Seattle has added 60 new police officers this year. It still has 260 openings after many officer retired or left since 2020.

Harrell and police Chief Shon Barnes said at a police training facility Monday that SPD has hired 60 officers as of mid-April ...

Seattle Mayor Bruce Harrell and Police Chief Shon Barnes announced a major increase in police officer hires in 2025 compared ...

SEATTLE — A Seattle police captain ... Policing Bureau, as well as instances of discrimination he had seen against other SPD employees. In 2023, the department said it would hire a new deputy ...

(The Center Square) – The Seattle ... in the background check phase in 2022. Callie Craighead, Seattle Mayor Bruce Harrell's press secretary, noted that the Seattle Police Department had 175 ...

The group outlines in the filing specific meetings on specific dates with Hollingsworth, who chairs the Council Parks committee, as well as ... defer to the Seattle Police Department on recent ...

The Tacoma City Council on Tuesday voted to pay $500,000 to settle a lawsuit filed by a former chief of staff for the police department who ... you asked you might as well have said, ‘Boy ...

He did it without pay and those who knew him said he often sacrificed his own safety for the well-being of others ... likely due to blood loss. The Seattle Police Department has reexamined ...

One of the bill's key provisions is to show gratitude towards the heavily scrutinized Seattle Police Department (SPD) officers, as well as city firefighters and Community Assisted Response ...

NEW BEDFORD — Mayor Jon Mitchell stated in a press release Monday that New Bedford has selected 21st Century Policing Solutions to evaluate the New Bedford Police Department’s policies and ...