In 2023 when the Seattle City Council passed a new law opening the way for a Seattle Police crackdown on public drug use on the city’s streets while doing more to emphasize diversion and ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Seattle’s new approach to drug enforcement is triggering alarm among police and public safety advocates, who warn the city is ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Newly elected Seattle Mayor Katie Wilson is facing sharp criticism from police and community groups following allegations that her ...

Seattle prosecutors will seek to divert more public drug use and possession cases away from court under a new city policy, but officials say police will continue making drug-related arrests. The big ...

Two Seattle-area men were sentenced to prison for their roles in a violent drug trafficking organization, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Western District of Washington. The men were ...

SEATTLE — Seattle police will continue making drug-related arrests despite confusion sparked by internal communications that prompted sharp criticism from the police union, city officials said. The ...

SEATTLE — New mayor Katie Wilson has denied the Seattle Police Officers Guild's (SPOG) allegations of a directive that ordered officers to halt open drug use arrests. The Seattle Police Officers Guild ...

Seattle’s new approach to drug enforcement is triggering alarm among police and public safety advocates, who warn the city is quietly sliding back toward the conditions that once fueled crime, ...

Newly elected Seattle Mayor Katie Wilson is facing sharp criticism from police and community groups following allegations that her administration is directing officers not to arrest people for drug ...

Seattle’s new approach to drug enforcement is triggering alarm among police and public safety advocates, who warn the city is quietly sliding back toward the conditions that once fueled crime, ...