Mike Carter

Justice Department prosecutors indicted three men, including two Joint Base Lewis-McChord soldiers, alleging they conspired to sell defense secrets to China.

Federal appellate judges upheld a lower court decision not to dismiss elements of a lawsuit filed by the mother of Ryan Smith, who was killed by Seattle police in 2019.

The Washington Criminal Justice Training Commission has prohibited recruits from training with the gun and banned it from campuses, citing safety reports.

UW Professor Emeritus Roy Prosterman, was the founder of Landesa, an international nonprofit that has impacted tens of millions of people in the world's poorest countries.

A 20-year veteran Seattle police lieutenant claims in a lawsuit that he was the target of discrimination and retaliation by his subordinates and superiors.

When he was a Seattle police captain, Keith Swank posted inflammatory comments on social media, disparaging transgender people and defending the Jan. 6 insurrection.

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

Two inquest jurors questioned the legality of a Seattle police officer's actions when he shot and killed Iosia Faletogo in 2018.

The prosecution of former Auburn police Officer Jeffrey Nelson took years and cost millions of dollars. A jury convicted him of killing 26-year-old Jesse Sarey.

The doctor had pleaded guilty to 36 counts of abusive sexual contact and five counts of indecent viewing involving 41 active-duty or former military patients.

An outside assessment found potential conflicts and acrimony have hampered SPD's internal discrimination investigations, resulting in multiple claims and discord.

The octagonal, 65-foot-tall, amber-glass-and-concrete tower serves as a permanent shrine for more than 5,000 veterans buried in its shadow.

Mayor Bruce Harrell has made it clear he wants a chief from outside the Seattle Police Department who could lead it out of the last vestiges of federal oversight.

Seattle Police Department Deputy Chief Eric Barden will retire before sweeping changes in SPD's command staff, including the announcement of a new chief.

The five-minute traffic stop in which eight police officers pointed guns at a delivery driver raised questions about biased policing.

The lawsuit alleges Longview police officers allowed a woman in crisis to retrieve a gun on New Year's Day, leading to a deadly confrontation on the porch of her house.

Office of Police Accountability Director Gino Betts Jr. has faced criticism from interim police Chief Sue Rahr over his handling of officer discipline.

The settlement ends a lawsuit filed by the parents of Said Joquin against Lakewood and Officer Mike Wiley, who shot Joquin during a traffic stop in 2020.

Seattle police interim Chief Sue Rahr has overturned recommended discipline of Seattle officers in four cases, more than the previous two chiefs combined.

A federal civil rights jury sided with Longview police officers who shot and killed Justin Lee Tofte during a foot chase in 2020.