
SEATTLE POLICE Publications
All SPD Department publications are available as PDFs.
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The Office of Professional Accountability section also has its own publications library of reports and findings.
Planning & Policy Documents
SPECIAL TOPICS & REPORTS
Chief's Quarterly Reports
- 2014 Quarter Four
- 2012 Quarter Three
- 2012 Quarter Two
- 2012 Quarter One
- 2011 Quarter Four
- 2011 Quarter Three
- 2011 Quarter Two
- 2011 Quarter One
MalICIOUS HARRASSMENT
RED LIGHT CAMERA PROGRAM
- Traffic Safety Camera Program Year 2 Evaluation - December 2008
- Traffic Safety Camera Program Year 1 Evaluation - December 2007
VEHICLE PURSUITS
Department of Justice Agreement Documents
USE OF FORCE ISSUES (Includes TASER USE)
OVERVIEW REPORTS
- Use of Force by Seattle Police Department Officers - 2010
- Use of Force by Seattle Police Department Officers - 2006-2009
- Use of Force Report - 2000
- Less Lethal Options Program Year One - FORG Report - 2000
- M26 Taser - SPD Special Report - 2002
Firearms Review Board Reports
Taser use update reports
- Taser Use Update - July 2012
- Taser Use Update - November 2011
- Taser Use Update - May 2011
- Taser Use Update - September 2010
- Taser Use Update - March 2010
- Taser Use Update - May 2009
- Taser Use Update - April 2008
- Taser Use Update - August 2007
- Taser Use Update - July 2006
- Taser Use Update - January 2006
- Taser Use Update - August 2005
SERVICE QUALITY Surveys
Service Quality Update Survey (SPD SURVEY)
These reports briefly summarize the feedback being received by the Seattle Police Department from 9-1-1 callers who have had an officer dispatched to assist them and are later surveyed by telephone.
Vera Institute of Justice Study
This report describes the results of a telephone survey of Seattle residents conducted between May 9, 2003, and July 22, 2003, by the Vera Institute of Justice and the Jackson Organization. The survey was commissioned by the City of Seattle to assess the public’s level of satisfaction with the police department and to identify possible friction points in police-public interactions.
neighborhood policing & Crime survey report
This report presents the results and findings of the 2007 Neighborhood Policing Survey conducted by the City of Seattle Office of Policy and Management based on the Vera Institute's 2003 survey was first conducted in 2003 as a component of the Seattle Police Department’s overall strategy to improve public confidence and trust in the police and enhance police community
relations.
Annual ReportS
The Seattle Police Department has been publishing an Annual Report, or (Annual Statistical Report) as far back as the 1920s. Printed copies are available at the downtown Central Library. Digital PDF files are available online from 2000 onwards. These reports contain a yearly summary of crime statistics, arrests data, 9-1-1 responses and personnel statistics.
2009 - 2000 Annual Reports
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COMMUNITY OUTREACH and CRIME PREVENTION
Community PROGRAMS
- Community Outreach Plan
- Living Room Conversation Program Assessment
- Weed and Seed Program (Historical - 2006)
RESPECT BOOK FOR YOUTH
Crime PrEVENTION PUBLICATIONS
DEMOGRAPHIC ADVISORY COUNCIL BROCHURES
- African American Advisory Council
- East African Advisory Council
- Filipino Advisory Council
- Korean Advisory Council (English version) | Korean Advisory Council (Korean version)
- Latino Advisory Council (English version) | Latino Advisory Council (Spanish / Español )
- LGBTQ Advisory Council
- Muslim, Sikh and Arab Advisory Council
- Native American Advisory Council
- South East Asian Advisory Council (English version) | South East Asian Advisory Council (Vietnamese / Tiếng Việt )
TRANSLATED MATERIALS
Using 9-1-1 Interpreter Services
- Amharic
- Arabic / Aribiyya / العربية
- Cambodian / Khmer
- Chinese / 中文
- English
- Japanese / Nihongo /日本語
- Korean
- Russian / русский язык
- Somali / af Soomaali
- Spanish / Español
- Tagalog
- Tigrigna
- Vietnamese / Tiếng Việt
YOUTH BASICS OF RESPECT BROCHURE
- Amharic
- Arabic / Aribiyya / العربية
- English
- Korean
- Oromo / Oromiffa
- Somali / af Soomaali
- Spanish / Español
- Tigrigna
- Vietnamese / Tiếng Việt
