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On June 21, 1974, a Seattle Police helicopter on its way to a shooting collided with a Cessna plane near Boeing Field. Both officers on board and both civilians in the plane were killed. [23] In 1987, the Seattle Police Department created the modern mountain bike patrol units, paving the way for cities across North America to follow. [24]
This is a list of law enforcement agencies in the US state of Washington.. According to the US Bureau of Justice Statistics' 2008 Census of State and Local Law Enforcement Agencies, the state had 260 law enforcement agencies employing 11,411 sworn police officers, about 174 for each 100,000 residents.
The Port of Seattle Police Department has jurisdiction on the premises of Sea-Tac Airport, a small portion of surrounding residential areas, at all cargo and cruiseship terminals operated by the Port of Seattle, at Fishermen's Terminal, and at Seattle's Centennial Park. As of 2016 its airport units responded to an average of 200 calls per day.
Seattle has dedicated millions to police recruitment efforts. The city’s advertising and marketing budget for police recruitment was $2.3 million in 2024 and is $2.5 million in 2025.
Staffing shortages with the Seattle Police Department are affecting how cases are handled by the Sexual Assault and Child Abuse Unit.
The Seattle Justice Center is a 13-story government office building in Seattle, Washington, United States.It is located at 600 5th Avenue in the city's civic center complex and houses the Municipal Court of Seattle and the headquarters of the Seattle Police Department. [1]
Seattle’s Chinatown-International District saw 225 reports of violent crime including three homicides through October 2024, according to the Seattle Police Department’s crime dashboard. The ...
King County Metro Transit Police, a unit of the sheriff's office, [18] do have their own style of patrol car specific to Metro Police, and their uniform with the standard King County Sheriff patch. The city of North Bend contracted with the KCSO from 1973 until March 8, 2014, when the City of Snoqualmie Police Department took over the policing ...