Seattle Police Department
The Seattle Police Department (SPD) is the principal law enforcement agency of the city of Seattle, Washington, United States, except for the campus of the University of Washington, which is under the responsibility of its own police department.
Regular patrolmen in uniform at Seattle Hempfest
Seattle policemen in 1918 during the Spanish flu pandemic
A Seattle Police car on patrol near 2nd Ave downtown.
Seattle riot police block a road on Capitol Hill during the George Floyd protests on June 25, 2020
Jenny Anne Durkan is an American attorney, former federal prosecutor, and politician who served as the 56th mayor of Seattle, Washington. She is the daughter of Martin Durkan. Durkan is a member of the Democratic Party. After earning her Juris Doctor from University of Washington School of Law in 1985, Durkan began practicing law as a criminal defense lawyer and civil litigator. In October 2009, President Barack Obama appointed her United States Attorney for the Western District of Washington. She held that position until September 2014.
Jenny Durkan
Durkan at Seattle's Fiestas Patrias Parade in September 2017
Durkan and Cary Moon at a candidate forum on October 26, 2017
A homeless camp in Seattle, under the Alaskan Way Viaduct, 2019