The first outsider to lead the department in over a decade, Barnes promised to bring a “fresh perspective” to policing in ...

If there is any doubt about how happy Shon Barnes is to be the Seattle Police Department's new chief, the doubt ends now.

The Seattle City Council has appointed Mark Solomon from the Seattle Police Department to the vacant District 2 seat after ...

A 37-year-old man is in the hospital fighting for his life after police say someone shot him in the stairwell of an apartment building.

A suburban Seattle police officer was sentenced Thursday ... “That tells me that the Auburn Police Department will stand by anyone and everyone as long as they have a badge," she said.

DOGE: Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent gave Musk’s representatives at the so-called Department of Government Efficiency access to the federal payment system, a powerful tool to monitor and ...

SEATTLE — Seattle Mayor Bruce Harrell's goal of 1,450 fully trained and deployable police officers is showing signs of progress as recent recruitment efforts begin to pay off. The department ...

Harrell said he believed the arrival of Seattle Police Chief nominee Shon Barnes in the coming weeks would help shift the department’s culture, which has been criticized, especially by female ...

SEATTLE, Wash. - The Seattle Police Department is making strides in rebuilding its ranks after several challenging years. In 2024, the department achieved a major milestone, hiring 84 new officers—a ...

Seattle’s Community Police Commission was created as part of the city’s 2012 consent decree with the U.S. Justice Department, after federal officials found a pattern of unconstitutional ...

Winter weather returns to western Washington this weekend with heavy mountain snow and the chance of lowland snow for parts of the region. by Michelle Esteban, KOMO News Reporter TOPICS: SEATTLE ...

The Seattle Times announced in a story published early Thursday it is suing the Seattle Police Department (SPD) over the release of public records. In the story, the Times alleges the SPD has not ...