On October 15th, at approximately 11:45 pm, South Precinct officers responded to a report of a stabbing in the 3900 Block of South Kenyon Street. The male victim apparently went to an apartment building to visit someone there. That person did not want to see the victim. The victim began… [ Keep reading ]
On October 16th, at approximately 1:00 am, North Precinct officers responded to a large fight disturbance in the 3600 Block of Dayton Avenue North. The multiple 911 calls stated that there was a large fight taking place and that one of the participants had fired a gun into the air. … [ Keep reading ]
A letter of thanks to the SPD – from “Dan”: A lot of you guys..ladies..too..neighbors..ok..know and call me dan //thank. you ..i have just read your mission statement and believe you guys try real hard to follow it..you are motivated ,and tried , for the most part to treat me with… [ Keep reading ]
On Friday, October 7th, Lieutenant John Hayes was presented with the first annual Distinguished Alumni Award from the University of Washington Department of Women, Gender and Sexuality Studies. The department unanimously nominated him for this honor to express gratitude for years of dedication to the department. The Distinguished Alumni Awared was initiated this year… [ Keep reading ]
On October 13th at around 8:03 p.m., a concerned citizen called 911 to report seeing a man about mid-span of the Aurora Bridge. He was standing on a cement pillar and grabbing onto the “Suicide Prevention Fence”. The caller believed that the man was trying to scale the fence. Several patrol officers from North and West Precincts responded…. [ Keep reading ]
On October 13th at approximately 10:15 pm, officers announced to the occupants of Westlake Park that the park was closed. Shortly afterward, officers began contacting individuals who were inside a makeshift structure and warned them that if they did not leave they would be subject to possible arrest. The individuals,… [ Keep reading ]
Please see the below news release from the Mayor’s Office: LEAD program will help make neighborhoods safer For years our society has wrestled with the problem of how to deal with the impacts of low-level drug offenses and drug addiction. The U.S. settled on a solution based on criminalization. It… [ Keep reading ]
On October 12th at approximately 10:15 p.m. officers announced to the occupants of Westlake Park over their public address system that the park was closed. This announcement was loud enough to be heard throughout the park. Approximately five minutes later, bicycle officers entered the park and contacted a male who had set up… [ Keep reading ]
On October 4th, 2011, at approximately 9:45 a.m., a bicyclist was riding westbound in the 400 block of Cherry St (wrong way – one way street). The bicyclist struck an 80- year- old female as she was crossing Cherry Street northbound and within the marked crosswalk. After knocking the pedestrian… [ Keep reading ]
