The Seattle Police Department has released a report summarizing 12 months of stops and detentions (Terry stops) from January 1, 2017, to December 31, 2017. In keeping with its commitment to transparency and open data, the Department also published the raw data underlying the report to the City’s open data portal, data.seattle.gov. You can also access the… [ Keep reading ]
SPD welcomes Special Olympics National Games SPD officers joined the Torch Run over the pas few years, and have proudly carried the torch through the streets of Seattle in support of this wonderful organization. A takeaway from the recent public safety survey by Seattle University How fearful of crime is… [ Keep reading ]
Officers arrested two men Wednesday for a series of assaults that ended with one of them in the hospital. Officers were called to the 11100 block of Luther Avenue South just after 1 p.m. Wednesday for a report of a man who had been tied up and assaulted. When officers… [ Keep reading ]
Detectives are investigating after a man was stabbed in the Capitol Hill neighborhood Tuesday morning. An employee at a coffee shop called 911 Tuesday morning when a 26-year-old man walked into their shop in the 100 block of Broadway with what appeared to be multiple stab wounds. The manager provided… [ Keep reading ]
If there is an award for being terrible at stealing shrimp, a 45-year-old burglar has certainly won it after he was arrested for the second time in less than a week for targeting the same International District deli’s shrimp supply. Police were called to the business in the 1200 block… [ Keep reading ]
Update: After further investigation, SPD detectives are now seeking a separate suspect in the case. Surveillance cameras captured a man in a white and red baseball cap and dark clothing at the scene several hours before the incident, and police are now seeking the public’s help in identifying him. The… [ Keep reading ]
UPDATE: Police have arrested one person after the victim in one the break-ins recognized the suspect on the street and called 911. Officers took the person into custody and turned them over to detectives. Detectives have not yet linked the suspect to all of the cases, but continue to investigate…. [ Keep reading ]
Homicide Detectives are investigating after a man was murdered in Pioneer Square Monday morning. Officers responded to the 100 block of Yesler Way at 4:12 am Monday for a report of a stabbing. Officers found and immediately began CPR on the 47-year-old victim. Seattle Fire Department Medics took the man to Harborview… [ Keep reading ]
Downtown officers arrested five women and two men after they blocked the intersection of 6th and Pike earlier this afternoon and refused to leave. Around 3:20 p.m, downtown officers responded to the area of 6th and Pike to a report of approximately fifty people protesting. The demonstration had spilled out into… [ Keep reading ]
A 47-year-old man was arrested Thursday night after firing a handgun near 4th Avenue and Pike Street. There were no reported injuries, but a nearby business did sustain damage to a window. Shortly after 9:30 pm SPD’s 911 center received multiple reports of a man was firing a gun near 4th… [ Keep reading ]
