Seattle’s new approach to drug enforcement is triggering alarm among police and public safety advocates, who warn the city is quietly sliding back toward the conditions that once fueled crime, ...
SEATTLE — Seattle’s fentanyl crisis is impossible to hide from public view, with open-air drug use, rising overdose deaths and struggling addicts highlighting the challenges facing city leaders and ...
Seattle prosecutors will seek to divert more public drug use and possession cases away from court under a new city policy, but officials say police will continue making drug-related arrests. The big ...
SEATTLE — Seattle police will continue making drug-related arrests despite confusion sparked by internal communications that prompted sharp criticism from the police union, city officials said. The ...
Four parks on Beacon Hill have been swallowed by an open-air drug market. Hundreds of people are living and using within them right now. A neighborhood is being threatened, intimidated, and ignored.
This intersection in Little Saigon has been the focus on ongoing neighborhood complaints about drug use and illegal street vending. (Photo: KOMO News) SEATTLE — In neighborhoods like Little Saigon, ...