In an exact opposite approach to the news that we saw on Monday, Tuesday supplied a large number of noteworthy items, with impact that reaches across international borders, the revisiting of a couple trouble making repeat offenders and the transition to a new era in urban commuting. more ›

2011 proved to be a record-breaking year for the Seal Sitters. Meanwhile, locally-crafted books and albums get some attention, and, you know, a chainsaw rampage. THE USUAL. more ›

As our own Hanna Brooks Olsen put it on Friday, the Justice Department report that came out on Friday didn't tell us anything new; its findings merely reinforced what Seattle citizens, especially those of some ethnicity, have been saying for well over two decades: The people in the Seattle Police Department are wound a bit too tightly and it shows. It's been showing. more ›

Well, that day when by quickly, didn't it? Here's what you may have missed while you were doing your last-minute holiday shopping online (because, you know, those Amazon purchases won't make it by Christmas if you ordered today...) more ›

Big news: SPD's revamp, and a federal judge rules for the Occupy movement. Not-so-big news: A local author wins a dubious distinction, and an awful slogan meets its (fortunate) demise. more ›

On Tuesday's roster: The eviction of Occupy Seattle from the Seattle Central Community College campus; the high cost of Rob McKenna; the belated creation of checks and balances to the Seattle Police Department; and unions strike back at 1-1183. more ›

Mayor Mike McGinn is super sorry that an 84-year-old social activist got pepper sprayed, and will surely wag his finger at John Diaz. Can we try to get another police chief? Again? more ›

What odds and ends didn't we cover today? Lake Washington High does a U-turn on its decision to breathalyze at the prom, SPD officers receive disciplinary action (and request to not be named) and special session is almost over, which means it's time to email your reps RIGHT NOW. more ›

Chief John Diaz announced a month's suspension for embattled Detective Shandy Cobane today. more ›

Diaz's report says crime is down. Which is great, except that crime might actually be up. more ›

Last night’s police accountability forum at Seattle City Hall, while filled with angry outbursts, protests and in many ways “uncivil” discourse, actually did provide some answers to the night’s primary question - “Where Do We Go from Here?” But you had to look past a lot of fireworks to see them. more ›

Cops and prosecutors believe they have enough dirt on more than a dozen Central Area drug dealers to send them to jail. But they're not going to prosecute--not yet--under a new community policing tactic that offers drug dealers amnesty for their crimes if they enter job training programs. more ›

The current deputy chief of Seattle police, John Diaz, will step up as interim police chiefin Kerlikowske's absence if (let's face it, when) Kerlikowske's appointment as Obama's Drug Czar is confirmed by the Senate on Wednesday. Diaz isn't terribly popular or supported by the rest of the department, so we're thinking all the noise about applying for the permanent position is probably not going to come to fruition. To hear him say it, he's not supported because he's been involved in so many disciplinary decisions over his 29-year career with the SPD. Being the boss means making unpopular decisions sometimes, but maybe there's more to the story (please, local gossip gods, let there be more). more ›