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Chief O’Toole Statement on Bias Crimes Reporting | Ongoing Effort Between Community & SPD

Written by Chief Kathleen O’Toole on September 20, 2017 3:42 pm

Chief O’Toole issued the following statement regarding the City Auditor’s Report: Review of Hate Crime Prevention, Response, and Reporting in Seattle Phase 1: The Department welcomes and thanks the City Aud[...] Read more »

Chief O’Toole Responds to Reports of an FBI/OPA Investigation Into Secondary Employment

Written by Chief Kathleen O’Toole on September 20, 2017 2:17 pm

I’m writing to address recent media reports of an FBI/OPA investigation. Last April, I was made aware of serious allegations against a small number of Seattle Police officers relating to management of sec[...] Read more »

Detectives Investigating Following Fatal Shooting in West Seattle

Written by Detective Mark Jamieson on September 19, 2017 10:00 pm

UPDATE 9/20: Detectives arrested a 21-year-old female this morning in Burien. After being interviewed by detectives, she was booked into the King County Jail for investigation of murder. Detectives are [...] Read more »

Three Juveniles Arrested After Breaking into South Delridge Business

Written by Detective Mark Jamieson on September 18, 2017 1:22 pm

Three 13-year-old boys were arrested after they burglarized a business late Friday night. On September 15th, shortly after 11:00 pm, a business owner called 911 to report a burglary in progress. The owner wa[...] Read more »

Man Removes Swastika Armband After Downtown Incident

Written by Jonah Spangenthal-Lee on September 18, 2017 11:14 am

Around 4pm Sunday, SPD received reports of a man wearing a swastika armband instigating fights at 3rd Avenue and Pine Street. Police were on scene within five minutes and found him on the ground. The man acknow[...] Read more »

Officers Investigating Seward Park Shooting

Written by Detective Patrick Michaud on September 16, 2017 8:54 pm

Officers are investigating after a man shot a woman and then killed himself in the Seward Park neighborhood Saturday night. Officers were dispatched to the 5100 block of South Frontenac Street just after 8 p.m.[...] Read more »

Detectives Investigating Shooting After Man Killed In Hillman City Neighborhood

Written by Detective Patrick Michaud on September 14, 2017 7:47 pm

Detectives are seeking 21-year-old Jamal Austin as the suspect in this homicide. Austin is 5’8 and 150 pounds and is wanted for homicide and an unrelated burglary warrant. If you have any information abou[...] Read more »

Detectives Seek Help IDing Pair Who Used Credit Card Stolen In Burglary

Written by Jonah Spangenthal-Lee on September 14, 2017 5:15 pm

Burglary detectives are seeking the public’s help in identifying two suspects, who were caught on surveillance cameras using a credit card stolen in a break-in on Queen Anne. Sometime in the late evening [...] Read more »

Ride-Share Driver Arrested for Groping Passenger

Written by Jonah Spangenthal-Lee on September 14, 2017 4:08 pm

Seattle police arrested a 28-year-old ride-share driver outside his Shoreline home just after midnight on Thursday after he reportedly groped a passenger hours earlier on First Hill. The victim in the incident [...] Read more »

Woman Arrested for DUI After Driving Car Over 100-Foot Embankment

Written by Detective Patrick Michaud on September 14, 2017 1:14 pm

Police arrested a 34-year-old woman Wednesday night after she drove her car over a 100-foot embankment in Jose Rizal Park on Beacon Hill. When officers arrived at the park shortly after 8 PM, they found a 34-ye[...] Read more »

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SPD Releases Bias Crimes Report for First Half of 2017

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Today the Seattle Police Department released its semiannual report detailing bias crimes and incidents for the[...] Read more »

Seattle Police Working with Secure Parking Garages on Car Prowl Prevention

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Perhaps you have seen some of these signs in parking garages around town. While car prowls incidents are sti[...] Read more »

SPD Mourns the Loss of Noreen Skagen

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Today, the Seattle Police Department mourns the loss of retired Assistant Chief Noreen T. Skagen, a deeply re[...] Read more »

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