Seattle Sheriff Department

    A King County Sheriff car at the opening of the first lightrail of Seattle.

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      Danish Emergency Vehicles. added this photo to his favorites. (31 months ago)

    2. conner395 (31 months ago | reply)

      Hallo, ich bin der Administrator der Gruppe Back The Blue (Law Enforcement), und wir würden uns freuen, wenn Du dies zu unserer Gruppe hinzufügen würdest.

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      czechpoliceman added this photo to his favorites. (31 months ago)

    4. cmcharlesmillar (30 months ago | reply)

      This is part of Kings County Sheriffs Department

    5. hoktar (30 months ago | reply)

      Oh right, I remember that now, I'll add that.

    6. ashman 88 (28 months ago | reply)

      Hallo, ich bin der Administrator der Gruppe Law Enforcement in Washington State (LEWA), und wir würden uns freuen, wenn Du dies zu unserer Gruppe hinzufügen würdest.

    7. This photo was invited and added to the Crown Victoria Police Cars group.

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    9. trident2963 (21 months ago | reply)

      Great shot of the sound transit Police from King County Sheriff!!!

    10. hoktar (21 months ago | reply)

      Thanks!

    11. [kilodelta] (19 months ago | reply)

      Don't see these too often - there are only about 20 or 30 SoundTransit officers. ST contracts with the King County Sheriffs Office to provide law enforcement at their facilities and on their vehicles - they also contract with a private security company, though those guys don't have police powers. What I'm not sure about is if ST Police only cover King County, or all of Sound Transit's system. Since there technically Sheriff's Deputies, I don't think they have any police powers outside of King County.

      SoundTransit (technically, the "Central Puget Sound Regional Transit Authority" - glad they found a shorter name!) handles regional public transit for Pierce, Snohomish, and King Counties. Each of those counties have their own county-wide transit agency as well, which provide bus service. ST operates regional express busses (ST Express), commuter rail (Sounder), and light rail (ST Link). SoundTransit gets you to a general area (e.g. downtown Seattle, or Bellveue), the local transit agencies take you to the specific place you want to go - or, at least, get you closer to it.

      All these agencies are publicly funded by taxes, by the way: generally VAT/Sales taxes. You still pay a fare, but the cost is significantly subsidized. Seattle needs it - traffic here is horrible.

    12. This photo was invited and added to the Washington State Sheriff Agencies group.

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      Dwrek427, dtb04, jack2024, and conner395 added this photo to their favorites.

    14. This photo was invited and added to the Sheriffs group.

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