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SPD 20/20: A Vision For the Future
One way or another, the Seattle Police Department is going to look very different in the next 20 months. Following a harsh review by the Department of Justice—which called SPD out for a pattern of...
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Meet the Team that will Transform the Seattle Police
Meet the Team that will Transform the Seattle Police Department Today Mayor Mike McGinn and Seattle Police Chief John Diaz introduced to the public a new team of Seattle police officers who will lead...
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Mayor, Department of Justice announce agreements to implement police...
Settlement Agreement to be overseen by federal monitor, Memorandum of Understanding to create Community Police Commission to help guide reforms moving forward Today Mayor Mike McGinn and Assistant...
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SPD is hiring Police Officers
Entry Level Police Officer Exam: November 10, 2012 and March 16, 2013 Online Application Filing Period for the November 10th exam is : August 9th – October 23th, 2012. For more information on the...
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Tweets By Beat: A Police Scanner Without the Static
If you read the SPD Blotter, follow @SeattlePD on Twitter or have used SPD’s My Neighborhood crime map, you know it’s easier than ever before to get information online about crime in your neighborhood....
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A Consortium for a New Policing Paradigm
How should police deal with aggressive panhandlers? Should jaywalking laws be strictly enforced? How can police agencies better monitor themselves for racial profiling or biased policing when it...
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Mayor Updates Public on SPD 20/20 Initiative
This news release is from the Office of Mayor Mike McGinn Today Mayor Mike McGinn and the Seattle Police Department’s 20/20 team provided an update to the public on the progress of 20/20...
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Mayor Announces Changes to SPD Recruitment Policy
Mayor McGinn speaks to the changes on recruiting policy at El Centro de la Raza on May 6, 2013 This news release is from the Office of Mayor Mike McGinn New outreach strategy and hiring standards will...
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SPD Rolling Out Crime Forecasting Program Citywide
This Sunday, as Seattle police officers start their shifts and file into roll calls at precincts around the city, they’ll be greeted with a map of their precincts. Each map will be speckled with red...
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An update on summer public safety in the East Precinct
Seattle- the Mayor continues his series of summer police precinct visits by meeting with East Precinct commander, Captain Ron Wilson. The East Precinct covers eight square miles, between central...
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