Mike Carter

SPD Chief Shon Barnes says Seattle officers will protect citizens' rights, not federal agents, if the National Guard is deployed in Seattle.

Clad in scuba gear and armed with metal detectors, Jeff Morgan has become a savior for countless people who thought they lost their rings forever.

President Donald Trump has picked a Tacoma immigration judge known for controversially tough rulings to be the top prosecutor in Western Washington.

U.S. District Judge James Robart has called a hearing for Sept. 3 to consider a motion by Seattle city officials to end 13 years of federal oversight of the Police Department.

Six off-duty Seattle officers attended the controversial "Stop the Steal" rally — the largest known contingent from any U.S. police department.

Seattle's newly revamped Real Time Crime Center is operational, with analysts monitoring dozens of surveillance cameras placed in areas with high crime rates.

Despite losses in state and federal court, four Seattle officers who went to the Jan. 6 rally are asking the Supreme Court to maintain their anonymity.

The city filed motions in U.S. District Court on Tuesday asking for the end of more than 13 years of federal oversight of the Seattle Police Department.

Starting next year, public safety agencies will "enhance" the encryption of radio communications, blocking outside listeners from hearing sensitive broadcasts.

Emanuel Fair spent nine years in prison before being acquitted of murder. He filed a civil-rights lawsuit, saying the prosecutor showed racial bias.

Washington's fledgling Office of Independent Investigations, formed by the Legislature in 2021, has issued its inaugural report — a review of a 2024 fatal shooting by Vancouver police.

Demanding $3 million from the city, Jamie Tompkins says her experience at the Seattle Police Department left her feeling "violated, degraded, and dehumanized."

Arsema Barekew died last month when a 2018 GMC Arcadia rolled unattended onto a sidewalk outside Washington Middle School and struck her.

The attorney for four officers is asking the high court to stay a decision finding the officers should be identified by name in court proceedings.

An undercover Seattle police detective's widow fought for years to make the city recognize his suicide as job-related. He was honored in a ceremony more than 5½ years after his death.

Michael Reinoehl, a self-proclaimed anti-fascist, was wanted in the 2020 shooting death of a right-wing protester in Portland. A federal task force shot and killed him in Lacey.

Retired Washington state Supreme Court Justice Susan Owens served in the state’s judiciary in one capacity or another for 44 years.

The video shows a man approaching police with what looks like a knife before an officer shoots and kills him.

While the King County Auditor's Office found no evidence of fraud, it concluded an antiquated, all-paper record-keeping system made the program vulnerable.

Gary Ridgway, now 76, was booked into the King County Jail for five days in September 2024. Unsealed documents explain why he was here.