City councilmembers will vote on allowing SPD officers to use less lethal weapons such as pepper balls and tear gas to ...

The Seattle City Council is set to vote Tuesday on new legislation that would allow Seattle police to use a range of "less ...

Another Seattle lawsuit was filed against the city, alleging discrimination and hostile environment at its police department.

The first outsider to lead the department in over a decade, Barnes promised to bring a “fresh perspective” to policing in ...

For the first time since 2019, the Seattle Police Department hired more officers than it lost. The less-impressive news: The ...

Shon Barnes will head a department challenged by its last chief's firing, allegations of discrimination, staffing shortages ...

Shon Barnes, who most recently was the police chief in Madison, Wisconsin, will begin moving into the office on Thursday.

Mark Solomon, a career crime prevention coordinator with the Seattle Police Department, was appointed to take the vacant District 2 seat in the Seattle City Council.

New Seattle Police Chief Shon Barnes chose the look of a civilian executive as he was introduced to the city with media interviews and press releases this week. Barnes has promised to hit the ...

Solomon is a crime prevention coordinator with the Seattle Police Department, a position that seems to align him with the ...

Now members say they’re trying to move forward in time to influence the city’s latest ordinance governing crowd management and less-lethal weapons. Seattle’s Community Police Commission was ...