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Stories
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Seattle police sergeant investigated over leaked sex assault memo
A police watchdog investigation cleared a sergeant accused by Seattle police leadership of leaking a memo to the media about a sexual assault unit staffing crisis.
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Crime
Seattle mayor orders plan for stalled sexual assault investigations as advocates demand deadline
As frustrated advocates demanded a deadline for the city to fix stalled sexual assault investigations at the Seattle Police Department, Seattle Mayor Bruce Harrell on Thursday ordered that all felony cases with enough evidence for follow-up be assigned to detectives by the end of August.
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Government
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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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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Government
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.