The crowd management guidelines we passed today strike an important balance of giving our police officers flexibility to keep ...

For the first time since 2019, the Seattle Police Department hired more officers than it lost. The less-impressive news: The ...

The Seattle City Council passed an ordinance that allows Seattle police to use less lethal weapons during crowd management ...

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 Police Department (SPD) believes two men arrested Thursday night in South Seattle are responsible for stealing more than $50,000 in merchandise from retailers in Seattle, Bellevue ...

The Seattle City Council is set to approve new rules for how the Seattle Police Department can use crowd control weapons. CHS reported here on the legislation needed to replace SPD’s crowd control ...

The Seattle Police Department has been grappling ... Despite having the highest number of vacancies in the state, the department's recent hires view the challenge as an opportunity.

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 ...