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Police and Public Safety

“Please Stop on the Teams Chat”: New Records Expose Mayor Durkan’s Role in Abandonment...

Microsoft Teams chat messages between the Seattle Police Department (SPD) and Seattle’s IT department directors on June 8, 2020 cast new light onto the...

Harrell Pledges Fentanyl Crackdown in Downtown Activation Strategy Grab Bag

This summer, Seattleites could be playing pickleball and giant chess in downtown streets rather than dodging oncoming traffic and hustling past boarded up storefronts....

Vote Yes on King County’s Crisis Care Centers Levy

This month, King County voters have the chance to significantly expand our county’s capacity to support people experiencing mental health crises by passing the...

“Rapid Response” Safety Improvements in SoDo Don’t Prove So Rapid

Last year, the Seattle Department of Transportation (SDOT), following a series of high-profile traffic deaths in the SoDo neighborhood, announced they would be making...

Texts Reveal Durkan’s Office Used Covert Efforts to Disperse Protesters

Fourteen days after Seattle Police abandoned their East Precinct, then Mayor Jenny Durkan’s office began to develop “covert” plans to expel protesters from the...

WALeg Wednesday: Saldaña Drops Bill to End Jaywalking

More housing bills queued up in Week 2 Welcome to the second week of the Washington State Legislature 2023 Session. We have added two new...
Seattle City Hall sign and steps.

Nelson, Pedersen, and Sawant Dissent Ahead of Final Vote on Seattle Budget

The Seattle City Council has no room to spare as it approved the Seattle budget today in a 6-3 budget committee vote today. Councilmembers...
A light blue SPD police cruiser in a parking lot.

Public Safety Politics and the Even Election Reckoning

The votes have all been tallied and the red wave has officially folded in on itself, leaving even more blue shore than before in...