Want to learn about being a police officer?  What is CSI?  What does I & R stand for?  What’s a DOA?  The Seattle Police Department is now taking applications for the fall Community Police Academy that begins Thursday, September 6, 2012.  Classes are held once a week for eleven-weeks from 5:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. [...]

This year marks the 10th anniversary of Washington’s primary seat belt law. An estimated 1,010 lives have been saved since the initiation of the law requiring drivers and passengers to buckle up. To mark the occasion and maintain this trend, officers throughout Northwest Washington are conducting Click It or Ticket patrols from May 21 through [...]

On 4/22/12, just shortly after 2:00 a.m., multiple shots were fired from a vehicle, in the area of 2nd Ave and Yesler Way.  Officers in the nearby area responded and located the 21-year-old female victim down on the sidewalk suffering from a gunshot wound to the neck.  The victim and her boyfriend had just left an area [...]

On 4/6/2012, members from the Seattle Police Department participated in a charity basketball event in an effort to help raise funds for a local food bank and the Ballard High School football program. The department members who participated in this event did so on their own time as a way to give back and to do their [...]

One way or another, the Seattle Police Department is going to look very different in the next 20 months. Following a harsh review by the Department of Justice—which called SPD out for a pattern of excessive force and intimated there were signs of biased policing in the department—city leaders and SPD’s top brass are looking [...]

This morning at Seattle Police Headquarters CEO Beth Wojick, Mary Do, Dan Wartelle and athlete/board member Angela Martin of Special Olympics Washington presented Chief John Diaz with a plaque in appreciation of the support that SPD provides to Special Olympics year-round.  Angela Martin personally thanked the Chief and explained how important police support has been for her [...]

Entry Level Police Officer Exam: June 23-24, 2012.  Online Application Filing Period: April 2–27, 2012 at www.seattlepolicejobs.com WORKSHOPS: We have free pre-test workshops available to help you prepare for the June 23-24 Entry Level Police Officer Exam.  You must pre-register with the Recruiting Unit in order to attend.    Please e-mail Officer Andre Sinn at [...]

The Seattle Hotel Association hosted their annual Evening of Hope Gala to benefit the Seattle Police Foundation, and honor President Obama’s Drug Czar and former Seattle Police Chief Gil Kerlikowske and his wife, Anna Laszlo Seattle, Washington — February 6, 2012 — This past Saturday, the Seattle Hotel Association hosted the 15th annual Evening of [...]

The fact that I hold my officers to the highest standard is no secret. Our community deserves and expects nothing less. Right now this case (see SPD Statement below) is in the hands of the Office of Professional Accountability (OPA).  It was referred there by Department commanders per Department policy. The investigation will receive priority and [...]

The following is a post from Mayor Mike McGinn’s blog: The people of Seattle deserve a police force that fights crime in a way that is fair and equitable. We deserve a police force that is well trained and accountable for its actions. We deserve a police force that is respectful and professional in all [...]