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SPD announces new assistant chiefs, one Asian

October 25, 2018 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Ruth Bayang NORTHWEST ASIAN WEEKLY Seattle Police Chief Carmen Best announced on Oct. 22 the promotion of two members of the Seattle Police Department (SPD) to Assistant Chief. Steve Hirjak will assume the role of Assistant Chief of Homeland Security/Special Operations and Deanna Nollette will serve as Assistant Chief of the Criminal Investigations Bureau. […]

Filed Under: Features, Profiles, Community News Tagged With: Cheryl Shaw, Deanna Nollette, SPD, Seattle Police Department, Steve Hirjak, VOL 37 NO 44 | OCTOBER 27 - NOVEMBER 2

BLOG: What you don’t read about cops

November 23, 2016 By Assunta Ng

What you don’t read about cops

Filed Under: Publisher Ng's blog Tagged With: SPD, Seattle Police Department, VOL 35 NO 48 | NOVEMBER 26 - DECEMBER 2

EDITORIAL: Want police diversity? Members of API community need to cop to it

May 26, 2016 By Northwest Asian Weekly

As people around the city of Seattle and the nation celebrated and observed Asian Pacific Islander American Heritage Month, the topic of diversity and API representation in the Seattle Police Department (SPD)’s top ranks entered my mind. A study entitled “An Assessment of the Seattle Police Department’s Community Engagement: Through Recruitment, Hiring, and Training” released […]

Filed Under: Editorials Tagged With: 2016, API, Alan Sugiyama, Asian Pacific Islander American Heritage Month, King County Sheriff, SPD, Seattle Police Department, United States, VOL 35 NO 22 | MAY 28 – JUNE 3, letter

The thin blue line: SPD struggles with recruiting API community members

April 7, 2016 By Northwest Asian Weekly

Police brutality, misconduct, and shootings have dominated news headlines in the past few years and Seattle has been no exception.

Filed Under: Features, Community News Tagged With: API, Al Sugiyama, Although Asians, Andrew Kim, CPC, International District, John Williams, Mike Fields, Native American, SPD, Sarah Baker, Seattle Chapter President, Seattle Mayor Ed Murray, Seattle Police Department, United States, letter

JACL demands APIs in top SPD ranks

April 1, 2016 By Northwest Asian Weekly

FROM JACL PRESIDENT: To the Honorable Mayor Ed Murray, the Honorable Police Chief Kathleen O’Toole, and the Honorable Seattle City Councilmembers: The Seattle Chapter of the Japanese American Citizens League (JACL), the nation’s oldest and largest Asian American civil rights organization, is deeply alarmed by the lack of Asian Pacific Islander (API) representation in the […]

Filed Under: Letters to the Editor Tagged With: API, African American, Alan Sugiyama Community Leader, Asian American, Baker Japanese American Citizens League Seattle Chapter President Response, Community Leader, Dear Ms, Deputy Chief Carmen Best, Donnie Chin, Honorable Mayor Ed Murray, Honorable Seattle City Councilmembers, International District, JACL, Japanese American Citizens League, SPD, Seattle Chapter President, Seattle Police Department, letter

EDITORIAL: Our 5 wishes for Seattle’s ID in 2016

January 7, 2016 By Northwest Asian Weekly

At the beginning of January, it feels natural to do a retrospective of the year before, take lessons, and think on how we’d want 2016 to look different. Here are five of our wishes: Wish 1: For no more senseless deaths in the ID There have been three known homicides in the International District (ID) […]

Filed Under: Editorials Tagged With: 2015, 2016, API, Benito Benny Enriquez, Chinatown, Christina Enriquez, Eighth Avenue South, ID, Kenny Chesney, Seattle Police Department, Seattle Streetcar, South Seattle, South Weller Street, Summit Sierra, TBD, Vol 35 No 2 | January 9 - January 15

Columbia City teen reportedly killed over shoes

December 10, 2015 By Jason Cruz

By Jason Cruz Northwest Asian Weekly A pair of Nike Air Jordans may have been the reason that 24-year-old Si Phu reportedly killed his 14-year-old niece Christy Phu. Si Phu was arrested by the Seattle Police Department on Tuesday after leaving the scene on Sunday. According to Christy Phu’s father, Si Phu’s brother, she texted […]

Filed Under: Features, Community News Tagged With: 2015, Chief Sealth High School, Christy Phu, Columbia City, Jason Cruz, King County Jail, Nike Air Jordans, Northwest Asian Weekly, Seattle Police Department, Si Phu, South Seattle, Vol 34 No 51 | December 12 - December 18, West Seattle

Upcoming update on Donnie Chin murder

November 20, 2015 By Northwest Asian Weekly

International District icon and Seattle resident Donnie Chin was shot and killed in the early hours of July 23. As the investigation continues, members of Chin’s family and community remain in the dark about the status of the investigation despite a commitment from the Seattle Police Department to provide progress updates. State and local public […]

Filed Under: Briefs Tagged With: 2015, Donnie Chin, International District Emergency Center, Nagomi Teahouse, SPD, Seattle City Councilmember Bruce Harrell, Seattle Police Department, Seattle Police Deputy Chief Carmen Best, Vol 34 No 48 | November 21 - November 27, communication

COMMENTARY: What’s going to happen to the C-ID without Donnie Chin?

October 30, 2015 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Marie Wong Northwest Asian Weekly It has been almost four months since the murder of Donnie Chin. The sensationalism of the story has waned from the general media as other stories have come to the forefront of the news. But for the people who live and work in the Chinatown-International District (C-ID), the profound […]

Filed Under: Commentaries Tagged With: 2015, Asian American Studies, Associate Professor, Chinatown, Donnie Chin, Kong Yick, Northwest Asian Weekly, Seattle Police Department, Seattle University, Urban Planning, Vincent Chin, Vol 34 No 45 | October 31 - November 6

Ever-changing headlines — Maybe priorities should be gun control

September 3, 2015 By Northwest Asian Weekly

Donnie Chin was murdered from shots fired by a gun. That is the damn issue here, another human life lost by a gun-toting killer. The Asian Pacific American communities need to step up to the National Rifle Association (NRA) and demand that they support GUN CONTROL. To NRA members, keep guns to protect your family—don’t […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: 2015, Bob Santos, CAPACD, Danny Woo Garden, Donnie Chin, Inter Im, International District Neighborhood, Seattle Police Department, Vol 34 No 37 | September 5 - September 11, Washington DC, attention

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