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Archives for December 2014

New Look, New Vehicles For SPD

After more than a half-century, the Seattle Police Department is getting a new, modern look. ABOUT THE UNIFORMS Q: What’s wrong with the uniforms you already have?  A: The Seattle Police Department has been wearing the same uniform for 52 years.  It’s a wonderful uniform and has served us well. However,… [ Keep reading ]

Police Searching for Toy Thieves

Police are looking for two men and a woman who stole toys from a Delridge drug store and attacked an employee when he tried to stop them Monday night. The suspects walked into the store, in the 9400 block of 16th Avenue Southwest, around 7 PM. One man filled a shopping… [ Keep reading ]

Police Increasing Patrols After Early Morning Gunfire Near South Seattle School

Police have increased patrols around a Rainier Beach elementary school after staff reported hearing gunfire early Wednesday morning. Staff and students at a preschool housed inside Emerson Elementary—in the 9600 block of 60th Avenue S—briefly sheltered in place around 6:30 AM after calling 911 to report the gunshots. Witnesses reported seeing a… [ Keep reading ]

Chief O’Toole Seeks New Leadership Team

When appointed chief in late June, I indicated that I would take five to six months to assess the existing leadership team and to determine how I will structure the SPD command staff going forward. Since then, I have recruited three civilian managers to fill the important positions of chief… [ Keep reading ]

(Updated) Police Investigate Threat at Amazon Headquarters

Update 3:15 PM: Officers completed a thorough search of the complex and have not found any indications the threat was credible. Police will continue to investigate the case and work to identify the person who left the threatening note. Seattle police are investigating after staff at Amazon.com’s South Lake Union headquarters… [ Keep reading ]

Police Investigating After Finding Wounded Man, Trail of Blood In International District

Detectives are investigating after police found an injured man with a lacerated throat and a trail of blood Friday night in the International District. Officers received several 911 reports just after 5 PM of a man in the 600 block of South King St. bleeding from his neck.  Medics arrived and rushed… [ Keep reading ]

SPD Answers Your Questions On Body Cameras

UPDATE: The final body cam policy for the pilot has been approved and is available for download here (PDF). A dozen East Precinct officers will be testing test body worn cameras that could eventually become standard issue for all patrol officers. The Seattle Police Department has been working toward this… [ Keep reading ]

Officers Nab Madrona Burglar

Officers have arrested a 62-year-old burglar suspected in several break-ins in the Madrona neighborhood. An East Precinct patrol officer spotted the suspect standing in a parking lot the 1100 block of 23rd Avenue around 12:45 PM Thursday and stopped to talk to him. The suspect claimed he was not the burglar officers were… [ Keep reading ]

Detectives Arrest Suspect In Fatal Shooting At Georgetown Motorcycle Club

SPD Homicide Detectives have arrested a suspect in a weekend shooting at a Georgetown motorcycle club, which left one man dead and another critically wounded. Police were called to the club in the 900 block of S. Doris Street just after 4 AM Sunday, where they found the two critically wounded victims…. [ Keep reading ]

Armed Felons Face Federal Charges Following Capitol Hill Emphasis Effort

Federal prosecutors have indicted two felons on weapons charges after they were arrested earlier this year as part of SPD’s Capitol Hill emphasis patrols. From the US Attorney’s office: Two men have been indicted for being felons in possession of firearms in two separate incidents in Seattle’s Capitol Hill neighborhood, announced… [ Keep reading ]