neighborhood when they discovered that their coats were missing.  The off-duty officer noticed [...]

Over the past month, members of the Seattle Police Department Gang Unit and Southwest Precinct Anti-Crime Team, along with the FBI Safe Streets Task Force, have been conducting undercover narcotics purchases from a suspect.  On February 8th, shortly after 10:00 PM, these officers, along with Seattle Police SWAT officers, conducted another purchase of narcotics from [...]

Robbery detectives had developed leads from Friday night’s robbery in the 100 Block of Yale Avenue North.  Information developed during the investigation lead detectives to a possible suspect.  He was positively identified by the victim during a photo montage.  On February 7th, at approximately 3:30 PM, detectives were informed that the suspect was at the [...]