Seattle’s new approach to drug enforcement is triggering alarm among police and public safety advocates, who warn the city is quietly sliding back toward the conditions that once fueled crime, ...

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Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. SEATTLE - Will someone be arrested for openly using drugs in Seattle? City officials appeared to scramble on Monday to clarify ...

Portland DA announces drug prosecution crackdown for those refusing treatment, contrasting sharply with Seattle's lenient approach to possession cases.

A 34-year-old Seattle man was convicted Thursday for possessing nearly 10,000 fentanyl pills and a loaded firearm during one of his three arrests in 2023. Leon Henderson faces a mandatory minimum of ...

Data shows drug prosecutions have spiked despite ordinance intended to push people to treatment. Two years into an ordinance intended to push folks to treatment, King County Department of Public ...

San Francisco's mayor wants to arrest public drug user at a high rate, but John Curley, explained how the trickle-down effects would negatively impact Seattle.

SEATTLE — Seattle police arrested a 39-year-old man Sunday morning in the Chinatown-International District after officers spotted him carrying multiple fixed-blade knives and determined he was ...

The city's LEAD team takes to the streets to try to direct drug users to treatment instead of jail. The Law Enforcement Assisted Diversion (LEAD) team takes to the streets as part of an effort to ...

Seattle’s new approach to drug enforcement is triggering alarm among police and public safety advocates, who warn the city is quietly sliding back toward the conditions that once fueled crime, ...