The Seattle Police Department’s (SPD) federal consent decree is set to end after 13 years. Judge James L. Robart ruled on Wednesday that hard work was done at all levels, making the department a ...

Seattle has regained full control of its police department after a federal judge formally ended a 13-year consent decree that reshaped nearly every aspect of the city’s policing. U.S. District Judge ...

After 13 years, the Department of Justice’s (DOJ) consent decree over the Seattle Police Department (SPD) came to an end Wednesday. While SPD celebrated the closure of a more than decade-long ...

(The Center Square) – Seattle has filed to end a federal consent decree imposed on the city's police department following a 2012 investigation that found evidence of biased policing. The city has ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. This story was originally published on MyNorthwest.com Seattle Mayor Bruce Harrell has filed for federal court approval of the ...

SEATTLE — Seattle Mayor Bruce Harrell is asking the Department of Justice to end federal oversight of the city's police department more than a decade after a consent decree was put in place. Harrell ...

SEATTLE — Mayor Bruce Harrell announced Tuesday that the city of Seattle has filed for federal court approval to terminate the consent decree overseeing the Seattle Police Department (SPD). The ...

A federal judge returned full control of policing practices to the Seattle Police Department on Wednesday, after overseeing 13 years of reforms prompted by a U.S. Justice Department investigation that ...

SEATTLE — A judge decided Wednesday that federal oversight of the Seattle Police Department will end. Flanked by members of the Seattle Police Department, Chief Shon Barnes and Seattle Mayor Bruce ...

Members of the Seattle Police Department closed down roads surrounding the East Precinct in August 2020 during the city’s George Floyd protests. (Derek Simeone/Flickr via Courthouse News) SEATTLE (CN) ...