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 ...

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

The incident exemplifies findings that Black people — and other people of color — are far likelier to find themselves at police gunpoint in Seattle than white people.

Seattle has filed to end a federal consent decree imposed on the city's police department following a 2012 investigation that ...

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 ...

Another Seattle lawsuit was filed against the city, alleging discrimination and hostile environment at its police department.

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.

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.

Photo provided as part of Elias' lawsuit. Seattle Police Department Assistant Chief Nick Metz, pictured March 8, 2013. Metz is now chief of police in Aurora, Colorado.

The city of Seattle is ordered to pay over $300 G’s for the illegal search of a pizza driver’s car. Anthony Sims filed a lawsuit stemming from the May 17, 2020 incident. The suit claims Sims ...

After years of bitter back and forth between the Seattle police officers union and the city, a new contract may be on the horizon.

Barely 24 hours after publicly announcing his decision to dismiss Seattle Police Chief Adrian Diaz, Mayor Bruce Harrell defended move for a department plagued by lawsuits and accusations that it ...