Seattle Mayor Lifts Pause and Will Expand Police Surveillance Cameras with New Safeguards

Mayor Wilson allows Seattle's CCTV expansion to proceed after months of delays

(The Center Square) - Mayor Katie Wilson is allowing Seattle to begin installing additional surveillance cameras approved by her predecessor and the city council in 2025 after delaying it for several months. Wilson gave the green light Tuesday at a press conference after an audit [...]

Seattle Mayor Expands Police Camera Surveillance Today, With No Privacy Safeguards in 2026

Mayor Katie Wilson gave an emphatic “yes” to the immediate expansion of police surveillance in Seattle on Tuesday, with no immediate policies to reduce the risk of abuse by local and federal law enforcement power in 4 to 6 months. The decision follows nearly a year of foot-dragging over expanding, freezing, or gutting the city’s police camera network and the release of a related report she commissioned from New York University. It’s the clearest…

Seattle mayor lifts pause and will expand police surveillance cameras with new safeguards

An audit found significant gaps in how Seattle oversees its Real Time Crime Center. The mayor is expanding the camera network anyway, near the stadiums, Capitol Hill and the Garfield High School area.

Mayor Wilson announces Seattle will keep and expand city's CCTV program

In a press conference Tuesday, Wilson announced extra protections that will be implemented while the program expands.

Wilson turns stadium district cameras back on, authorizes SPD expansion

Seattle Mayor Katie Wilson announced she is turning on the stadium district cameras immediately and allowing the Seattle Police Department (SPD) to expand its camera network in SODO, Capitol Hill, and the Central District. “I understand that this is a priority for many businesses and others in SODO and also for Councilmember Rob Saka as […]

Seattle will expand police surveillance cameras to more neighborhoods

The mayor said she authorized police to turn on existing cameras in the stadium district and install them in the Central District and on Capitol Hill.