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🧵 This week in Seattle's Office of Police Accountability:
2024OPA-0280: Officer receives 3 day suspension for setting off a revolver in a shelter while attempting to unload it
https://www.seattle.gov/Documents/Departments/OPA/ClosedCaseSummaries/2024OPA-0280ccs1-31-25.pdf2024OPA-0225: Officer receives 5 day suspension for engaging in a chase against orders, continuing the chase against orders, and driving through red lights and speeding through neighborhoods without emergency lights on
https://www.seattle.gov/Documents/Departments/OPA/ClosedCaseSummaries/2024OPA-0225ccs1-31-25.pdf2024OPA-0287: Written reprimand for cop who abused police databases by looking up multiple people, including his spouse's relative's mugshot and criminal record before his first date with his spouse.
https://www.seattle.gov/Documents/Departments/OPA/ClosedCaseSummaries/2024OPA-0287ccs2-28-25.pdf -
🧵 This week in Seattle's Office of Police Accountability:
2024OPA-0178: A former SPD recruit was terminated after being caught both cheating and lying when he first denied using AI to complete an assignment, but later admitted that his "wife" generated his assignment using AI.
https://www.seattle.gov/Documents/Departments/OPA/ClosedCaseSummaries/2024OPA-0178ccs11-8-24.pdf -
🧵 Back for another week reading Closed Case Summaries from the Seattle Office of Police Accountability:
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🧵 This week in the Seattle Office of Police Accountability:
2024OPA-0026: Officers failed to secure the scene of a death and prevent filming of the body after a certain notorious "advocacy" group stumbled upon the remains of a person living outside. They received no discipline, only re-training.
https://www.seattle.gov/Documents/Departments/OPA/ClosedCaseSummaries/2024OPA-0026ccs7-8-24.pdf2024OPA-0086: Public records officer received a 20 day suspension for lying to a requestor.
https://www.seattle.gov/Documents/Departments/OPA/ClosedCaseSummaries/2024OPA-0086ccs10-4-24.pdf -
🧵 This week in the Seattle Office of Police Accountability:
- 2 SPD employees fired
- Cops being racist/sexist/transphobic
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This week in the Seattle Office of Police Accountability:
2023OPA-0020: Cop gets oral reprimand for challenging other cop to fight and later saying "If I was off duty, I would drag [officer] out the car and beat him to death".
https://www.seattle.gov/Documents/Departments/OPA/ClosedCaseSummaries/2023OPA-0433ccs3-18-24.pdf2023OPA-0020: 4 day suspension for cop who drove recklessly under the influence.
https://www.seattle.gov/Documents/Departments/OPA/ClosedCaseSummaries/2023OPA-0020ccs12-5-23.pdf -
This week in the #Seattle Office of Police Accountability:
2021OPA-0366: Officer Andrew Swartz fired for using police database to stalk ex-girlfriend
More context: https://www.heraldnet.com/news/investigation-seattle-cop-used-police-database-to-stalk-ex-girlfriend/
https://www.seattle.gov/Documents/Departments/OPA/ClosedCaseSummaries/2021OPA-0366ccs11-8-23.pdf2023OPA-0410: Officers receive training referrals for putting their boots in the door to prevent it from closing without consent or "exigent circumstances".
(Reminder that cops are like vampires: don't invite them to cross the threshold!)
https://www.seattle.gov/Documents/Departments/OPA/ClosedCaseSummaries/2023OPA-0410ccs2-5-24.pdf -
This week in the #Seattle Office of Police Accountability:
2023OPA-0234: Officer gets oral reprimand for hit-and-run with department vehicle
https://youtu.be/Tf1QrXhIDmQ
https://www.seattle.gov/Documents/Departments/OPA/ClosedCaseSummaries/2023OPA-0234ccs112223.pdf2021OPA-0307: OPA investigating a game of telephone regarding alleged COVID exposures
https://www.seattle.gov/Documents/Departments/OPA/ClosedCaseSummaries/2021OPA-0307ccs12-20-23.pdfAs always, you can read through Closed Case Summaries yourself at https://data.seattle.gov/Public-Safety/Closed-Case-Summaries-2024-/58nk-8i58/data_preview
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This week in the #Seattle Office of Police Accountability:
2023OPA-0135: Officers suspended for chilling at SPOG HQ instead of responding to nightclub shooting
https://www.seattle.gov/Documents/Departments/OPA/ClosedCaseSummaries/2023OPA-0135ccs121323.pdf2023OPA-0188: OPA says officer unprofessional, not biased, for using r-slur over loudspeaker
https://www.seattle.gov/Documents/Departments/OPA/ClosedCaseSummaries/2023OPA-0188ccs120823.pdf2023OPA-0300: Officers alleged to moonlight for Amazon security contractor
https://www.seattle.gov/Documents/Departments/OPA/ClosedCaseSummaries/2023OPA-0300ccs01-11-24.pdf -
This week in #Seattle Office of Police Accountability:
2022OPA-0339: Supervisor tasked with "[providing] adequate supervision, and [making] sure that the officers are fulfilling the basic duties" falls asleep in police cruiser parked in bus lane. Receives written reprimand
https://www.seattle.gov/Documents/Departments/OPA/ClosedCaseSummaries/2022OPA-0339ccs080823.pdf2023OPA-0098: Officer tazes suspect who was not immediate threat of harm, claims it was an accident.
