I am pleased to announce the appointment of Carmen Best to Deputy Chief of the Seattle Police Department. Since I was appointed, Carmen has shown me she cares deeply for this department and the community. She is a respected leader within the organization and has demonstrated, as the current Assistant… [ Keep reading ]
UPDATE 9/1/2017: The Seattle Police Department has not acquired any new items via the Department of Defense 1033 federal surplus program since this post was originally published in 2014. Of the original items listed below, the SPD has only retained coveralls, gloves and a utility cabinet. All other items were… [ Keep reading ]
SWAT officers arrested a man after a six-hour standoff early this morning after he attacked his family and barricaded himself inside his Beacon Hill home. Officers were called to a home near 20th Ave South and South Lucile Street around 6:30 PM, after the suspect attacked his sister with a boat… [ Keep reading ]
Police are looking for two men who robbed a woman at gunpoint at Prentis Frazier Park in the Capitol Hill neighborhood Wednesday night. The woman was sitting on a park bench around 10:20 p.m. when two strangers approached her. According to the victim, one of the men pointed a silver… [ Keep reading ]
