Seattle Police

The Seattle Office of Police Accountability (OPA) released their findings into former police chief Carmen Best’s Thursday for her leadership during a summer of protests in 2020.

Gun violence is spiking in the city of Seattle-- six separate incidents happened in the last two weeks, and half of them were deadly.

Seattle Police are facing staffing and money concerns with more than 20 vacant positions and overtime costs expected to exceed the budget.

Of the more than 450 cases opened into allegations of misconduct against the Seattle Police Department, the top complaints were over professionalism, bias-free policing and investigations and reports, according to the Seattle Office of Police Accountability's (OPA) 2022 annual report.

The Seattle Police Department should "offer a sincere, public apology" for its violent response to people demonstrating after the Minneapolis police killing of George Floyd, a panel of officers, citizens and accountability experts concluded in a report released Tuesday.

The U.S. Justice Department and Seattle officials asked a judge Tuesday to end most federal oversight of the city’s police department, saying its sustained, decade-long reform efforts are a model for other cities whose law enforcement agencies face federal civil rights investigations.

A Black woman who has worked for decades as a Seattle police officer filed a $10 million claim with the city against its Police Department on Friday, alleging racial and gender discrimination.

A mother has returned to Seattle 23 years to the day since her teenage son was savagely attacked in hopes of raising awareness of her son's cold case.

An Everett man was sentenced to 16 months in prison for possession of a stolen firearm that was taken during downtown Seattle riots in 2020. The same man now faces a murder charge for a deadly shooting later that summer in Renton.

Police have released the name of a Seattle police officer who was responding to a medical call when his patrol SUV hit and killed a 23-year-old Jaahnavi Kandula last week in a city crosswalk.

FOX 13 has obtained the audio of the dispatch call leading up to the moment a Northeastern University student was hit and killed by a Seattle police patrol vehicle. 

Tacoma police are launching a Safe Place initiative to encourage local businesses, schools and organizations to provide a safe location for victims of crime. 

An investigation is underway after two men were shot and killed in Seattle's Georgetown neighborhood overnight. 

Climbing the ranks since joining the Seattle Police Department in 1997, Adrian Diaz was sworn in as police chief on Thursday.

Seattle’s public safety committee on Tuesday unanimously approved Adrian Diaz’s appointment as City Police Chief.

A Seattle police officer is under investigation for using police equipment to stalk a woman he dated, and has been placed on administrative leave, according to police.

Seattle Police Chief Adrian Diaz told The Spotlight that he is trying to create a position within the department with the goal of helping and supporting families of homicide victims.