If you read the SPD Blotter, follow @SeattlePD on Twitter or have used SPD’s My Neighborhood crime map, you know it’s easier than ever before to get information online about crime in your neighborhood. Even with all that information available online, we still get a lot of questions on Twitter from neighbors about sirens in [...]
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Mercer Street Traffic Enforcement
After receiving numerous requests for enforcement on Mercer Street, last night Seattle Police Traffic Officers conducted an enforcement emphasis. A total of 16 citations and nine warnings were issued during a two hour period. Officers only ticketed the most flagrant violators, with many others getting a verbal warning. Officers received many positive comments from passing motorists. Most of them stated that [...]
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Three separate shooting incidents in Central District last night
At approximately 7:30 pm last night, East Precinct officers responded to a report of shots fired in the area of 26th Avenue and East Spring Street. When officers arrived they located several spent 9mm shell casings on the north side of the intersection. They contacted a witness who stated that he heard 6-8 gunshots. The [...]
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