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This week in #Seattle Office of Police Accountability:
2023OPA-0095: Officer allegedly expresses "distaste for the LGBT community" while drunk at bar. When interviewed by OPA, he speculated that "someone may have overheard them discussing an acquaintance who often made ignorant comments and misunderstood". This excuse is almost as bad as the one Auderer gave. OPA ruled Not Sustained - Unfounded 🙄
https://www.seattle.gov/Documents/Departments/OPA/ClosedCaseSummaries/2023OPA-0095ccs8-23-23.pdf -
Last week in the Seattle Office of Police Accountability (A bit late since I've been busy!)
63 hour suspension for cops who blew off a domestic violence call to go to a restaurant
https://www.seattle.gov/Documents/Departments/OPA/ClosedCaseSummaries/2022OPA-0331ccs071123.pdfWritten reprimand for cop who continued a vehicle pursuit after a supervisor told him to stop
https://www.seattle.gov/Documents/Departments/OPA/ClosedCaseSummaries/2023OPA-0056ccs081723.pdfOfficer receives written reprimand for not calling for medical aid after shooting suspect in genitals with less-lethal round
https://www.seattle.gov/Documents/Departments/OPA/ClosedCaseSummaries/2023OPA-0058ccs072523.pdf -
This week in #Seattle Office of Police Accountability:
2022OPA-0347: Written reprimand for cop who injured & detained man who matched vague description of shoplifter: 20 year old white man carrying box of tools.
2023OPA-0060: Cops absolved in incident where community backed down cops reportedly pointing guns at Black man in crisis.
2022-0427: Written reprimand for cop who drove his truck out of repair shop without paying in full because of disagreement over price of repairs.
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This week in #Seattle Office of Police Accountability:
2020OPA-0476, 2020OPA-0355, 2020OPA-0345: Harrell lets fmr chief Best off the hook for everything that happened in 2020
https://seattle.gov/Documents/Departments/OPA/ClosedCaseSummaries/2020OPA-0355.pdf2023OPA-0031: OPA rules no political ideology bias when police arrested protesters for writing in chalk on the precinct wall in 2020. The lawsuit related to this incident turned up bodycam footage of a huge Trump flag hanging in their break room but OK 🤪
https://www.seattle.gov/Documents/Departments/OPA/ClosedCaseSummaries/2023OPA-0031ccs08-01-23.pdf -
The Stranger is publishing roundups of #SeattleOPA summaries now 👀
https://www.thestranger.com/bad-apples/2023/08/16/79123300/bad-apples -
Last week in #Seattle Office of Police Accountability Closed Case Summaries:
- Training referral for officer driving twice the speed limit unrelated to any incident
- Training referral for officer photographed laughing while people were being swept -
This week in #Seattle Office of Police Accountability Closed Case Summaries:
- Cop receives a 270 hour suspension for being really creepy on Instagram
- A 911 dispatcher assaulted her cop (soon-to-be ex-)husband on multiple occasions and threatened to kill him
- Cops messing up Miranda warnings again -
Another 10 #Seattle Office of Police Accountability closed case summary documents were posted last night.
Closed case summary documents summarize internal investigations into complaints against Seattle PD officers.
A couple cases to highlight:
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Last November, #Seattle police staged a SWAT training near a school that was visible from the school playground without notifying the school.
The principal and several parents complained to the Office of Police Accountability that it was insensitive and unprofessional, especially since there had been a recent local school shooting.
#SeattleOPA ruled the complaint unfounded because they "found no policy or training requiring that accommodation" 🙄🙄🙄
https://www.seattle.gov/Documents/Departments/OPA/ClosedCaseSummaries/2022OPA-0394ccs5-8-23.pdf
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Another 12 #Seattle Office of Police Accountability closed case summary documents dropped tonight.
Closed case summary documents summarize internal investigations into complaints against Seattle PD officers.
Thread of several cases that caught my eye:
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Another 14 #Seattle Office of Police Accountability closed case summary documents dropped tonight.
Closed case summary documents summarize internal investigations into complaints against Seattle PD officers.
A thread of several cases that caught my eye:
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Another week, another batch of 10 #Seattle Office of Police Accountability closed case summary documents dropped last night, each with No Allegations Sustained. Closed case summary documents summarize internal investigations into complaints against Seattle PD officers.
As always, you can read these yourself at https://data.seattle.gov/Public-Safety/Closed-Case-Summaries-2022-2023-/m33m-84uk
Thread of several cases that caught my eye:
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Another round of 5 #Seattle Office of Police Accountability closed case summary documents dropped tonight, each with allegations partially or fully sustained.
As a refresher, closed case summary documents summarize internal investigations into complaints against officers in the Seattle Police Department.
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Fmr. Mayor May Have Pushed OPA to Delay Investigations Into Fmr. Police Chief
https://southseattleemerald.com/2023/02/01/fmr-mayor-may-have-pushed-opa-to-delay-investigations-into-fmr-police-chief/ -
Oakland commissioned an outside investigation into several very deficient IAD investigations into one officer. The Chief of Police is now on leave.
Posting here from my Seattle account because I'll bet the sort of thing uncovered here is 99% certain to be happening at OPA and with Seattle's Chief of Police.
https://s3.documentcloud.org/documents/23578070/clarence-dyer-and-cohen.pdf