Seattle Police Department Carmen Best, Chief of Police
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Street Address:
610 5th Avenue
Seattle, WA 98104-1900
610 5th Avenue
Seattle, WA 98104-1900
Mailing Address:
Seattle Police Department
PO Box 34986
Seattle, WA 98124-4986
Seattle Police Department
PO Box 34986
Seattle, WA 98124-4986
Top Requests
1/19
Homicide detectives are conducting the investigation after a 52-year-old man was found early this morning next to a parked car with a gunshot wound to his head. Just before 1:00 am, a citizen stopped a South Precinct patrol officer and [...]
1/18
Detectives from the Traffic Collision Investigation Squad (TCIS) are now investigating the circumstances that caused a two-vehicle, fatality collision early Saturday morning on Rainier Avenue South and South Massachusetts. One male driver was [...]
1/17
Police are investigating after shots were fired and a stolen car was abandoned in the Rainier Valley neighborhood late Thursday night. Officers patrolling near South Kenyon Street and Renton Avenue South around 11 pm heard multiple gunshots in the [...]
Issues and Initiatives
MCPP Plans
The Micro Community Policing Plans (MCPP) were designed to address the distinctive needs of each community. Learn more about the crime in your neighborhood and what SPD is doing about it.
Professional Standards Bureau
Learn what the Professional Standards Bureau does and review a timeline of police reform.
Service Quality Survey
Service Quality Surveys have been conducted since 2006 and measure the overall service callers received as well as the service provided by the 9-1-1 operator.
SPD Safe Place
SPD Safe Place is a public education and safety campaign aimed at preventing and responding to anti-LGBTQ crimes. This is a volunteer program that businesses and organizations participate in to help victims of hate crimes find a safe place to be sheltered until police arrive.