Public Safety

With boating season comes risk of cold water shock

Bellamy Pailthorp — Tue, 30 Apr 2013 22:44:38 +0000

Boating season opens this weekend and the weather forecast predicts mostly clear skies and temperatures in the upper 70s.

The warming temperatures have authorities concerned about water safety and the potential for deadly drowning incidents. Last year, 32 people died from drowning, and more than a third of them in the spring.

Wade Alonzo with the State Parks Boating Safety Program says Washington certainly sees cold water, even when the weather is fair.

Video shows Seattle cop stomping on suspect

KPLU News Staff — Fri, 25 Feb 2011 21:03:42 +0000

Newly released video shows Seattle Police Officer James Lee stomping on the head of a man detained by a group of cops in city's Belltown neighborhood last October.

KING-TV's Linda Brill reports the incident is bringing further allegations of excessive force by Lee, already under criminal investigation for kicking a teenager in a Belltown convenience store, just minutes before the second confrontation happened.

Seattle City Light finds 56 streetlights with voltage issues

KPLU News Staff — Wed, 19 Jan 2011 15:08:32 +0000

Seattle City Light has identified 56 streetlights in the Seattle area that could give off potentially dangerous voltage. That’s the final tally from an inspection of nearly 37,000 metal streetlights for voltage issues.

Dog Electrocuted on Seattle Sidewalk

Gary Davis — Tue, 30 Nov 2010 14:25:39 +0000

Seattle City Light is apologizing to a Queen Anne neighborhood family whose dog was electrocuted Thanksgiving Day while on a walk along a city sidewalk. Lisa McKibben tells KCPQ-TV she wasn't sure what had happened at first:

“I couldn't tell because he was just convulsing so much and just screeching I didn't know what was happening and I was screaming for someone to help me,” said McKibbin.