A court rejected the officer's claim of qualified immunity, the much-debated legal doctrine that can shield police officers ...

The city filed motions in U.S. District Court on Tuesday asking for the end of more than 13 years of federal oversight of the ...

With a federal consent decree in sight for termination, Seattle's police have made significant strides in reducing use of ...

The resolution recognizes the progress the Seattle Police Department has made regarding the consent decree that stemmed from a 2012 lawsuit by the U.S. Department of Justice alleging a pattern of ...

The federal monitor, appointed after the Department of Justice sued Seattle police in 2012 and the city entered into a consent decree, noted in a May assessment of the department’s progress on ...

The lawsuit, filed in King County Superior Court, seeks damages for alleged violations of Washington’s Law Against Discrimination, the “Silence No More Act” and the Seattle Municipal Code.

As the Seattle Police Department’s attorneys would have her known, Sgt. Ella Elias is a conniving malcontent hoping to be made a millionaire with taxpayer money. Certainly, the department’s ...

A former Seattle Police Department Officer has filed a tort claim against the City of Seattle for $20-million dollars after his firing for his body camera comments on a woman's death.

Seattle's top cop has been dismissed and reassigned to a new role amid hiring challenges as well as mounting lawsuits against the police department alleging gender and racial discrimination. Mayor ...

Seattle’s embattled police chief has been removed from his post, Mayor Bruce Harrell said Wednesday, just days after an assistant police chief was placed on leave and amid lawsuits from at least ...

The resolution recognizes the progress the Seattle Police Department has made regarding the consent decree that stemmed from a 2012 lawsuit by the U.S. Department of Justice alleging a pattern of ...