It's part of a new program called Before the Badge, Seattle Police Department (SPD) touts it as a unique and a "first of its kind" new training program that focuses on building interpersonal ...

Yet he agrees that a badge and a gun are not necessary to handle many emergency calls that are directed to the department ... president of the Seattle Police Officers Guild, who has been with ...

SEATTLE — As the Seattle Police Department faces an unprecedented staffing crisis, it's turning to a new program to help recruit officers and re-imagine policing. "Before the Badge" is a new ...

"It shows that our police department is trying," she ... first build relationships with the people of Seattle – before they receive their badges.” "There really isn't a segment that is focused ...

"Outrageously, the Seattle Police Department continues to be ... ways to reassign the things that don't require a gun in a badge." For activists, even if the city can align on alternative ...

His oldest son Alex pinned the badge onto his uniform as ... noting that Diaz has been promoted up through Seattle Police ranks since joining the department in 1997. Diaz said since he became ...