Today the Office for Police Accountability (OPA) released its 2022 annual report.
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OIG Sentinel Event Review “Wave 4” report
The Office of the Inspector General for Public Safety has released its Sentinel Event Review report covering “Wave 4” of SPD’s response to protests in the summer and fall of 2020.
Continue readingOIG plan for assuming monitoring responsibilities
Under the new proposed consent decree, OIG would take over from the court-appointed police monitor responsibilities for ongoing monitoring of SPD’s progress in meeting and maintaining compliance with the consent decree requirements. This week the OIG Director presented to the City Council the plan for how the department will take …
Continue readingSPD and DOJ propose new consent decree
This morning the City of Seattle and the U.S. Department of Justice submitted to the court a proposed new Agreement on Sustained Compliance to replace the 2012 Consent Decree on biased policing by SPD. The agreement would essentially acknowledge that SPD is in compliance with most of the original consent …
Continue readingDSA/ Chamber of Commerce Public Safety Survey
The Downtown Seattle Association and the Seattle Metropolitan Chamber of Commerce recently fielded a survey of 500 likely voters in Seattle on their views on public safety issues. Their report (a set of slides) is here, and the cross-tabs are here.
Continue readingCity Attorney Criminal Division Report Q4/2022
The Seattle City Attorney’s Office criminal prosecution division has published its quarterly report for the fourth quarter of 2022.
Continue readingJustCare Evaluation
A research team at University of Washington has published its evaluation report on the JustCare program. Of particular note: in the past year the performance of the program improved dramatically. The attribute this to the county making more housing options available for people to exit the program into.
Continue readingAdley Shepherd case dismissed
Today a U.S. District Court judge dismissed a lawsuit filed by former SPD Officer Adley Shepherd against the City of Seattle. Shepherd was fired by the city after he punched a handcuffed suspect in the back of his squad car. He was reinstated by an arbitrator, but then a court …
Continue readingSDOT’s Vision Zero “top to bottom review” report
SDOT released today a “top to bottom review” report on its Vision Zero initiative.
Continue readingCity of Seattle sues Hyundai and Kia over easy-to-steal cars
Last month the City of Seattle filed a lawsuit in federal court, accusing automakers Hyundai and Kia of violating the public nuisance statutes by selling cars that are easy to steal because they don’t include vehicle immobilizer anti-theft technology.
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