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Police watchdog says Seattle officer’s actions were dangerous By MARTHA BELLISLE, Associated Press Published: April 30, 2021, 12:31pm Share: FILE - In this July 25, 2020, file photo, smoke rises as police clash with protester during a Black Lives Matter protest near the Seattle Police East Precinct headquarters in Seattle. A Seattle police sergeant who drove an unmarked SUV on to a sidewalk toward protesters during last summer's demonstrations violated the department's policy "to preserve life and safety," a police oversight agency said in a report released Friday, April...

SEATTLE — A Seattle police sergeant who drove an unmarked SUV onto a sidewalk toward protesters during last summer’s demonstrations violated the department’s policy to preserve life and safety, a police oversight agency said in a report released Friday. “His operation of his motor vehicle and the risk he took simply to apprehend individuals using a strobe light were dangerous, ill-advised, and, as was shown by the numerous complaints and public concern this incident generated, undermined public trust and confidence” in the department, the Office of Police Accountability said in its...

(Added – WSB photo) 8:56 PM: Big police and fire response in the 6900 block of 2nd SW, near the 1st Avenue South Bridge. They’re looking for a man who is reported to have shot two people. The Guardian One helicopter was called out too. No other information yet. 9:07 AM: Police say the shooting is reported to have happened at “an encampment” in the area. 9:36 AM: We’ve talked to SPD spokesperson Det. Patrick Michaud at the scene. He says it happened around 8:30 am; both victims are at Harborview, (updated) a man and a woman, and that “many shots” were fired, The shooter was de...

Seattle police lieutenant retires rather than face firing April 19, 2021 FacebookTwitterEmail SEATTLE (AP) — A Seattle police lieutenant has retired rather than face a recommendation that she be fired after an internal investigation found she directed a city contractor to remove trash from her home and lied about it. The findings released by the Office of Police Accountability on Friday determined that former Lt. Sina Ebinger was dishonest, used her position as a police officer for personal gain and acted unprofessionally. Detective Patrick Michaud, a Seattle Police Department spokesperson ...

A Seattle toddler remained in critical condition at Harborview Medical Center Monday after she was shot along with three others in a Central District parking lot Sunday.