Ashley Hiruko
Reporter
About
Ashley Hiruko reports on topics involving policing and the behind-the-scenes conduct of city leaders. Her investigations have examined police killings, allegations of abuse and sex trafficking, and labor issues.
She lives in Seattle with her fiancé, son, and Maltese.
Location: Seattle
Languages Spoken: English
Pronouns: she/her
Professional Affiliations: Past President, Western Washington Pro Chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists
Stories
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Seattle police watchdog investigating leak of memo detailing sexual assault staffing crisis
Seattle's Office of Police Accountability is investigating the leak of a memo detailing the severe understaffing of SPD's sexual assault and child abuse unit.
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Judge releases photos of tattoos belonging to Auburn cop charged with murder
A King County Superior Court judge has allowed the public release of photos showing the various tattoos covering Auburn police officer Jeffrey Nelson, who is awaiting trial for murder. Nelson was charged with second-degree murder in 2020 in connection with the death of Jesse Sarey, a 26-year-old man Nelson shot outside of a grocery store in 2019.
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Seattle Mayor Bruce Harrell says police sexual assault staffing woes, case backlog ‘unacceptable’
Seattle Mayor Bruce Harrell said Thursday the Seattle Police Department’s critically low staffing in its sexual assault unit was “unacceptable,” following an internal memo published by KUOW and The Seattle Times showing that it had stopped investigating most new sexual assault cases involving adults this year.
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KUOW Newsroom
Seattle police stopped investigating adult sexual assaults this year, memo shows
Seattle police’s sexual assault and child abuse unit staff has been so depleted that it stopped assigning to detectives this year new cases with adult victims, according to an internal memo sent to interim police Chief Adrian Diaz in April.
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KUOW Newsroom
Online ‘aunties’ from Washington offer lodging, abortion pills to people from conservative states
Self-described “aunties” are an informal network of people, mostly women, who offer their homes, rides to appointments, and more to people who may need to travel for abortions. These aunties operate individually and are not tied to any organization.
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Redmond to pay $7.5M over 'serious errors' in police killing of local mom
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KUOW Newsroom
Dan Price, Seattle CEO who lowered his pay to $70K, accused of sexual misconduct
Daniel Price, a Seattle CEO who garnered media attention after he lowered his salary to $70,000, is accused of grabbing a woman's throat twice after he tried to kiss her, and she rejected his advances.
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An unhoused woman built herself a weatherproof shed. Seattle just knocked it down
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KUOW Newsroom
Seattle rape cases moved to back burner, police insiders say
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KUOW Newsroom
Chief Adrian Diaz is only contender so far for Seattle Police head spot
In January, upon his inauguration, Mayor Bruce Harrell said he would hold off on a national search for a permanent police chief, and would instead evaluate interim Chief Adrian Diaz, the acting head of the Seattle Police Department. Nearly two months later, no decision has been made about whether Chief Diaz will keep the job, a city spokesman said. No other candidates, if there are any, have been named.