Last year, for the first time since 2019, the Seattle Police Department hired more officers than it lost. It’s largely a symbolic victory — the net gain is a single cop — and the 84 hires ...

On paper, Shon Barnes brings a wealth of experience and education to his new job as Seattle police chief: He’s a former history teacher, holds a doctorate and is considered a “next generation ...

Seattle police have arrested a suspect in a deadly shooting, just a few hours after a man was killed in the city’s Central District. Homicide detectives developed probable cause to arrest a 30 ...

(The Center Square) – Shon Barnes, who started his new job as chief of the Seattle Police Department on Friday, has big goals for 2025, including fully establishing his command staff within 100 ...

A Seattle woman arrested Thursday in connection with her 14-year-old son’s death told officers she beat the boy with an extension cord until he lost consciousness, according to a police report ...

If there is any doubt about how happy Shon Barnes is to be Seattle’s new police chief, the doubt ends now. “This is one of the greatest honors of my career,” Seattle Police Department (SPD ...

by KOMO News Staff TOPICS: SEATTLE — Seattle police arrested a 29-year-old mother for investigation of homicide after her 14-year-old died following a reported domestic violence incident ...

SEATTLE — The new Pierce County sheriff would have been fired from the Seattle Police Department (SPD) if he still worked there, according to a new disciplinary report by Seattle's outgoing ...

by Jeremy Harris, KOMO News Reporter TOPICS: SEATTLE — A Seattle mother is in jail on suspicion of murder after telling police she cut and beat her teenage son until he died because she was ...

If he were still with the Seattle Police Department, former Capt. Keith Swank would have been fired for inflammatory social media comments he made in 2023 disparaging transgender people and ...

SEATTLE — A man is dead following a shooting in Seattle’s Central District Saturday morning. Police responded to reports of a shooting in the 1200 block of East Spruce Street at 4:25 a.m ...

On Jan. 23, former Auburn Police Officer Jeffrey Nelson was sentenced to almost 17 years in prison for the 2019 assault and murder of Jesse Sarey. Nelson ignored his training and began a needless ...