Seattle Police

Beginning Oct. 20, Seattle Police will have the authority to arrest anyone publicly using or possessing drugs. Police Chief Adrian Diaz is shedding light on how officers will enforce the new rules.

The law begins in 30 days, allowing the city attorney’s office to prosecute cases of open drug use and possession.

A Seattle police officer and union leader under investigation for laughing and making callous remarks about the death of a woman from India who was struck by a police SUV has been taken off patrol duty, police said.

Seattle Police Chief Adrian Diaz fielded questions at the first press conference since two recent controversies came to light. Several investigations into officer behavior are underway, and it may be some time before we get concrete answers.

Local civil rights organizations are calling for more help and resources to combat violence impacting Asian American Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander communities in Washington.

The Seattle Police Department (SPD) placed one of its officers on leave Friday while it investigates allegations of racist and sexist comments said to one of his neighbors last year.

Seattle’s mayor hopes to diversify response options to calls for help with the city’s new public safety department. 

Several Seattle Police officers were stung by a swarm of yellow jackets last month while attempting to arrest an attempted carjacking suspect.

Seattle's Community Police Commission (CPC) is urging Seattle Police Chief Adrian Diaz to put an officer on unpaid leave indefinitely following comments he made on body cam footage that appears to mock the death of a woman who was hit and killed by another officer earlier this year. 

Diplomats from India are asking for an investigation following the death of Jaahnavi Kandula, as people in Seattle protested the officer’s callous jokes caught on bodycam video.

Protesters took to the streets Friday night to call for charges against the officer who killed Jaahnavi Kandula after striking her with his vehicle. They also called for the Seattle Police Department to fire Daniel Auderer and the person he was on the phone with following the release of the troubling body camera video earlier in the week.

Following the release of body cam footage showing a Seattle Police officer laughing and making disparaging remarks about a woman hit and killed by another officer, city leaders are calling for fast response.

Thursday, dozens of people hit the streets protesting the Seattle Police Department after body camera footage showed an officer laughing and making jokes about a woman killed by a speeding police patrol car.

Authorities are investigating after shocking body cam video showed how one Seattle Police officer reacted to the death of a woman hit and killed by a patrol car during an emergency response.