On February 20th, at approximately 5:15 pm, North Precinct officers responded to a report of shots fired in the 6000 Block of Aurora Avenue North.  Officers located in a parking lot an adult male who had been shot several times.  The male was transported to Harborview Medical Center with life threatening injuries.  Homicide and CSI [...]

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On February 15th at approximately 3:51 p.m. officers observed an adult female suspect driving erratically in a blue Dodge pickup truck while she was traveling eastbound on Northeast 92nd Street at 1st Avenue Northeast.  Officers turned around to initiate a traffic stop.  Officers began following the suspect northbound on 1st Avenue Northeast and initiated their emergency lights.   The suspect slowed [...]

In response to this recent KOMO 4 segment, there are a few details that the Seattle Police Department would like to emphasize.  Redacted copies of the original police report and arrest report are included as well. In regards to the decision not to employ other police resources – such as SWAT – to arrest the suspect, Office [...]

On February 10th at approximately 11:04 a.m. officers responded to an apartment in the 11300 block of 8th Avenue NE for the report of a suicidal male with a gun.  Upon arrival on scene officers were unable to gain the cooperation of the 31-year-old male subject who refused to come out of his apartment.  The SWAT [...]

On February 9th at approximately 10:54 p.m. officers responded to  the area of 22nd Avenue NW and NW Market Street for the report of a stabbing.  Officers located two adult male victims who had both sustained non-life-threatening injuries from what is believed to be a knife assault.  Victim #1, a 51-year-old male, sustained a stab [...]

On Saturday night I had the privilege of attending the Seattle Hotel Association’s Evening of Hope Gala and Auction.  The designated beneficiary for the event was our very own Seattle Police Foundation.  The honorees for the event were none other than my friends Gil Kerlikowske and Anna Laszlo.  As you undoubtedly remember, Gil was my [...]

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 [...]

On February 1st at approximately 7:30 p.m. North Precinct Anti-Crime Team (ACT) officers, acting on information developed during the course of an on-going investigation, arrived at the suspect’s residence in the 13700 block of Midvale Avenue North.  Officers surrounded the suspect’s apartment complex and attempted to contact the suspect at his apartment.  Shortly thereafter the suspect was observed sneaking [...]

On 2/1/12, at approximately 4:30 a.m., multiple callers reported hearing 6-8 gunshots outside in the 4300 block of 5 Av NW.  The victim/occupant of the house provided officers with vehicle and driver descriptions that he had recorded a few days earlier after seeing the same vehicle and driver in the area.  Responding officers noted multiple bullet holes in a [...]