From Public Health-Seattle & King County: Extra DUI enforcement out this weekend in King and Pierce counties Extra law enforcement will be out in King and Pierce counties this Halloween weekend looking for impaired drivers. Halloween weekend has historically been a dangerous time on local roads due to the high… [ Keep reading ]
On October 29 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. the Seattle Police Department and the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) will give the public another opportunity to prevent pill abuse and theft by ridding their homes of potentially dangerous expired, unused, and unwanted prescription drugs. Bring your medications for disposal to any one… [ Keep reading ]
The King County WA VINE system is a service through which victims of crime can use the telephone or Internet to search for information regarding the custody status of their offender and to register to receive telephone and e-mail notification when the offender’s custody status changes. The VINE toll-free number… [ Keep reading ]
From the Seattle Police Officer’s Guild (SPOG): The Officer of the Month for October 2011 is Officer Erik Warner from the West Precinct Community Police Team and Officer Kevin O’Neill from the Traffic Division, as nominated by Officer Randy Robinson for their actions during a recent suicide attempt by a… [ Keep reading ]
The Office of Professional Accountability Complaints Report for August 2011 is now available. To view the report in its entirety, please click here: http://www.seattle.gov/police/OPA/Docs/MonthlyReports/2011_Aug_MonthlyReport.pdf
Detective Denise “Cookie” Bouldin will receive a Community Builder Award from the Seattle Neighborhood Group (SNG) at their annual Volunteer Recognition reception on Thursday, October 20th. The event will be held at the Yesler Terrace Community Center located at 917 E. Yesler Way from 5:30 – 7:30 p.m. Detective Bouldin… [ Keep reading ]
A letter of thanks to the SPD – from “Dan”: A lot of you guys..ladies..too..neighbors..ok..know and call me dan //thank. you ..i have just read your mission statement and believe you guys try real hard to follow it..you are motivated ,and tried , for the most part to treat me with… [ Keep reading ]
On Friday, October 7th, Lieutenant John Hayes was presented with the first annual Distinguished Alumni Award from the University of Washington Department of Women, Gender and Sexuality Studies. The department unanimously nominated him for this honor to express gratitude for years of dedication to the department. The Distinguished Alumni Awared was initiated this year… [ Keep reading ]
Please see the below news release from the Mayor’s Office: LEAD program will help make neighborhoods safer For years our society has wrestled with the problem of how to deal with the impacts of low-level drug offenses and drug addiction. The U.S. settled on a solution based on criminalization. It… [ Keep reading ]
On October 11th from 11:45 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. an awards ceremony was held at the King County Administration Building to honor two Seattle Police Department Domestic Violence Unit detectives. The ceremony, titled “Taking the Lead to End Domestic Violence”, honored Detectives Elizabeth Ellis and Nadia Fiorini for their outstanding service,… [ Keep reading ]