O’Toole says she, black officers targets of ‘outright lies’
Photo by Daniel NashSeattle Police Chief Kathleen O’Toole addresses members and attendees at the African American Community Advisory Council forum on Thursday, July 21. By Daniel Nash City Living...
View ArticlePolice report: Muslim teen smoked marijuana, jumped from balcony
Warsame By Brandon Macz A Seattle Police investigation into the death of 16-year-old Seattle Central College student Hamza Warsame determined the teen leapt from the balcony of a Capitol Hill apartment...
View ArticleMayor signs transgender executive order amid ‘cultural wars of the past’
Seattle Mayor Ed Murray signed an executive order to ensure protection and inclusion for the city’s transgender and gender-diverse community on Thursday, March 10. By Brandon Macz Responding to a...
View ArticleSuspect facing voyeurism charge in First Hill incident from October
Photo by Brandon MaczSeattle Police arrested 33-year-old Stanley Cuyler early Sunday morning, after responding to a report of someone creeping around the side of a building in the 300 block of 18th...
View ArticleEDITORIAL: Policing in Seattle a numbers game
The Obama administration may think the Seattle Police Department (SPD) is a model of police reform, but those much closer to home have a different perspective of its police force. Not only are a few...
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Unbreakable glass Police responded at 2:49 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 13, to a business in the 2400 block of East Union Street after the owner called 911 to report an attempted burglary. Officers spoke with the...
View ArticleAttempted robbery in Cal Anderson Park sends Samaritan, officer to hospital
A 24-year-old man was arrested early Friday morning near Cal Anderson Park, where he allegedly attacked two people during an attempted robbery that resulted in an officer and a male victim being...
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Gun flashing at bar Several Seattle Police units responded at 12:45 a.m. Aug. 8 to a bar in the 900 block of East Pike Street when a 911 call reported a man had threatened a bouncer with a gun....
View ArticleUPDATE: Examiner’s Office releases name of Capitol Hill shooting victim
The King County Medical Examiner’s Office named Ramon E. Mitchell as the victim in a fatal shooting on Capitol Hill early Sunday, Aug. 16. Photo courtesy of GoFund Me By Brandon Macz Seattle Police...
View ArticlePolice Blotter | June 24, 2015
The following are selected reports from the Seattle Police Department. They represent the officers’ accounts of the events described. By Lydia Sprague Exposed When police responded to a 911 call from a...
View ArticlePolice Blotter | June 10
The following are selected reports from the Seattle Police Department. They represent the officers’ accounts of the events described. By Lydia Sprague Hate crime A Capitol Hill resident reported being...
View ArticleMay Day 2015 | Journalists must be protected from police crowd control policies
MARK TAYLOR-CANFIELD Guest Columnist Seattle’s riotous May Day demonstrations have become an annual city tradition involving vandalism, allegations of police aggression, political controversy and even...
View ArticleMicro-community policing taps social media
By Eric Mandel Lauri Stevens tells a well-worn joke among her fellow social media advocates in the law enforcement community: that decision-makers are less afraid to give police officers guns and...
View ArticleSPD at heart of LGBTQ Task Force discussion
Mayor Ed Murray and City Councilmember Kshama Sawant at a recent forum on LGBT hate crimes. Photo by Eric Mandel By Eric Mandel The Seattle Police Department (SPD) was not formally invited to speak at...
View ArticlePolice Blotter | April 2, 2015
The following are selected reports from the Seattle Police Department. They represent the officers’ accounts of the events described. By Lydia Sprague Lost phone and ride On March 14 at 10:26 p.m., a...
View ArticleLetter to the editor | Return Capt. Davis to East Precinct
There is an old saying: “If it’s not broken, don’t fix it!” As we all know, the Seattle Police Department (SPD) has a few things that are “broken” and our new police chief, Kathleen O’Toole, has...
View ArticleMayor Ed Murray names Capitol Hill/LGBT task force
Last week, Mayor Ed Murray announced a task force to develop recommendations to create a safer environment for LGBT people in Seattle and to specifically address ongoing issues on Capitol Hill. LGBT...
View ArticleEditorial | Welcomed changes in SPD
Seattle Police Department’s (SPD) four current assistant chiefs have been demoted in the department’s latest shake-up. According to The Seattle Times, the assistant chiefs were allowed to reapply for...
View ArticlePolice Blotter | March 12, 2015
The following are selected reports from the Seattle Police Department. They represent the officers’ accounts of the events described. By Lydia Sprague Unsatisfied customer Seattle Police and Fire...
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