The Seattle Police Department is scheduled for an on-site assessment as part of a program to achieve re-accreditation.  This is accomplished by verifying that SPD meets professional standards administered by the Commission on Accreditation for Law Enforcement Agencies, Inc. (CALEA).  The accreditation program requires agencies to comply with state-of-the-art standards in four basic areas:  policy [...]

On Halloween night and in the days that have followed, you have shown your support of the Seattle Police Department, in particular the men and women of the East Precinct, in countless ways. 
You visited the vigil site on 29th Avenue, called and sent letters of sympathy and encouragement to the precinct, delivered food, coffee and [...]

On 11/19/09 at 6:35 a.m., officers were dispatched to a Burglary alarm at a business in the 1400 block of 18th Av.
A witness reported that the alarm was sounding and someone was inside the store. The store was burglarized earlier and it was unknown if an employee was inside.
Upon officers arrival witnesses reported that a [...]

On 11/15/09, at approximately 1:45 a.m., the victim was walking at 15th and Jefferson when a silver 4 door car pulled up to him and the driver asked for directions.
The car was occupied by 4 black males in their 20’s. When the victim approached the driver’s door to give directions to the driver, the driver [...]

On 11/14/09 at approximately 2:30 a.m., officers stopped a suspicious vehicle in the 13000 block of Linden Av N. and detained a juvenile for a minor offense.  It was determined that the suspect would be investigated and released to his mother.  An officer  transported the juvenile home and while speaking with the mother, she revealed [...]

Today, members of the Seattle Police Department, Seattle Fire Department, and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, held a press conference detailing the early morning arrest of a suspect in connection with the recent spree of arson fires in the Greenwood neighborhood.
Early this morning a fire erupted at a warehouse in Shoreline. Members [...]

On November 12th at approximately 9:50 p.m., an officer observed 3 males running out of a store in the 4400 block of S. Mead St. The officer initially thought the 3 males were involved in a shoplift and chased after them.
At about the same time, units were advised of an armed robbery at the business. The suspects were [...]

On November 6th at approximately 2:36 p.m. Seattle Police Homicide detectives received a tip about a car matching the description of a possible suspect vehicle used in the slaying of Officer Tim Brenton.  Detectives responded to an apartment complex parking lot in the 13700 block of 56th Avenue South in Tukwila, located the possible suspect [...]

On the afternoon of November 6th , 2009, Seattle Police Homicide detectives received a tip about a Datsun 210 matching the description of a possible suspect vehicle used in the slaying of Officer Tim Brenton. Detectives responded to a parking lot in the 13700 block of 56th Avenue South in Tukwila. While detectives were investigating [...]

The below statment was read by Assistant Chief Jim Pugel at a Seattle Police Headquarters news briefing on November 5th, 2009 at 3 p.m.

“While I cannot discuss all of our current investigation details and methods, please know that we are working with local, state and federal agencies to process all of the forensic evidence.  There [...]