The first outsider to lead the department in over a decade, Barnes promised to bring a “fresh perspective” to policing in Seattle.

Shon Barnes, who started his new job as chief of the Seattle Police Department on Friday, has big goals for 2025, including fully establishing his command ...

For the first time since 2019, the Seattle Police Department hired more officers than it lost. The less-impressive news: The ...

Last year, for the first time since 2019, the Seattle Police Department hired more officers than it lost. It’s largely a ...

(The Center Square) – Shon Barnes, who started his new job as chief of the Seattle Police Department on Friday, has big goals for 2025, including fully establishing his command staff within 100 ...

The newly announced Seattle Police Chief Shon Barnes failed the Seattle Police Department’s (SPD) polygraph as part of the city’s pre-employment screening process, according to a police source ...

The Seattle Police Department (SPD) believes two men arrested Thursday night in South Seattle are responsible for stealing more than $50,000 in merchandise from retailers in Seattle, Bellevue ...

(Seattle Department of Transportation) While waiting for the van, the man yelled at officers and walked away, police said. Nearby, an uninvolved bystander was reorganizing the trunk of his car ...

The Seattle Police Department (SPD) welcomed its new chief on Thursday. KING 5 spoke with Chief Shon Barnes about his new role joining a department struggling with understaffing and a slew of ...