Office of Police Accountability

A Seattle police officer has been fired for calling his Chinese American neighbor racist and sexist slurs while off duty in 2022.

Officer Kevin Dave will not face felony charges for striking and killing Jaahnavi Kandulaa, a graduate student from India while responding to an overdose call.

The watchdog group opened an investigation after an officer's callous remarks about the death of Jaahnavi Kandula were heard in audio recorded from his body camera.

The Seattle police guild argues that Seattle Police Officer Daniel Audere's comments about Jaahnavi Kandula heard on bodycam video were taken out of context.

A city watchdog agency is investigating after a body-worn camera captured one Seattle Police Department union leader joking with another following the death of a woman who was struck and killed by a police cruiser as she was crossing a street.

Seattle Mayor Bruce Harrell has nominated Gino Betts as the new civilian director of the Seattle Police Department’s Office of Police Accountability, which investigates police misconduct and recommends discipline to the police chief.

Seattle police exchanged detailed fake radio transmissions about a nonexistent group of menacing right-wing extremists at a crucial moment during 2020 racial justice protests, an investigation by the city’s police watchdog group shows.

Update: 5:10 p.m. Aug. 13Two Seattle police officers who participated in the Jan. 6 insurrection in Washington, D.C., have lost their jobs.Police Chief…

Updated at 3:15 p.m. with comment from officers' attorney.The Washington Supreme Court has agreed to hear a case involving six Seattle police officers who…

The Office of Police Accountability is recommending the firing of two Seattle police officers for their involvement in the Jan. 6 insurrection at the U.S.…