Seattle Police officers, including SWAT and K-9, and Washington State Patrol troopers conducted a search for a man who discharged a firearm near 12th Avenue South and South Dearborn Street at around 11:15 a.m.  It is not known at this time if anyone was injured in the shooting.  The suspect fled on foot crossing I-5.  He [...]

On February 19th, just before 1:00 am, an SPD officer was working with two Department of Corrections officers on an emphasis patrolin Belltown.  The officers observed a car driving the wrong way down an alley and made a traffic stop in the 1500 Block of 1st Avenue.   After checking the names of the occupants, [...]

On February 18th, just after midnight, an officer working Lower Queen Anne observed a green 2003 Kia Spectra travel northbound in the 300 Block of 1st Avenue North.  The Kia then drove through two red lights as the officer attempted to initiate a traffic stop.  The car did not stop and during its flight, crashed [...]

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In response to this recent KOMO 4 segment, there are a few details from the original police report that the Seattle Police Department would like to emphasize.  A redacted copy of the original police report is included as well. The witness had just left her place of employment.  She had car trouble, so she called a friend [...]

On February 7th at around 12:41 a.m., a West Precinct patrol officer was on routine patrol in the 1500 block of 2nd Avenue.  The officer observed about a dozen people crowded in and around the doorway of a closed restaurant.  The officer suspected that drug dealing was taking place and personally observed several hand to hand contacts, with various [...]

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 5th at approximately 1:36 a.m. officers heard three shots fired in the 2100 block of Western Avenue.  Officers were in the area and arrived immediately.  Although officers could hear the shots being fired, they were unable to see any muzzle flashes or people shooting.  The officers located a large group of people in the area of the [...]

On February 3rd at approximately 11:29 p.m. officers responded to reports of a fight disturbance in the 400 block of Pine Street.  Officers arrived on scene and located a male victim who told officers that he had been drinking with the suspect when the two of them got into a fight.  The suspect produced a knife and [...]