Agency record · 4 cases on file

City of Seattle

Seattle

Seattle municipal government across departments. Registry cases reference the SAO accountability audit and the gun-violence prevention audit. Department-specific cases are tagged separately under SPD, SPS, and the Mayor's Office.

SEA-2026-005 · Mar 23, 2026 · Documented

Seattle SAO accountability audit — competitive procurement and emergency exemption noncompliance flagged

The Washington State Auditor's Office (SAO) published its Accountability Audit Report on the City of Seattle on March 23, 2026, covering the fiscal year July 1, 2024 through June 30, 2025. Auditors reviewed areas with the highest risk of…

Structural failure
SEA-2026-006 · Feb 12, 2026 · Documented

Cal Anderson MayDay USA rally — OIG Sentinel Event Review identifies 66 contributing factors, 24 recommendations; SPD lieutenant on body cam: 'going in with guns blazing... here to fuck people up'

On April 8, 2025, Seattle Parks and Recreation approved a permit for MayDay USA, a Christian fundamentalist group, to hold a rally labeled "#DontMesswithOurKids" in Cal Anderson Park on May 24, 2025. Cal Anderson Park is named for…

Civil rights harmStructural failure
SEA-2025-007 · May 19, 2025 · Documented

Seattle City Auditor reports 20% of 928 audit recommendations since 2007 closed without implementation; SPD recommendations from 2015-2017 audits still open a decade later

Structural failureStatutory noncompliance
SEA-2025-005 · Mar 25, 2025 · Documented · $6M

Seattle gun violence governance — audit finds City lacks systematic reporting, CARE integration mandate unstarted, $1.5M+/yr RPKC funding without evaluation

In 2024, Mayor Bruce Harrell and Council President Sara Nelson jointly asked the Seattle Office of City Auditor to examine current gun violence patterns. The auditor, David G. Jones, published the report on March 25, 2025. It identified…

Structural failureMisuse of public resources