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You Can Run, But You Can’t Hide For Long (UPDATED with Video!)

Persistent officers captured two burglars after a foot pursuit and extensive area search last night. On November 1st at approximately 9:08 p.m. a witness called 911 reporting that he heard glass shattering at a nearby residence and saw two male suspects and believed he was witnessing a burglary in progress…. [ Keep reading ]

Halloween Safety Tips

  The Seattle Police Department wishes Seattle residents a Happy Halloween and offers the following Halloween safety measures as kids prepare to put on their costumes and roam from house to house Thursday. Parents and neighbors should keep in mind that their presence on the road and around homes… [ Keep reading ]

Detectives looking for female burglar

A female suspect is seen on video entering the victim’s garage. This morning just shortly after 3:00 a.m., residents were asleep in their home in the 8300 block of 9th NW when a noise woke them up. Upon checking they found their main garage door open.  The homeowner closed the… [ Keep reading ]

National Drug Take Back Day This Saturday, October 26th

  On Saturday, October 26th, from 10:00 am to 2:00 pm, the Seattle Police Department and the Drug Enforcement Adminsitration (DEA) will give the public its seventh opportunity in three years to prevent pill abuse and theft by ridding their homes of potentially dangerous, expired, unused, and unwanted prescription… [ Keep reading ]

Man robs bank while wearing a Scream Halloween Mask

Bank robber arrested. On 10/25/13, just shortly after 12:00 p.m., officers responded to a report of a bank robbery at the Queen Anne Safeway- Wells Fargo Bank. The suspect was reported to be wearing a scream Halloween mask and dark hooded sweatshirt. The suspect implied a weapon and jumped over… [ Keep reading ]

Driver fled scene of fatality collision and returned to scene by her mother

One woman died another injured in a two car collision this morning. On 10/19/13, just shortly before 4:00 a.m., a black Acura SUV was travelling south on 23rd avenue south in the inside lane.  A silver Saturn was also travelling southbound on 23rd Avenue South, but in the outside lane…. [ Keep reading ]

**UPDATE**DV disturbance ended with suspect/dad taking young child

Officers are investigating a DV incident in South Seattle this afternoon. There is a current no contact order in place which prohibits the suspect from having contact with the child in question. Today the suspect arrived at the victim’s home, got into a verbal altercation with the child’s mother. When… [ Keep reading ]

An Open Letter to Stephen Colbert and Colbert Nation

Mr. Colbert and Colbert Nation, It has come to our attention that the Seattle Police Department was featured in a segment on your news program about marijuana enforcement in our great state, following the passage of Initiative 502. Unfortunately, this segment was rife with errors—understandable given that your program airs… [ Keep reading ]

Captain Deanna Nollette-new Narcotics Commander

The daughter of a former U.S. Air Force Officer, and renowned world traveler, Deanna Nollette brings to her new assignment as Captain of the Seattle Police Department Narcotics Section, seventeen years of diverse, law enforcement experience. As an alumnus of The Evergreen State College, with a BA in Liberal Arts… [ Keep reading ]

Assault Suspect in Custody After 90 Minute Stand Off

Officers peacefully resolved a stand off with a man wanted for stabbing his girlfriend with a kitchen knife this morning. At approximately 8:03 a.m. officers responded to an apartment complex in the 12700 block of Lake City Way NE for the report of a domestic violence assault with a knife…. [ Keep reading ]