On Saturday, July 9th, residents are invited to the North Precinct’s “Picnic at the Precinct”. There will be free food, dancing, entertainment, and activities for children. This is a great chance to meet your local officers and to take a precinct tour. The Picnic at the Precinct events first began in… [ Keep reading ]
On July 5th at approximately 1:07 p.m. officers responded to the 500 block of North 84th Street for a report of a man with a gun. Preliminary investigation indicates that the suspect and victim (both adult males) are known to each other via a landlord/tenant relationship. The victim was renting space… [ Keep reading ]
The Parking Enforcement Section booted nine vehicles on July 5th, 2011, the opening day of the new parking scofflaw program. The City of Seattle plans a “soft launch” of the program, booting a limited number of vehicles in the first week of enforcement. The first boot was applied at 2:13 p.m. and the… [ Keep reading ]
On June 29th at approximately 1:00 p.m. a parking enforcement officer (PEO) was in the process of writing a ticket in the 900 block of 9th Avenue when he noticed a man waving at him from a vehicle stopped on the southeast corner of the intersection of 9th Avenue and Madison Street. The… [ Keep reading ]
On June 30th at approximately 1:21 p.m. the fire department responded to an apartment fire in the 14000 block of 12th Avenue NE. After putting out the fire, Seattle Police patrol officers and Arson Bomb Squad detectives responded to the scene at the request of SFD personnel when it was… [ Keep reading ]
On June 16th at 5:45 p.m. the 87-year-old male victim had just dropped off his wife at home and had parked their car when he noticed a black car with shiny chrome wheels parked next to his car. A female was driving and a 19-year-old male (the suspect) was in the… [ Keep reading ]
During the course of the on-going Sexual Assault Unit investigation into the Greenwood abduction and rape, Robbery detectives recognized the 24-year-old male suspect as a possible suspect in a series of armed robberies currently under investigation. The Robbery Unit was also contacted by a street robbery victim who told detectives that she… [ Keep reading ]
On June 24th officers from the Aggressive Driver Response Team issued the following tickets while on patrol: West Marginal Way SW – 40 mph zone 1 at 83 mph (with an open container of alcohol) 1 at 58 mph 1 at 57 mph 1 at 56 mph 2 at 55 mph… [ Keep reading ]
Seattle Mayor Mike McGinn’s statement on terrorist plot to attack Seattle military processing center. To view Mayor McGinn’s statement, see the attached link below: http://www.seattlechannel.org/videos/video.asp?ID=1061124
The city-wide and precinct major crime statistics for the first five months of 2011 have now been posted to the Seattle Police Department’s website. SNAPSHOT ANALYSIS: Through May, major crimes were down citywide by 12% when compared with the same time period in 2010. This continues the downward crime trend… [ Keep reading ]