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
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Detectives are investigating after a 21-year-old man was shot and injured in the Alki neighborhood early Sunday morning. Police were dispatched to reports of someone shot in the 2600 block of Alki Avenue Southwest. Officers spoke with witnesses who [...]
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Seattle Police provided public safety and traffic management services to an event tonight at the Central Library, as well as a separate demonstration outside the library. Ten ticket-holders attempted to disrupt the event. When Central Library staff [...]
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Detectives need your help finding a bank robber considered to be armed and dangerous. 30-year-old Abdi Yusef is believed to be responsible for multiple bank robberies in the Seattle area in recent weeks. Detectives with the Seattle Police Department [...]
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.