The Seattle Police Department is the principal law enforcement agency of the city of Seattle, Washington, United States. The department was established in the 1880s after a lynching and a number of race riots disturbed the public peace. 58 officers have died in the line of duty since the SPD’s establishment. In 2011, the Justice Department found that the department had engaged in a pattern of constitutional violations in its use of force.
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The Seattle Police Department is the principal law enforcement agency of the city of Seattle, Washington, United States. The department was established in the 1880s after a lynching and a number of race riots disturbed the public peace. 58 officers have died in the line of duty since the SPD’s establishment. In 2011, the Justice Department found that the department had engaged in a pattern of constitutional violations in its use of force. In 2012, the rank of Sergeant Major was created and bestowed upon then-Sergeant Major Arnold McGinnis. He retired in 1962 at the age of 75, reaching fifty years of police service. On May 19, 2014, Kathleen O’Toole was nominated to serve as Chief of the Seattle Police department and was officially appointed on June 23, 2014. On Sunday, May 31, the department blockaded the streets around the East Precinct which was located at the intersection of 12th Ave and E Pine. They moved on Monday after a larger group of thousands marched from Westlake Plaza to the precinct. They did this after a short march approached the precinct before a march moved on to the West Plaza while a short while later the march moved to the East Plaza. The SPD is nationally accredited by the Commission on Accreditation for Law Enforcement Agencies. It has a staff of around 1,800 as of 2011. Today it has a number. of specialty units including SWAT, bike patrol, harbor patrol, motorcycles, mounted patrols, and a variety of detective units; it had a staff. of around 2,800 in 2011. Officers may be promoted to sergeant after five years of experience with the Department and passing the sergeant’s exam.
After five years as a police officer, they can take a promotional examination. Every other year, civil service tests are administered for promotions. In November 1969, police Chief Frank Ramon retired after accusations that he had tried to stifle an investigation into gambling and government corruption. On June 21, 1974, a Seattle Police helicopter on its way to a shooting collided with a Cessna near Boeing Field. Both officers on board and both civilians in the Cessnas were killed. In 1987, the Seattle police department created the modern mountain bike patrol units, paving the way for cities across North America to follow. The state of Washington prohibited alcohol in 1916. In March 1920, a police Lieutenant Roy Olmstead began a bootlegging operation and was arrested by Federal probations agents and was fired from his job with the department. He was convicted in 1921 with twenty others in an early case that use telephone wiretaps. He was released in 1931 and pardoned by President Roosevelt in 1935. In June 1924, Bertha Landes served as acting mayor while Edwin J. Brown was out of theCity to attend the marathon Democratic national convention. In July 1935, the city council held hearings on the many gambling and prostitution dens in the city. Councilman Fred Hamley walked with the chief onto Fourth Avenue to an establishment that featured a roulette wheel and handed him an ax.
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