Seattle Mayor-elect Katie Wilson will keep Seattle Police Chief Shon Barnes. She said she’ll work with Barnes “to make SPD a ...

Seattle Police Chief Barnes confirms his role for another year, focusing on crime prevention and community engagement.

KIRO 7 News is still gathering verified information, but we are aware of a large presence of officers and other first ...

In a statement titled “A Vision for Public Safety in Seattle,” Wilson wrote that every person in the city, regardless of ...

Seattle Police Chief Shon Barnes, who was sworn in in July, said he is "grateful and honored" to keep leading the department, ...

Seattle's incoming mayor is retaining Shon Barnes and other department heads as she prepares to take office in January.

A veteran Seattle police detective pulled hard to the left, then whipped right in a deft maneuver to position his unmarked SUV behind the cab of a semitruck, absent its trailer, in the Lowe’s parking ...

Seattle police are trying to figure out what led to a man’s death in Freeway Park, near the Washington State Convention Center. He suffered a severe head injury, but it’s unclear how it happened.

A 44-year-old man died after suffering a head injury near the Seattle Convention Center’s Arch building, police said. Officers responded late Saturday night and are asking anyone with information ...

SEATTLE — The Seattle Police Department (SPD) said a spike in armed carjackings across the city—many involving teenage suspects—is straining investigators and raising public safety concerns. The ...

Detectives with the Seattle Police Department (SPD) arrested a 17-year-old boy for allegedly attacking an 80-year-old man last week. The 80-year-old man, William Graf, confronted the teen as he ...

“2024’s net positive staffing — for the first time since 2019 — is a sign of progress, even as we recognize there is much more work to do,” said Seattle Mayor Bruce Harrell about police hiring ...