Washington
Entries where the acting authority was Washington (WA), whatever state or country the events took place in.
Jurisdiction is who acted, not where it happened. Federal conduct inside Washington is filed under Federal, not here.
2026 Events (1)
Seattle Police Department withheld shooting information for five hours and gave reporter an altered version of chief's schedule
On July 26, 2026, the Seattle Police Department withheld public information for nearly five hours after a mass shooting at the Bite of Seattle festival in Seattle killed three people and injured several others, delaying its own scheduled press conference roughly an hour to accommodate arriving dignitaries. Police Chief Shon Barnes was out of town at a law-enforcement conference during the shooting, part of a pattern of weeks away from the city so far in 2026, and when a journalist requested his calendar records SPD supplied an altered version and did not produce the original or additional records requested.
2025 Events (1)
MPD Chief Pamela Smith reinstated two officers convicted of murder and cover-up, overruling her department's recommendation to fire them
On March 3, 2025, D.C.'s Metropolitan Police Department reinstated officers Terence Sutton and Andrew Zabavsky, both convicted in the 2020 death of Karon Hylton-Brown and pardoned by President Trump that January, restoring them to the force with back pay retroactive to 2021. MPD Chief Pamela Smith overruled her department's own Disciplinary Review Division, which had recommended termination for both officers based on a 172-page internal investigation; Sutton received a 25-day suspension and Zabavsky a $2,500 fine and pension-eligible retirement. The D.C. Auditor later found the discipline "grossly inadequate" and said Chief Smith never personally reviewed the investigative file, relying instead on MPD legal counsel.