The Seattle City Council passed a bill Tuesday allowing police officers — in limited cases — to use weapons like tear gas, ...

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

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

The Seattle City Council voted to approve legislation that sets ground rules on crowd management for the police department.

For the first time since 2019, the Seattle Police Department hired more officers than it lost. The less-impressive news: The ...

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

The rules around how Seattle police can control crowds with less leathal weapons like blast balls, tear gas and pepper spray ...

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 ...

SEATTLE - A man was arrested early Monday morning for armed carjacking in Downtown Seattle. Shortly after 2 a.m., officers ...

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 ...

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 ...