Detectives are investigating after a 3-year-old child died following a vehicle collision in the Madison Valley neighborhood. At 4:45 PM Sunday, police were called to the 1800 block of 30th Avenue for a report of a vehicle collision where a child was seriously injured. Police arrived and found a 3-year-old… [ Keep reading ]
Officers are recovering from protests yesterday where they were struck with explosives, rocks, bottles, and wood. Throughout the day officers were moving protesters away from the East Precinct after they threw an explosive at the building causing structural damage. In all 59 officers were injured throughout the day with one… [ Keep reading ]
Seattle Police made dozens of arrests and 21 officers were injured following a riot in the East Precinct. Around 2:15pm, two large groups of demonstrators gathered at Seattle Central College and Cal Anderson Park on Capitol Hill, before converging and marching south on Broadway. Around 4pm, the large group of… [ Keep reading ]
I wanted to update you that early this morning, the federal judge overseeing the Consent Decree issued a temporary order halting the implementation of City Council’s recently passed legislation that banned SPD from using less-lethal crowd management tools that had previously been approved by the Court, including blast balls and pepper… [ Keep reading ]
Update 8/4: The Seattle Police Department’s Force Investigations Team (FIT) is conducting an independent investigation into an officer involved shooting that occurred on July 16, 2020 in Shoreline. KCSO deputies contacted a suspect who earlier stabbed a man walking his dog critically injuring him. The victim is expected to recover from his… [ Keep reading ]
July 23, 2020Lorena González, President and Lisa Herbold, Public Safety ChairSeattle City Council, City Hall600 Fourth Ave, 2nd FloorSeattle, WA 98104 Re: City Council Ordinance 119805 – Crowd Control Tools Dear President González, Chairwoman Herbold, and Seattle City Council Members: SPD has confirmed with the City Attorney’s Office that the… [ Keep reading ]
On Thursday morning at about 6:15 AM, police were called to a fight disturbance at 28th Avenue East and East Madison Street. Officers arrived and found a 59-year-old man had been stabbed in the back. The Seattle Fire Department treated the victim and he was transported to Harborview Medical Center… [ Keep reading ]
At about 9:00 p.m. a group of about 150 people gathered at Cal Anderson park. The group roamed about the Capital Hill neighborhood, doing massive amounts of property damage, looting, shooting fireworks, and committing arson. Individuals from the group broke the windows of a business in the 1400 block of… [ Keep reading ]
UPDATE 7/24: Detectives have obtained additional photos of the two robbery suspects, and their vehicle, and are asking anyone who can identify them to call the robbery unit at 206-684-5535. — Originally posted 7/22 Detectives are attempting to identify two suspects in a recent North Seattle gas station robbery. On… [ Keep reading ]
The Chief sent this letter to City Council yesterday regarding Decriminalize Seattle/King County Equity Now Proposals: July 21, 2020 Lorena González, President, Seattle City Council and Lisa Herbold, Public Safety Chair, Seattle City Council City Hall 600 Fourth Ave, 2nd Floor Seattle, WA 98104 Re: Decriminalize Seattle/King County Equity Now Proposals… [ Keep reading ]