About That $210 Million Youth Jail…
Block The Bunker activists celebrated after Mayor Ed Murray backed down and put the $149 million North Precinct police building on hold. But they...
Mayor Murray Delays North Precinct Project
Yesterday morning, I attended a Seattle Design Commission meeting on the parking design of the North Precinct building. By the evening, Mayor Ed Murray...
Council Postpones Showdown Over North Precinct’s Cost And Tone-Deafness
Last week it seemed like the Seattle City Council might approve the Seattle Police Department's North Precinct design and fund the $149 million project...
Council Poised To Approve $149 Million North Precinct Design
The controversial, expensive, and seemingly rushed-through North Seattle police precinct is now headed for a vote of the full City Council on Monday, which...
How Do Private Security Patrols In Seattle Neighborhoods Affect Livability?
In December 2015, a team of private security guards from Central Protection began making six-hour patrols around the Magnolia residential area. In February 2016,...
North Precinct Goes Before The City Council
On Wednesday, the Seattle City Council's Gender Equity, Safe Communities, and New Americans Committee heard from Seattle Police Department (SPD) and staff from other...
Police Shootings And The Livability Agenda
On Wednesday evening, Philando Castile's life ended in his car as he bled out from five bullet wounds still buckled in his seat following...
New North Precinct Building: $160 Million, 70% Parking, 88% Staffed With Suburbanites
The Seattle police are in the news again. This time for a lavish new $160 million North Precinct building that The Seattle Times' Brier...