Harrell’s 2024 Budget Leaves Big Questions on Safety and Looming Shortfall
Durable solutions to police accountability, public safety, drug treatment, and homelessness all remain elusive and vaguely defined.
On Tuesday, Mayor Bruce Harrell released his 2024...
Op-Ed: New Drug Bill Relies on Trusting a Contemptuous Seattle Police Force
The war on drugs is back, and Seattle is about to entrust SPD to carry it out with minimal guardrails.
This Tuesday, Seattle City Council...
Jaahnavi Kandula’s Killing Reveals Seattle’s Many Failings on Public Safety
What is a 23-year-old woman's life worth? To Daniel Auderer, Vice President of the Seattle Police Officers Guild (SPOG), apparently the answer is $11,000...
Op-Ed: Walking Away from the Empty Promise of Seattle’s Consent Decree
Seattle is still struggling for justice and constitutional policing 12 years into federal monitoring via the consent decree.
More than 12 years ago, 34 Seattle...
National Night Out Brings Neighbors (Briefly) Out on the Street
38 million people are expected to participate this year in cities nationwide.
This Tuesday people might notice something special going on where they live. As...
Seattle’s Push for More Automatic Traffic Cameras Intensifies
A committee nod smooths the path for camera expansion, but some advocates worry about the equity implications.
Seattle's streets are set to see a significant...
Sunday Video: Camera Enforcement as Lifesaving Technology
Traffic camera enforcement technology isn’t popular among motorists, but there’s a lot of upsides to camera enforcement of traffic regulations, such as speed limits....
Seattle High School Students Fight for Safety
Mayor Harrell may have come around on the Youth Violence Prevention Initiative he helped defund during his time on Seattle City Council.
In 2020, guns...