On September 30th officers of the Seattle Police Traffic Section conducted pedestrian crosswalk enforcement patrols at two locations generating 56 violations.  A number of citizens stopped to thank our officers for their efforts.    At North 41st Street and Stone Way North: 34 Right of Way pedestrian citations issued 5 citations were issued for the following violations: Cell Phone, No Valid [...]

The citywide and precinct Major Crime statistics through August of 2011 have now been posted to the SPD website.  Year-to-date, Major Crimes are down citywide by 7% when compared with the first eight months of 2010.  This continues the downward crime trend that occurred citywide in 2010.  Through August of 2011, Violent Crime is even with [...]

Mayor Mike McGinn and Interim Superintendent Dr. Susan Enfield announce citywide school attendance campaign “Be Here. Get There.” will encourage students to go to school by using incentives, a public education campaign using local and national hip hop artists like Macklemore and Wiz Khalifa, and sports figures like NBA player Jamal Crawford On October 3rd, [...]

On October 2nd at approximately 11:26 p.m. officers responded to multiple 911 calls of a shooting in the 1700 block of Boylston Avenue.  Preliminary investigation indicates that a male victim in his 30′s was walking alone in the 1700 block of Boylston Avenue when he was confronted by a male suspect armed with a handgun.  The suspect pointed [...]