On April 16th, from 8 a.m. to 2:00 p.m., officers and detectives attended the 21st annual Youth and Law Forum at First AME Church in Seattle. The event was sponsored in part by Loren Miller Bar Association, Alpha Omicon Boule’, Zeta Phi Beta, Lambda Alpha Zeta Chapter, Blacks in Government-Southeast Chapter and First AME Church…. [ Keep reading ]
On Saturday, April 16, 2011, the Community Outreach Section, Office of Professional Accountability and Training Section of the Seattle Police Department gave a 4 hour presentation to community members on “Perspectives on Profiling”. “Perspectives on Profiling” was training that all employees of the Seattle Police Department were required to attend… [ Keep reading ]
On April 17th at approximately 2:00 a.m. officers responded to a nightclub in the 300 block of 5th Avenue North for reports of a fight disturbance with shots fired. Investigating officers received secondhand reports that several men were shooting at people in the rear parking lot. The suspects were gone upon… [ Keep reading ]
On April 15th at approximately 8:15 a.m. officers responded to the 120 block of Lakeside Avenue for a reported forced-entry commercial burglary. The suspect(s) were gone upon the officers’ arrival. Investigating officers located the main floor office building which contains six rented out office spaces. Five office spaces had been broken… [ Keep reading ]
On April 16th at 2:51 a.m. officers responded to a 911 call of a motor vehicle collision involving injuries in the 9600 block of Rainier Avenue South. Officers arrived on scene and discovered three adult males lying in the middle of the roadway and a heavily damaged black Honda Civic up on… [ Keep reading ]
The Cal Ripken Sr. Foundationn (CRSF) has partnered with Symetra Financial Corporation, the Washington State Attorney General’s Office and local law enforcement to bring the Badges for Baseball program to Washington State. The event kicked off today at the Rainier Vista Boys and Girls Club, 4520 Martin Luther King Jr, Way… [ Keep reading ]
The following is the final recap of the Aurora Corridor Traffic Emphasis that took place on April 14th. The updated totals include the nighttime DUI phase, which involved the efforts of seven SPD Officers, two WSP Troopers and six agents from the Liquor Control Board. Total charges – 677 Total citations – 509 Total warnings –… [ Keep reading ]
On April 14th at approximately 11:22 p.m. officers responded to a 911 call reporting a forced entry commercial burglary with shots fired and one suspect being held at gunpoint. Preliminary investigation indicates that two adult male suspects forced entry into a business in the 5900 block of 4th Avenue South… [ Keep reading ]
On April 14th at 4:56 p.m. officers responded to a 911 call of an armed robbery of a pharmacy in the 1500 block of Broadway Avenue. Preliminary investigation indicates that an adult male suspect entered the pharmacy and attempted to fill a prescription for oxycontin. When that failed, the suspect opened… [ Keep reading ]
Beginning at approximately 7:00 a.m. and running all day and evening today, officers of the Seattle Police Department and Washington State Patrol conducted a traffic safety emphasis patrol on Aurora Avenue North. The emphasis patrol focused its efforts on the stretch of road from the Battery Street Tunnel in downtown Seattle to… [ Keep reading ]
