Seattle mayor-elect Katie Wilson announced Wednesday she will keep police Chief Shon Barnes and three other public-safety leaders when she takes office next month. In a statement titled “A Vision for ...

The Seattle Police Department’s (SPD) current workforce includes 1,200 sworn officers and 631 civilian employees, according to the city’s website. The department rebounded from a low point in April ...

SEATTLE — Calling the idea "reckless," Seattle Police Chief Carmen Best said she is against potential budget cuts to her department. At least seven of nine Seattle city council members said they ...

The Seattle Police Department’s top civilian leaders were both fired Wednesday morning in a significant shake-up for a department still under relatively new management. The department’s chief ...

Seattle reached a tentative contract with its police union granting officers nearly $120,000 starting pay and freeing the city’s crisis response team to handle noncriminal calls without armed officers ...