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Why does SPD have a Tumblr?



We already tell you a lot about police work and crime on our Twitter feed (@SeattlePD), Facebook page and the SPD Blotter. Now we want to show you that police work.



That’s where Tumblr comes in.



We think Tumblr is the perfect space to tell visual stories that we can’t always do justice to through Tweets and blog posts.



When we say we’re stepping up patrols in a precinct or a neighborhood, we’ll show you what that looks like, too, through pictures and video.

We can write all we want about how our investigators solved a crime after finding fingerprints at a scene. But meticulous forensic work remains much more impressive when you actually see it.



So, that’s why Tumblr: to show you your police department doing police-y things in your city. If there’s something you want to know about SPD or police work, just ask.



On that note, we also get asked a lot of questions about cops and crime on Twitter, but those questions (and our answers) tend to get washed down the Twitter stream, never to be seen again.



So, go ahead and take a look the left side of this page here. You’ll see an “Ask a Question” tab. Click it and ask away!



If you’ve got a question about how to deal with a late-night noise issue on your block or want help navigating neighborhood crime statistics, your questions (and our responses) will be archived for your neighbors, who might be looking for answers, too.



Finally, you’ll also find interesting bits about this department’s history and a number of other odds and ends that might not make sense to post on the Blotter or Twitter, but that deserve to be seen. You’ll find snippets from police reports, photos of things from our strange office, and other curiosities right here on SPD Unredacted*.



All that and you’ll still get the same regular breaking news updates on Twitter, hear the details behind those stories on our Blotter and find out all about community events on Facebook. Tell your friends.



*PS: Don’t take the page’s name completely literally (sometimes we may post documents with names or other info redacted in order to protect crime victims).

December 5, 2013