The City of Seattle welcomed a new Police Chief on Thursday. Chief Shon Barnes marked his first day by meeting new colleagues and getting to know the community.

After eight months as interim Chief of the Seattle Police Department, Sue Rahr is stepping down, bringing an end to a transformative chapter for the department.

If there is any doubt about how happy Shon Barnes is to be the Seattle Police Department's new chief, the doubt ends now.

Sue Rahr’s interim role as Seattle Police Chief winds down this week as the city prepares to welcome Mayor Bruce Harrell’s nominee Shon Barnes, chief of police in Madison, WI, as the new head of the agency.

Shon Barnes will head a department challenged by its last chief's firing, allegations of discrimination, staffing shortages and the vestiges of federal oversight.

It was a violent weekend as Seattle Police investigated a man found dead at Baker Park in the Ballard neighborhood with gunshot wounds.

The transition of power at the top of the Seattle Police Department (SPD) will officially commence this week. Sue Rahr, who has served as the interim police chief in Seattle since May 2024, will clear out of the office Wednesday according to a memo she sent out to SPD last week obtained by KING 5.