Mayor Bruce Harrell announced the city of Seattle has filed for federal court approval to terminate the consent decree ...

Seattle Mayor Bruce Harrell is asking the Department of Justice to end federal oversight of the city's police department more ...

A federal monitor overseeing the Seattle Police Department has found “a real, tangible, and objective change in the way Seattle police are interacting, compassionately and with an eye towards ...

Mayor Harrell files for court approval to terminate the Seattle police consent decree and revise crowd management policies.

Community Assisted Response and Engagement (CARE) recently expanded and its crisis responders are now operating in the North Precinct. These social workers get dispatched alongside Seattle police ...

Seattle Police Department crisis ... has built an impressive record of de-escalating potentially incendiary incidents involving people in psychiatric crisis. Out of 9,300 crisis response ...

In the wake of 2020’s anti-police protests, members of the public have pressed Seattle officials to launch more types of crisis response that is not affiliated with law enforcement.

Seattle’s police chief has warned city lawmakers this week of a potential "staffing crisis beyond mitigation" -- and officers having to say "no to requests for services" -- as they consider ...

911 calls in Seattle could soon be answered by unarmed "crisis responders" instead of police officers through a new "alternate response team" spearheaded by a Democratic council member ...

More than 1,200 police, corrections staff, mental health workers, and advocates are expected at this week’s annual Crisis Intervention Team International conference, held in Seattle this year.

In 2020, protests following the police murder of George Floyd started a movement to defund police departments across the U.S. – including Seattle. Four years later, what, if anything, has changed?

SEATTLE — A new team is in place in north Seattle to help people on the streets who are homeless, in crisis, or need help with issues like drug addictions. Community Assisted Response and ...