A court rejected the officer's claim of qualified immunity, the much-debated legal doctrine that can shield police officers ...

SEATTLE – The city of Seattle filed motions in U.S. District Court on Tuesday asking to end more than 13 years of federal oversight of the Seattle Police Department.

The lawsuit, filed in King County Superior Court, seeks damages for alleged violations of Washington’s Law Against Discrimination, the “Silence No More Act” and the Seattle Municipal Code.

The federal monitor, appointed after the Department of Justice sued Seattle police in 2012 and the city entered into a consent decree, noted in a May assessment of the department’s progress on ...

The resolution recognizes the progress the Seattle Police Department has made regarding the consent decree that stemmed from a 2012 lawsuit by the U.S. Department of Justice alleging a pattern of ...

With a federal consent decree in sight for termination, Seattle's police have made significant strides in reducing use of ...

Facing a federal lawsuit, the city reached a settlement with the DOJ. It involved spending more than $200 million on training and technical upgrades, among other improvements.

As the Seattle Police Department’s attorneys would have her known, Sgt. Ella Elias is a conniving malcontent hoping to be made a millionaire with taxpayer money. Certainly, the department’s ...

Seattle's top cop has been dismissed and reassigned to a new role amid hiring challenges as well as mounting lawsuits against the police department alleging gender and racial discrimination. Mayor ...

A former Seattle Police Department Officer has filed a tort claim against the City of Seattle for $20-million dollars after his firing for his body camera comments on a woman's death.

The city filed motions in U.S. District Court on Tuesday asking for the end of more than 13 years of federal oversight of the ...

The resolution recognizes the progress the Seattle Police Department has made regarding the consent decree that stemmed from a 2012 lawsuit by the U.S. Department of Justice alleging a pattern of ...