Chief Shon Barnes defends First Amendment rights; anticipates jail for opposing Trump’s orders during Seattle City Council ...

Seattle Police Chief Shon Barnes indicated during his confirmation hearing that he would risk jail to protect residents from potential federal military deployment and rights infringements.

When city leaders provoke the federal government, they risk triggering the very military response that threatens states' ...

A protest rallying for the end of "ICE" immigration raids has stretched from Capitol Hill to downtown Seattle Wednesday ...

Seattle’s mayor wants to beef up the city’s “nuisance” law that targets properties that attract crime. The ordinance was used ...

SEATTLE — The Seattle Police Department's newly appointed chief, Shone Barnes, issued a statement on immigration Tuesday evening. The statement can be read in it's entirety below: In the wake of ...

Harrell told the Seattle City Council he fired Diaz after seeing the results of an investigation into the former police chief’s behavior. In a statement to KIRO 7 News, Harrell said ...

Barnes has led the Madison Police Department since 2021. Barnes’ Seattle job has been in the process for weeks, MPD Public Information Officer Stephanie Fryer said in an email statement to The Badger ...

SEATTLE — Former Seattle police Chief Adrian Diaz — who was demoted ... aligned with the values of our city,” Harrell said in a statement. Rahr remains the head of the police department ...

“Based on the findings from the Office of Inspector General’s report, I made the decision to remove Adrian Diaz from the Seattle Police Department,” Harrell said in a statement emailed to ...

Barnes' appointment, announced Friday by Seattle Mayor Bruce ... community," Rhodes-Conway said in the statement. "I’m grateful that the Madison Police Department responded to this unthinkable ...