Seattle

Chief Adrian Diaz and Mayor Harrell have already undertaken plans to tackle high-crime areas through hot-spot policing and recruiting

Mayor Bruce Harrell aims to hire 500 new cops in the next five years to combat a "crisis level" staffing shortage

Chief says officer shortage has police working overtime “just to handle the bare minimum”

“This is an illegal pursuit. They’re not supposed to be able to pursue,” a man says on the call

A council member says she “doesn’t care” what the money is used for so long as it helps attract quality recruits

Chief Carmen Best, who resigned from the Seattle PD in 2020 after a series of budget cuts, will head the global security risk operations team

"I’m so proud of what SPD’s been doing recently. It was a nightmare down here," said one patron

A review of police action during civil unrest in 2020 offered 26 recommendations, such as restricting use of tear gas

The man began to move toward officers after he was repeatedly told to drop his gun, video shows

Councilmembers criticized the former mayor's actions on Tuesday, saying she illegally authorized the payments to continue into the new year

The move aims to help tackle persistent low-level crime that has plagued businesses downtown

However, police can still enforce these violations if another primary violation leads to a stop

A knife-wielding suspect stabbed a K-9 and a police officer before officers shot him, video shows

Radio chatter about a nonexistent threat during unrest in 2020 was improper, a watchdog group said