Talk:Seattle Police Department

Chief Patrick S. Fitzsimons (not Fitzsimmons).

Untitled
Thoughts on the watermarking in the SPD car photo? --Lukobe 20:07, 20 January 2006 (UTC)

Copy and Paste
Sections of this article concerning different police units (Canine Unit, SWAT team, etc.) have been copied and pasted from the Seattle Police Department's official websiteFastFoodKnight 21:33, 1 December 2006 (UTC)


 * Thanx for the tag, I've removed them all as being blatant copyright infringements. In the future, if you can unamiguously prove copying from a copyrighted source, you're encouraged to just remove the copied text yourself and leave a note on the talk page to that effect. 68.39.174.238 07:53, 15 December 2006 (UTC)

Is a publicly funded city website copyrighted? I would think it is in the open domain.
 * See Copyright status of works by subnational governments of the United States. All the best: Rich Farmbrough 10:40, 3 February 2021 (UTC).

I might have to tackle this
My dad has worked for the department for almost 20 years, and I hear about it every night. I might have to tackle this slim article! No reference to WTO?--JaymzRR 08:33, 14 March 2007 (UTC)

Wearable Cameras
Could someone write something up on their wearable cameras?

76.28.188.156 (talk) 02:28, 2 November 2008 (UTC)

Nevermind. They were shelved.

76.28.188.156 (talk) 02:43, 2 November 2008 (UTC)

Where is the criticism section at? I find it very odd that there is no mention of the racist incidents that have plagued the force here for years. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 98.237.137.165 (talk) 16:40, 19 December 2010 (UTC)

Christopher Harris
I moved the following text out of the article to this talk page. The text came from an anon and appears to be "talk" content not "article" content:
 * Christopher Harris, 2009: The statement in this article regarding the Christopher Harris case was erased off this page as the case had nothing to do with the City of Seattle, or the Seattle Police Department or it's Officers. The only role SPD played was they responded to the backup request from King County Metro Transit Police and a few units arrived on scene after the fact.

---rewinn (talk) 01:41, 14 July 2011 (UTC)

Significant Events Section Needs Fixing
Currently the Significant Events section gives undue weight to recent scandals. While the scandals are indeed bad, the degree of detail here is excessive. A brief statement of what happened, or is accused of happening, plus links to more information, is more appropriate for wikipedia. I'll make those edits but wanted to start a discussion here in case people disagree. rewinn (talk) 18:23, 13 December 2011 (UTC) +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

This is a problem serious enough for the DOJ to get involved. they are talking about a systematic use of excessive force and brutality. Not t o get you guys all up in a fury defending cops but this department is dealing with a level of corruption not seen since the Oakland Riders or LA Rampart. To say it is given too much weight is a very laughable statement. Why don;t we make of list of PD's investigated by the DOJ that is a short list. Absence of this makes for a useless page. Other incidents you might want to include.

Teen tazed and arrested for "lipping off" when he told police they had no legal authority to demand his ID. This type of case will easily hit a large settlement amount.

Officers mock Seattle jogger nearly killed by a truck.

Officer Ian Birk shoots and kills homeless woodcarver just seconds after getting out of his car.

Two undercover officers yank an innocent man from his car and beat him.

Officer Kevin Oshikawa-Clay slams a compliant man's head into the hood of his patrol car.

Officer Garth Haynes kicks the face of cuffed man laying on the ground.

Also from the AP Out of all 397 claims, the SPD/City did not sustain/has not sustained any of the claims, apparently meaning that out of all of the 397 claims filed against the City, the SPD/City found no merit with any of the claims. Moreover, the City recently produced documents relating to only one use of force claim out of the hundreds presumably filed before 2008, identifying only one use of force claim that was sustained by the SPD. ..

Chief's resignation effective September 2, 2020
Chief Carmen Best announced "I will be retiring from the Seattle Police Department, effective September 2nd, 2020". The Mayor's Office announced "the Mayor has appointed Deputy Chief Adrian Diaz to serve as Interim Chief of Police beginning in September." Currently she is called Chief of Police by the City and Diaz is currently listed as Deputy Chief, not Interim Chief. I can't think of any authoritative sources other than these, and they all agree: Best intends to retire in 2 1/2 weeks, on September 2. Diaz will be Interim Chief beginning at that time, not now. I don't know what source is claiming otherwise, and I don't know what source could supersede the official statements of the principles here, the Mayor and the Chief. --Dennis Bratland (talk) 20:22, 14 August 2020 (UTC)

Someone else should've questioned the legitimacy of this article
basically the thing is filled with inconsistencies. note that the officer who caused someone to commit suicide is named yet the suicidal guy isn't? can someone name him or is he just recorded in history as anonymous. another part I read before ultimately giving up on this article was that their were "false allegations" with no citation. how do we know they were false? reread it and see if you can guess what political ideologies the author/overseer holds. maybe this isn't the correct format I don't ever use this unless I feel I need to and this is it. this feels like current day propaganda 101 2600:1702:1B50:9170:1A89:6E08:99A6:4314 (talk) 09:15, 4 April 2024 (UTC)