If you want to be a vice cop, cool. Apply to be an officer, go through training, work the streets for a few years, and try to get a transfer to the Vice Unit. But please,oh please, do not take it upon yourself to go out and buy a pair of handcuffs, rent a hotel [...]
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SPD to Chill Out On Past Pot Use By Officer Candidates
Now that marijuana use has been decriminalized under Washington state law under Initiative 502, the Seattle Police Department (SPD) is softening its restrictions on past pot use by men and women applying to be police officers. “We are changing our policy as a direct result of the recent vote on I-502,” says Assistant Chief Jim [...]
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Car Prowler Caught With Stolen Gun In Wallingford
Officers arrested a car prowler in Wallingford this morning and recovered a stolen handgun after the prowler tried breaking into a car right in front of a very helpful witness. Around 7:15 this morning, the witness was sitting in his car near Stone Way and N. 45th Street, when he saw the 23-year-old prowler trying to [...]
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Two girls arrested after robbing woman in South Seattle
Two 16-year-old girls were arrested last night after they knocked down a woman and stole her purse while she was near the Mount Baker Light Rail Station. Just after 9:00 pm last night, South Precinct officers were dispatched to a call of a strong-armed robbery in the 3000 Block of Rainier Avenue South. The call [...]
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