Articles about Seattle Police Department

Safely returned: 2-year-old child is OK after getting stuck playing in Amazon package locker in Seattle

Editor’s note: This story has been updated with comment from Amazon. Here’s an Amazon return with a happy ending. A… Read More

Meet Nala, the police dog that sniffs out electronic devices to fight internet crimes against children

Nala has a nose for electronics. But she’s not your run-of-the-mill tech geek with a passion for gear and gadgets.… Read More

Seattle Police union objected to use of body-cam analysis tech and alleges officers were ‘spied on’

The Seattle Police Department discontinued its use of an artificial intelligence platform designed to analyze body-cam footage because of pushback… Read More

Seattle Police Dept. discontinues use of AI platform to analyze body cam footage and office behavior

The Seattle Police Department has stopped using an artificial intelligence platform designed to analyze police body-cam footage in search of… Read More

Seattle Police Department using AI software to analyze body cam footage and officer behavior

Seattle is one of a handful of cities where police departments are using an artificial intelligence platform to sift through… Read More

Seattle lawmakers axe funds for gunshot detection tech that was part of mayor’s public safety push

The Seattle City Council’s passage this week of a $7.4 billion city budget for 2023 will not include funds sought… Read More

Seattle Police Department testing brain stimulation headband as part of wellness research effort

Editor’s note: The story has been updated to correct its description of the study’s purpose. The study is testing the… Read More

Q&A with Seattle Police Chief Adrian Diaz on surveillance, downtown safety, and a tech wishlist

From a crime standpoint, Seattle isn’t having a great year. The monthly average of violent crimes — including homicide, aggravated… Read More

Tech Moves: New GM at Microsoft for Startups; PayScale hires execs; former Docker CFO’s stealth startup; and more

— Entrepreneur Jeff Ma is now general manager of Microsoft for Startups. Ma founded CircleLending, Citzen Sports and tenXer, all… Read More

In the absence of regulation, tech companies and law enforcement are left policing themselves

As surveillance technology is rapidly advancing — including facial recognition and devices such as Amazon’s Ring doorbell cameras — the… Read More

52 years after Seattle woman was killed, police use family DNA and latest science to identify the killer

On July 13, 1967, Susan Galvin was found dead in a parking garage elevator at Seattle Center. The 20-year-old administrative… Read More

Seattle police arrest trespasser found sleeping on floor of Living Computers: Museum + Labs

A large police presence Thursday at Living Computers: Museum + Labs, the Seattle institution founded by the late Paul Allen,… Read More

TLDR: Digitizing movies before they vanish

Today’s featured stories A nonprofit battles the ‘magnetic media crisis’ by digitizing aging movies before they vanish Seattle police try… Read More

Seattle police try new tactic to give game streamers and others defense against ‘swatting’ crimes

Law enforcement agencies across the country have found few answers when it comes to dealing with the dangerous and sometimes… Read More

Seattle police join lip-sync video challenge with cameo-filled version of Macklemore’s ‘Downtown’

Bad boys, bad boys, whatcha gonna do, whatcha gonna do when they sing for you? From the top of the… Read More

Seattle Police ditched Twitch, but PAX panel offers 3 ways department could return to stream again

In the midst of the giant PAX West gaming convention in Seattle this past weekend, one panel dedicated its conversation… Read More

This Week in Seattle: Mayoral frontrunners, Seattle PD’s Twitch exit, and fun facts about the Emerald City

SPD shuts down Twitch channel amid backlash over Charleena Lyles discussion The Seattle Police Department has taken down its Twitch… Read More

Seattle Police end use of Twitch video game channel after controversy over shooting discussion

The Seattle Police Department is ending its use of the Twitch online video game streaming service as a form of… Read More

Now streaming on Twitch: Seattle Police blast aliens and take questions while playing games

Inside the Seattle Police Department, a special three-person unit known as a “fire team” sets out every week on a… Read More

Forget Officer Friendly, Seattle’s Officer Selfie steps in to help woman get her purse back

It’s one thing to call the police. It’s quite another to have them call you — and then send a… Read More

To catch a package thief: Online shoppers try home tech and more to thwart busy holiday Grinches

Philip Gansert and his wife were vacationing in San Francisco after Thanksgiving when an alert on his smartphone notified him that… Read More

Seattle Police Department chooses Axon for body-worn cameras and digital evidence technology

The Seattle Police Department has chosen Axon, a unit of Taser International, as its supplier of body-worn video cameras and a… Read More

Computer storage error erases thousands of Seattle police dashcam videos

All that bad boy, bad boy footage, gone forever. Thousands of videos shot by Seattle Police Department patrol car dash… Read More

Dark night in Seattle: Man arrested after throwing batarang at police car

Holy copycats, Batman! A man was arrested Monday night in Seattle’s Capitol Hill neighborhood after throwing a batarang at pursuing… Read More

Axon gets $28M to outfit LAPD officers with body cameras, digital evidence system

Axon, a Seattle-based business unit of Taser International, says it has landed a $28 million contract to provide body cameras for… Read More

Inside the Seattle Police Department’s new real-time crime center

The Seattle Police Department has a new high-tech crime center that it hopes will help officers, investigators, and analysts solve crimes… Read More

Drone crashes into woman, knocking her unconscious at Seattle Pride Parade

Celebrating Seattle Pride at Sunday’s parade turned into a not-so-awesome day for one woman when she was knocked unconscious by a… Read More

Heads up: Seattle police are targeting drivers on cell phones

In case you needed just one more reason to get off your cell phone while driving, here’s a good one:… Read More

Obama administration announces $20M in body cam funding for police departments

In a week that seems to be all about putting body cameras on police, the Obama administration has announced $20… Read More

From anonymous coder to cop shop: Seattle PD hires guy who demanded body-cam videos

Well, this is one way to get a job. The Stranger reports the Seattle Police Department has hired the once-anonymous coder… Read More