Information from Seattle Police Department

Due to changes being made at Twitter, SPD’s Tweets by Beat accounts will stop providing updates as of February 13th, 2023.

Twitter has announced an end to free access to API services starting February13th. This impacts all of SPD’s Tweets by Beat accounts, and they will be deactivated for the foreseeable future. SPD’s primary Twitter account (@seattlepd) will continue to operate and be updated.

The Department will explore available options to reactivate the accounts, and the possibility of using another program or method to release the information.

We will provide any additional updates about Tweets by Beat and/or new alternative notification systems here on the SPD Blotter.

In the meantime, information about recent calls for service can still be found on the Seattle Police Department Data Maps.