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A Seattle cop arrested for DV was fired less than two months later. Here's why that's rare.
Seattle Police Officer John Nguyen was arrested for domestic violence in May and let go in July. SPD has taken years to terminate officers for similar…
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City Celebrates New Contract For Cops — It’s Not That Great
By DivestSPD Editor Justin Ward
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Cop's truck full of empty White Claws found abandoned after wild ride
Seattle Officer Robert West is under investigation after his truck was spotted driving recklessly in Bonney Lake and found blocking someone's driveway.
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Cop's wife claims he fired gun inside house, punched walls, told stepdaughter to 'go die'
Officer Richard Norris has been on paid leave since his estranged wife filed for a protection order in Snohomish County last summer. Norris was…
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New May 24 footage shows sergeant punching protester repeatedly
Seattle Police Sergeant David Adams claimed the man "charged" and attempted to tackle him. According to Adams' bodycam, it was the other way around.
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September 2025

Seattle cop accused of head-butting fiancee down stairs, sexually abusing her
Officer Jonathan Goodwin previously faced allegations that he raped a Renton woman in 2020.
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Seattle problem cop suspended for illegal stop-and-frisk of Black youth
An officer who consistently leads the department for OPA investigations was suspended for unlawfully searching a young Black man on his way home.
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No discipline for cop who Tasered, injured fleeing man
Seattle police policy explicitly forbids cops from using Tasers on fleeing people, but the OPA was convinced by Officer Gabriel Ladd's speculative…
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Feds, WA police share surveillance data on an obscure SPD email list
As civil liberties groups warn that surveillance info can wind up in the wrong hands, the Seattle Police Department is already hosting a space for…
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Bad Apples Baseball Cards: Zsolt Dornay
With a short temper and a long history of violence, Zsolt Dornay is the worst of both worlds: a cop and a criminal.
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August 2025

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