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Seattle Breaking is a small civic-data project, so we route different kinds of messages to different addresses to keep things moving. Please use the address that best matches your question.
Corrections & takedowns
If you believe a specific incident is misclassified, contains an inappropriate address, or should not appear on the site at all, write to corrections@seattlebreaking.com. Please include:
- A link, screenshot, or rough timestamp of the incident on the live feed.
- What you believe is incorrect or should be removed.
- Your relationship to the incident if any (resident at the address, family member, attorney, agency representative, etc.). You do not have to disclose this — it just helps us prioritize.
We will acknowledge receipt within 48 hours. We cannot remove records from the upstream City of Seattle datasets, but we can suppress them from our display in cases of clear error or active investigation when supported by a verifiable request.
Privacy questions, data requests, opt-outs
For anything related to your own data — CCPA / GDPR requests, opt-out of personalized advertising, questions about cookies or analytics — write to privacy@seattlebreaking.com. Our full Privacy Policy is at /privacy.html.
Advertising & sponsorships
Seattle Breaking accepts both programmatic display advertising (through Google AdSense) and direct sponsorship inquiries from Seattle-area businesses. For direct rates, packages, or sponsored placement availability, write to ads@seattlebreaking.com. We do not accept paid placement that would alter or suppress incident data, ranking, or categorization.
Press, partnership, syndication
Newsrooms, researchers, public-safety analysts, and civic-tech organizations interested in the underlying data pipeline, partnership opportunities, or non-commercial reuse can reach the editor at editor@seattlebreaking.com. Note that the dispatch data itself originates with the City of Seattle and is governed by the Seattle Open Data Policy — not by us.
General feedback, bug reports, feature requests
For anything else — site bugs, feature ideas, broken markers on the map, suggestions on what to cover next — write to contact@seattlebreaking.com. We genuinely appreciate it.
What we cannot help with
To save you a round-trip:
- Active emergencies — call 911. We do not monitor incoming messages in real time and we are not a first-responder agency.
- Police reports, case status, criminal records — contact the Seattle Police Department directly (seattle.gov/police) or use the SPD public records portal.
- Fire incident reports — contact the Seattle Fire Department public records office at seattle.gov/fire.
- Tips, leads, or witness statements — submit them to the appropriate agency. We are not a newsroom and cannot act on tips.
Mailing address
For postal correspondence, including legal notices and DMCA takedowns, please first email contact@seattlebreaking.com to request the current mailing address. We rotate the publicly published address periodically and will respond with the appropriate channel.