The site also details how community members can access crime data, SPD manuals, the calls for service dashboard, and much more. This site features in-depth information on the department’s policies regarding de-escalation, use of force, demilitarization and implicit bias training. In that spirit, we have launched this web site that tracks our efforts towards re-envisioning community safety. The SPD is a model of transparency and we will continue to expand on public accountability.

We have started this process – and will continue to put in the hard work – to make improvements. We are not going to make these important decisions without community input. We know there are ways we can function more efficiently and more equitably. Through this work we have learned we cannot always expect to know what is best for the community. The SPD has engaged in these community conversations for years.

That is why these systems are in place so we can learn, evolve and hold accountable those who knowingly violate policies or public trust. I look forward to the work we will do today, and as part of. He was booked into King County Jail.We know there is room for improvement. In so many ways, our Port police department has been on the leading edge of best policing practices. Police requested additional charges for having a revoked license and vehicle theft tools. Police found one person with a gunshot wound and. Officers arrived and formed contact teams to immediately enter the school. Tuesday, police received reports of a shooting at the school, in the 1800 block of North 135th Street. The suspect was arrested for assault, malicious mischief, eluding a police vehicle, possession of a stolen vehicle, and his multiple outstanding felony warrants. Seattle police are searching for the suspect in a shooting at Ingraham High School in North Seattle. The suspect vehicle was reported stolen and was already impounded days before for further evidence processing. Seattle's Finest, a commercial paid detail.

Officers were in the area following up on a stolen car with several people nearby two days earlier. report by journalists almost two decades earlier discussed such. The 35-year-old male suspect was taken into custody. Seattle police have arrested a 26-year-old man after a standoff at an apartment building in the 200 block of Yesler Way on Feb. Officers responded and located a man matching the description of the suspect from the previous incident. Police also obtained surveillance footage of the possible suspect who frequented the area to assist in the investigation.Ībout a week later, the witness called police to report the suspect was back in the area. Luckily the tents were not occupied.Įven after several commands from police, the suspect driver refused to stop and recklessly rammed into an RV and two patrol vehicles before driving off eastbound on Northwest 50th Street.Ī witness reported to police the suspect was involved in other recent incidents and provided a suspect description of a White male in his 50’s with a stocky build, 5’6”-5’8” in height, wearing a black jacket and tan pants. The suspect driver drove the vehicle onto the sidewalk striking a large boulder in a planter area merely missing multiple tents nearby. As officers approached, the suspect driver became aware of their presence and began aggressively maneuvering the vehicle to flee from the location. Police located the occupied vehicle in the 5000 block of 15th Avenue Northwest around 4:30p.m. A man seen stripping a vehicle on the roadway draws suspicion from a nearby business employee.

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