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Stay safe this summer in and around the water!

HARBOR Patrol – Summer safety tips The weather will be hot this weekend, and there will be a lot of people on the water enjoying the hydros and Blue Angels.  The Seattle Police Department would like to remind everyone to be safe while enjoying this Seafair weekend, and anytime you… [ Keep reading ]

Talk Shop With Cops At August 11th Precinct Picnics

Summer’s finally here, which means you’ll soon have the chance to hobnob with Seattle police officers without having to call 911 first. On August 11th, each of the department’s five precincts will host Picnic at the Precinct events, so you and your family can chow down on free food and ice… [ Keep reading ]

Pipes and Drums! Band hosts benefit concert

There will be an invasion of police  pipers and drummers as the newly formed Seattle Police Pipes and Drums host the pipe bands from Boston Police and Delta, British Columbia later this month for a concert to raise money for the SPP&D. The Seattle Police Pipes and Drums is a non-profit band, funded… [ Keep reading ]

Seattle Police Accepting Applications for Autumn 2012 Community Police Academy

Want to learn about being a police officer? What is CSI? What does I & R stand for? What’s a DOA? The Seattle Police Department is now taking applications for the Autumn Community Police Academy that begins Thursday, September 6, 2012. Classes are held once a week for 11 weeks… [ Keep reading ]

Planning to attend “Family 4th at Lake Union”? Tips for motorists

Please plan your travel accordingly and bring a healthy dose of patience if you get stuck in pre/post event traffic. Tomorrow Seattle Police will be out assisting with crowds and traffic in and around Gasworks Park in preparation for this year’s Family 4th at Lake Union. The annual event is very… [ Keep reading ]

The Seattle Police Department is now taking applications for the Eleven-Week Community Police Academy

Want to learn about being a police officer?  What is CSI?  What does I & R stand for?  What’s a DOA?  The Seattle Police Department is now taking applications for the fall Community Police Academy that begins Thursday, September 6, 2012.  Classes are held once a week for eleven-weeks from… [ Keep reading ]

Traffic safety celebrates 10 year anniversary of seat belt law and 1,010 lives saved!

This year marks the 10th anniversary of Washington’s primary seat belt law. An estimated 1,010 lives have been saved since the initiation of the law requiring drivers and passengers to buckle up. To mark the occasion and maintain this trend, officers throughout Northwest Washington are conducting Click It or Ticket… [ Keep reading ]

Public’s assistance being sought

On 4/22/12, just shortly after 2:00 a.m., multiple shots were fired from a vehicle, in the area of 2nd Ave and Yesler Way.  Officers in the nearby area responded and located the 21-year-old female victim down on the sidewalk suffering from a gunshot wound to the neck.  The victim and her boyfriend… [ Keep reading ]

SPD officers give back to the community

On 4/6/2012, members from the Seattle Police Department participated in a charity basketball event in an effort to help raise funds for a local food bank and the Ballard High School football program. The department members who participated in this event did so on their own time as a way to give… [ Keep reading ]

SPD 20/20: A Vision For the Future

One way or another, the Seattle Police Department is going to look very different in the next 20 months. Following a harsh review by the Department of Justice—which called SPD out for a pattern of excessive force and intimated there were signs of biased policing in the department—city leaders and… [ Keep reading ]