SEATTLE — Police officers’ badge numbers will be “prominently displayed” following complaints by people protesting the death of George Floyd that black bands obscured the digits, Seattle ...

A program for new Seattle Police Department recruits hopes to give a more comprehensive understanding of the people they will eventually swear to serve and protect, according to a media release ...

In May 2022, the Seattle Police Department launched the “Before the Badge” (BTB) training program. Pioneered by Police Chief Adrian Diaz, the program engages new Seattle Police recruits in 45 ...

SEATTLE, UNITED STATES - 2020/06/01: A protester confronts a line of police officers at the intersection of Broadway and Pine streets during a demonstration against the death of George Floyd.

FILE: A black band is drawn across the badge of Seattle Police Deputy Chief Carmen Best as she stands nearby during a news conference on Friday, July 8, 2016, in Seattle.

Most of what Seattle Police Officer Steve Pomper recently wrote was nonsense. In case you missed it, Pomper who writes on political issues, sees a socialist agenda in Seattle that amounts to ...

SEATTLE — As the Seattle Police Department faces an unprecedented staffing crisis, it's turning to a new program to help recruit officers and re-imagine policing. "Before the Badge" is a new ...

Seattle police recruits are hitting the streets before they hit the streets as police officers. ... It's part of a new program called Before the Badge, Seattle Police Department ...

In other cities, citizens have complained that police officers have covered their names or badges. City officials in Chicago, New York and Seattle have said that practice is unacceptable.

SEATTLE — Seattle police officers didn’t violate any policies when they wore badges with black bands and kept their body-worn cameras turned off during protests this spring and summer, the ...

Seattle's police chief says officers' badge numbers will be "prominently displayed" following complaints by people protesting the death of George Floyd that black bands obscured the digits. Chief ...