Tag: spd

November 12, 2024

Publicola: SPD emergency driving policy now instructs officers to consider road conditions, safety of other road users

Though you would hope it would have been common sense, the Seattle Police Department recently updated its emergency vehicle operations policies to specify considerations officers should make before choosing to drive above the speed limit, Andrew Engelson at Publicola reported. Officers should take into account the street’s “character,” such as whether it is a side…
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tagged: jaahnavi kandula, publicola, spd
March 5, 2024

Widow asks Seattle and King County to take action against person who killed Steve Hulsman

Rita Hulsman’s husband Steve was killed December 21 when a man allegedly driving with a suspended license turned left in front of him while he was biking on Marine View Drive SW at 46th Ave SW. Now, in addition to mourning her loss, Rita is also “dismayed and deeply saddened” that King County Prosecutors are…
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tagged: city attorney, deaths, king county prosecutor, rita hulsman, spd, steven hulsman
January 19, 2024

Police: Person who killed Steve Hulsman was driving with a suspended license

The person who struck and killed Steve Hulsman December 21 was driving with a suspended license and without a court-mandated ignition interlock device, according to the police report. Seattle Bike Blog is not naming the suspect because the 53-year-old has not been charged at this time. Hulsman, 66, was a husband, father and grandfather who…
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tagged: deaths, marine view drive, spd, steven hulsman
May 30, 2023

Crosscut: Seattle Police are leaders in violent use of bikes during protests

In our car-dominated American society, using a bicycle as transportation is a very positive thing to do both on a society-wide level and especially on a personal level. Obviously, as someone who rides a bike as my primary mode of transportation and writes a daily bike blog, I love bikes and view them as great…
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tagged: bike cops, crosscut, protests, spd, type investigations
July 15, 2022

Driver kills person biking near Spokane Street Bridge then flees the scene

Someone driving struck and killed a 63-year-old man on a bike at the east end of the Spokane Street Bridge to West Seattle Friday evening. The suspect then fled the scene in a white or silver sedan. Our deepest condolences to this man’s friends and family. Seattle Times reporter and West Seattle resident Mike Lindblom…
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tagged: deaths, lower west seattle bridge, robert mason, spd, west seattle
May 12, 2022

Person killed while biking in SoDo just a block from site of January death

A person driving a Jeep struck and killed someone biking in SoDo Wednesday morning, according to Seattle Police. The driver of the Jeep was trying to exit a parking lot onto 4th Avenue near Holgate Street, and told police they were looking south for a break in traffic so they could turn north onto 4th.…
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tagged: 4th ave s, deaths, holgate, sodo, spd, tammy morales