Past councils restricted the use of so-called less-lethal weapons following the department’s violent response to racial ...

The first outsider to lead the department in over a decade, Barnes promised to bring a “fresh perspective” to policing in ...

Previous legislation—passed as a result of public outcry—had all but barred the use of less-lethal weapons such as tear gas ...

Shon Barnes, who started his new job as chief of the Seattle Police Department on Friday, has big goals for 2025, including ...

SEATTLE — The Seattle Police Department (SPD) welcomed its new chief on Thursday. KING 5 spoke with Chief Shon Barnes about his new role joining a department struggling with understaffing and a slew ...

Shon Barnes, who started his new job as chief of the Seattle Police Department on Friday, has big goals for 2025, including fully establishing his command staff within 100 days. In December, Barnes ...

If there is any doubt about how happy Shon Barnes is to be the Seattle Police Department's new chief, the doubt ends now.

Newly-appointed Seattle police chief Shon Barnes landed in Seattle last night, and he's ready to hit the ground running.

The Seattle City Council Tuesday reauthorized the use of blast balls, pepper spray, and pepper by police for crowd-control purposes, despite the objections of people who said they were impacted by ...

Shon Barnes has begun his first day as the chief of the Seattle Police Department.

The principal of West Seattle’s Chief Sealth International High School has been forced out after a domestic violence DUI ...