Seattle Police Department

The Seattle Police Department is the largest public safety agency in Washington state, with more than 1,200 sworn officers and 600 civilian staff. We receive over 800,000 911 calls per year in a city of 84 square miles.

Our patrol division is divided into five neighborhood precincts- North, South, East, West and Southwest.

Our Harbor Unit patrols 59 square miles of waterways.

We have more specialty units than any other department in the state, including traffic, harbor, mounted patrol, major crimes, property crimes, crisis response, SWAT, arson and bombs, K9, collaborative (community) policing, forensics, training and community response.