Assistant Chief Clark Kimerer’s well-earned reputation as a philosopher and academic earned him a spot in George Mason University’s Center for Evidence-Based Crime Policy Hall of Fame this week for his decades-long efforts to promote the use of scientific research to drive changes to SPD’s policies and practices. It was… [ Keep reading ]
Captain David Proudfoot, a 25-year veteran of the Seattle Police Department, was appointed the new South Precinct commander on Thursday. “After hearing repeatedly from community members during the selection process of the need for consistent leadership at the South Precinct, I have asked Captain David Proudfoot to lead the precinct,”… [ Keep reading ]
A Seattle Police officer has been relieved of duty following a use of force incident involving a handcuffed prisoner. The incident occurred on Sunday, June 22, when the officer assigned to the Patrol Operations Bureau arrested an adult female involved in a domestic violence incident in the South Precinct. During… [ Keep reading ]
Detectives on Tuesday released photos of suspects in two separate crimes that happened earlier this month — a downtown robbery near 2nd Avenue and Pine Street, and an unrelated attempted robbery on a Metro bus. The downtown robbery happened around 1:20 p.m. on June 14. Several witnesses heard glass break… [ Keep reading ]
Police were called to a downtown apartment complex early Sunday after a woman was gazing out of her apartment window…and something gazed back. Around 7:45 AM, the woman was looking out her apartment window, near Terry Ave. and Stewart St., when she saw spied an Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV)—or “drone”—hovering outside… [ Keep reading ]
A 26-year-old man was killed and another man was injured in a shooting shortly before midnight on Sunday. The shooting happened after an argument outside Club Volume on S. Washington St. The victims drove away and were followed. In the 400 block of S. Jackson St., near King Street Station,… [ Keep reading ]
Elderly woman robbed at gunpoint yesterday. On 6/21/14, at approximately 4:30 p.m., officers responded to a reported attempted robbery in the 1400 block of S. Main St. where a 70- year- old woman reported three males had taken her car keys at gunpoint and attempted to take her vehicle. The woman’s car… [ Keep reading ]
Five people were transported to Harborview following a four car collision in North Seattle. On Saturday 6/21/14, shortly before 11:00 a.m., a silver Impala travelling southbound on Greenwood Av N clipped a blue Subaru also travelling south on Greenwood Av N. This contact between the two vehicles redirected the Subaru… [ Keep reading ]
A robber was arrested yesterday following a stick- up at a West Seattle mini mart. On 6/20/14, at approximately 7:30 p.m. officers responded to an armed robbery call at the 7-11 store, 1600 SW Holden St. According to the victim/clerk, a lone male entered the store and implied that he… [ Keep reading ]
After processing evidence found at the scene of a May 22nd crash on Harbor Island, investigators have the type of car driven by a suspect, who struck a cyclist and sped away. Witnesses found the bloodied and seriously injured cyclist lying in the street at 11 Ave. S.W. and S.W…. [ Keep reading ]
