Watch your calendars. SPD hopes to unmask every last detail about the Port Security Grant at community meetings next week and beyond. Tell us in person. We’ll be at the Alki Beach Bathhouse, 2701 Alki Avenue SW, Tuesday, March 12th at 7 p.m. and at the Belltown Community Center, 415… [ Keep reading ]
The irony of crime in Courthouse Park has not been lost on downtown beat officers. Increased patrols and police visibility in the area have been helpful but have not solved the problem of open air drug dealing and other low level offenses. Complaints from community members coupled with a desire to… [ Keep reading ]
The quick action of a Seattle Police Department parking enforcement officer, a UW medical student, a UWPD officer and Seattle Fire Medics helped save the life of 60-year old man, who is recovering at a local hospital after suffering an apparent heart attack on a University District street. A Seattle Police… [ Keep reading ]
The Seattle Police Department is reviewing a 2010 incident at a West Seattle shopping center, which resulted in police arresting a then-18-year-old man for biting an officer. On December 27, 2010, patrol officers saw a parked car left running in front of a busy department store during the holiday season,… [ Keep reading ]
Seattle Police officers arrested two fellow off-duty officers for a hit and run collision early Monday. Just after midnight, Seattle Police responded to a report of a collision near the intersection of 1st and Lander. A witness called police after they saw a woman driving a Nissan Altima with front-end damage…. [ Keep reading ]
How should police deal with aggressive panhandlers? Should jaywalking laws be strictly enforced? How can police agencies better monitor themselves for racial profiling or biased policing when it occurs? These are the types of questions that police executives, criminal justice academics and community members delved into during a two day… [ Keep reading ]
An off-duty Seattle Police Officer was arrested late last night for allegedly assaulting his estranged wife. The Snohomish County Sheriff’s Office (SCSO) notified Seattle Police Department commanders of the arrest. The employee was booked into Snohomish County Jail for misdemeanor domestic violence assault. The 41 year old male officer is assigned… [ Keep reading ]
Updated with video below Office of Professional Accountability (OPA) investigators are reviewing a weekend arrest of a suspect in a hit and run collision, 2012-342153. Shortly after 4:30 p.m. on October 6th, 911 received a report that a driver of a white van had struck a bicyclist at 29th Avenue… [ Keep reading ]
Local attorney James Egan will receive the video he is asking for. In fact, he already has. The Seattle Police Department via the City Attorney’s Office provided a copy of the in-car camera footage to James Egan as a matter of criminal discovery. Mr. Egan received police records that were… [ Keep reading ]
Flashlights – they still make them like they used to. And that’s a good thing, too, because in this particular case, flashlights did more than provide illumination, they helped save a man’s life. Just after midnight on Monday morning, East Precinct officers responded to a call of a car that had driven into Lake Washington. The caller advised that… [ Keep reading ]
