Seattle, Washington | Police Funding Database | LDF

Seattle at a glance

Population by race and Hispanic origin

Key	Awarding Agency	Amount in Dollars
	White, not Hispanic or Latino	444,864
	Black or African American	43,670
	American Indian and Alaska native	2,130
	Asian	135,258
	Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander	1,495
	Two or More Races	52,823
	Hispanic or Latino	63,033

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Full-time law enforcement staff, Seattle Police Department

1,178 Officers
419 Civilian staff

Full-time law enforcement officers per 1,000 residents

1.5 Seattle
2.4 National average, cities with 250,000+ population
2.2 National average

These figures reflect the Seattle Police Department only, and do not include state or other police agencies that may be present in this location.

Federal grant funding for Seattle

Data was last updated December 18, 2022

We identified over $21.7M in federal grant funding, FY 2014-2024

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Grant funding over time

Grant funding by federal department

Key	Awarding Agency	Amount in Dollars
	Department of Homeland Security	$12,214,905
	Department of Justice	$9,499,579

Recent grants

USA spending grants for: Seattle
Amount	Start and end dates	Recipient and description	Awarding agency	CFDA program	Type
$999,998.00	10/1/2022 9/30/2025	SEATTLE POLICE DEPARTMENT THE SEATTLE POLICE DEPARTMENT (SPD) SEEKS SUPPORT UNDER CATEGORY 3 TO MIGRATE AND INTEGRATE APPROXIMATELY 20 TERABYTES OF DIGITAL EVIDENCE (APPROXIMATELY 2.1 MILLION DIGITAL FILES) AND ASSOCIATED METADATA FROM SPD’S DIGITAL EVIDENCE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM (DEMS) INTO ITS EXISTING BODY-WORN VIDEO CLOUD S…	Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs	16.835 Body Worn Camera Policy and Implementation	Prime
$170,021.00	9/1/2022 8/31/2023	SEATTLE POLICE DEPARTMENT THE SEATTLE POLICE 'BEFORE THE BADGE (BTB)' IS A PRE-LAW ENFORCEMENT ACADEMY TRAINING PROGRAM THAT IS PART OF THE SEATTLE POLICE DEPARTMENT’S (SPD) SPD360 RELATIONAL POLICING INITIATIVE. BTB IS A MULTI-WEEK PROGRAM DESIGNED TO PROVIDE PRE-ACADEMY RECRUITS WITH FOUNDATIONAL KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, AND RE…	Department of Justice Offices, Boards and Divisions	16.710 Public Safety Partnership and Community Policing Grants	Prime
$829,956.00	10/1/2021 9/30/2025	SEATTLE POLICE DEPARTMENT THE EDWARD BYRNE MEMORIAL JUSTICE ASSISTANCE GRANT (JAG) PROGRAM ALLOWS UNITS OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT, INCLUDING TRIBES, TO SUPPORT A BROAD RANGE OF ACTIVITIES TO PREVENT AND CONTROL CRIME BASED ON THEIR OWN STATE AND LOCAL NEEDS AND CONDITIONS. GRANT FUNDS CAN BE USED FOR STATE AND LOCAL INITIATIVES, …	Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs	16.738 Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant Program	Prime
$124,762.00	9/1/2021 8/31/2022	SEATTLE POLICE DEPARTMENT SEATTLE, WA POLICE COMMUNITY DIALOGUES	Department of Justice Offices, Boards and Divisions	16.710 Public Safety Partnership and Community Policing Grants	Prime

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Military equipment transfers

Data last updated April 3, 2024

$96.4K value of military equipment has been transferred to the Seattle Police Department

The highest-value stock number reported is TRUCK,AMBULANCE with 1 item valued at $96,466.00 each

Recent equipment transfers

Military equipment transfers
Ship date	Item and National Stock Number (NSN)	Acquisition value	Quantity	Acquisition value, each	Acquisition value, total	DEMIL code / IC	DEMIL code	DEMIL IC
3/24/2021	TRUCK,AMBULANCE 2310-01-111-2274	Acquisition value	1	1 @ $96,466.00	$96,466.00	DEMIL code / IC	C	1

Local police misconduct data, consent decrees, and settlements

Data last updated January 26, 2022

Consent decree

Seattle has a consent decree with the Department of Justice that went into effect on Sep 21, 2012.

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Settlements

We identified 3 publicly reported settlements that resulted in $7,000,000.00 in monetary compensation to victims.

Settlements
Year	Description	Outcome
2021	The family of Charleena Lyles, a pregnant Black woman killed by Seattle police officers in 2017, filed a lawsuit against the City of Seattle. In early December 2021, city officials agreed to settle the case with her family for $3.5 million. In June 2017, two Seattle police officers were responding to Lyles’ 911 call to report a burglary. Officers alleged that she had staged the burglary and that she suddenly lunged at them with a knife, prompting them to fatally shoot her with her children nearby. Following her death, family members filed a lawsuit against the city, alleging that the officers had failed to use nonlethal force to disarm Lyles. After a state Court of Appeals agreed with the Lyles’ family, the city settled the case for $3.5 million. Source "Fatal police shooting of pregnant Black woman results in $3.5 million settlement by Seattle", Associated Press, Oregon Live, December 01, 2021	Compensation $3,500,000.00
2020	The City of Seattle settled a lawsuit by the family of Che Taylor for $1.5 million. The case arose from a fatal shooting by two police officers in 2016. Taylor was killed by plainclothes police officers when they fired upon him outside his home. The officers, Michael Spaulding and Scott Miller, claimed they believed their lives to be in danger when they encountered Taylor, who they tried to arrest for unlawful possession of a handgun. Evidence in the case raised doubt about the officers’ claims that Taylor was armed. Source Mike Carter, "SPD settles Che Taylor wrongful-death suit for $1.5 million; new evidence cast doubt on officers’ claim Taylor was armed", Seattle Times, December 07, 2020	Compensation $1,500,000.00
2015	In 2015, Seattle paid nearly $2 million to resolve an excessive force lawsuit. In 2015, the City of Seattle paid nearly $2 million to Nathaniel Caylor, who was shot in the face by police. It was the largest excessive force settlement in the city’s history. Source Victoria Cavaliere, "Seattle settles $2 million lawsuit for excessive force by police", Reuters, June 18, 2015	Compensation $2,000,000.00