SPD officer under investigation for problematic posts
A social media post linked to SPD Officer Andrei Constantin jokes about dropping napalm on Capitol Hill during last summer's protests.(Screen Capture/ Twitter / @WhiteRoseAFA) On Tuesday, the accountability arm of the Seattle police announced that it has opened an investigation into "inappropriate" social media posts allegedly made by an officer.
Read full story1 in 3 Seattle police officers could face termination under vaccine mandate
As the deadline for the statewide vaccination mandate looms, more than 350 sworn Seattle police officers have still not submitted proof of vaccination, according to stats released by the Seattle Police Department on Tuesday.
Read full storyMan sues city over wrongful detention in 2018 'swatting' incident
SPD SWAT officer responds to a protest on July 25, 2020(Justin Ward) A man who was mistakenly held at gunpoint and handcuffed by Seattle police responding to a hoax suicide call in 2018 is suing the city for physical and psychological damages, according to documents filed on July 29.
Read full storyWoman bitten by SPD K9 gets six-figure settlement
(US National Archives / Public Domain) Last week, the City of Seattle reached a $225,000 settlement with a Tukwila woman who was bitten by a Seattle police dog during a training exercise in January of last year, according to the City Attorney's office.
Read full storyAmid talk of a 'staffing crisis,' Seattle police dispatch dozens of officers to arrest a single man for DUI
On Wednesday night, dozens of Seattle police officers were sent to Capitol Hill's nightlife area to assist in the arrest of a single intoxicated man. Video of the incident posted on social media shows officers strapping the man to a gurney while around 20 to 30 others work crowd control. Approximately a dozen police vehicles and at least one ambulance were on the scene with emergency lights.
Read full storyWhere to shop for Ethiopian groceries in Seattle
Using a complex array of spices, Ethiopian cuisine has a rich and robust flavor unmatched by anything traditional American cooking can muster — and it's healthy to boot. Seattle has a large and thriving Ethiopian community, so it's a great place to sample the best this culinary tradition has to offer.
Read full storySPD officer could face long suspension for fatal shooting
Body camera footage of Seattle police officer Matthew Millburn shows the immediate aftermath of the fatal shooting of Terry Caver(Youtube / Seattle Police Department) A Seattle police officer who shot and killed a schizophrenic man last May could be suspended 20 days for failing to comply with the department's de-escalation policy, according to a report released on Wednesday.
Read full storySPD officer suspended for refusing to wear mask at hospital
SPD officer wears a medical mask while working a protest in 2020(Justin Ward) Seattle police officer Eric Whitehead was suspended one day without pay for refusing to wear a mask when he entered a local hospital on police business, according to a disciplinary report released by the city's accountability agency on Tuesday.
Read full storyWoman bitten by Seattle police dog is suing the city
Leashed German shepherd showing an attack posture. German shepherds are one of the dogs most commonly employed by police for general use.(pxhere.com / CC0 Public Domain license)
Read full storyDay Trip to one of America's Last Native Residential Schools
Navajo girls at the Theodore Roosevelt Indian Boarding School(National Archives / Public Domain) This past week, I’ve been visiting my mom in Arizona. There’s not much to do in the town where she lives, so she took me for a drive along with my sister-in-law and niece. First, we took part in a traditional pastime of the lower middle class — looking at rich peoples’ homes — which is something we did a lot growing up. We drove around the nearby resort town of Pinetop-Lakeside and gawked at vacation houses. These log cabin McMansions usually had quirky signs out front that said stuff like “The Harris Hideaway” or “Randy’s Resort.” The nicer ones were locked behind tall, closed gates, “to keep away the riff-raff,” Mom said.
Read full storySPD problem cop not punished for off-duty mall brawl he initiated
North Precinct Officer Rob Mahoney on crowd-control duty during a protest outside the East Precinct.(Justin Ward) Officer Rob Mahoney was walking in a mall in plain clothes off duty one day in 2019 when he stopped to look at his phone. A man who was trailing behind him bumped into him. What exactly happened next is disputed, but moments later, the two men were grappling on the ground. Though the whole thing was captured on security cameras and Mahoney was the aggressor, Seattle’s Office of Police Accountability chose not to sustain misconduct allegations, according to a report released earlier this year.
Read full storySeattle cop suspended for calling a Black officer a ‘thug’
Seattle police officers outside the East precinct during the 2020 uprising following the murder of George Floyd.(Derek Simeone / CC-BY/ flickr.com/photos/dereksimeone/50201028793/in/photostream/)
Read full storySeattle officer disciplined for profanity-laced rant
SPD Officer Mika Harmon at the 2020 Black Lives Matter demonstrationsLumins / DivestSPD / Used with permission. Last week, the oversight body of the Seattle Police Department recommended discipline for Ofc. Mika Harmon, who was caught on bodyworn video using foul language to describe a park that has been periodically occupied by homeless encampments.
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