Seattle: Amazon, Facebook, ICE, the FBI have access to a private intelligence-sharing network operated by Seattle police

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https://prismreports.org/2026/05/20/seattle-shield-private-companies-surveillance/

Amazon, Facebook, ICE, and the FBI have access to a private intelligence-sharing network operated by Seattle police

Seattle Shield requests suspicious activity reports from local private companies, which are then circulated within the network as part of a nationwide surveillance apparatus, a Prism investigation found

by Glen Stellmacher
May 20th, 2026

The system highlights how secretive public-private networks of information-sharing have permeated law enforcement intelligence collection in Seattle and across the country under the banner of supposedly preventing terrorism. However, questions concerning the usefulness of the program, accountability measures, and how information is shared remain unanswered.

The Seattle Police Department (SPD) did not respond to Prism’s detailed requests for comment. Facebook, Amazon, and each of their analysts identified in public records as members of the Shield network did not respond to requests for comment.

The Seattle Shield website states that its mission “is to provide a collaborative and information-sharing environment between the Seattle Police Department and public/private partners in the Seattle area. Seattle Shield members assist Seattle Police Department efforts to identify, deter, defeat or mitigate potential acts of terrorism by reporting suspicious activity in a timely manner.”

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Through public records requests, Prism obtained the Seattle Shield bulletins, as well as a full list of Seattle Shield members who had access to the program as of 2020. A Prism review of dozens Seattle Shield reports sent out between 2020 and 2025 to a list of hundreds of military intelligence operatives, nonprofits, private corporate entities, private security companies, and law enforcement agencies show that in 2025, the reports were almost exclusively about protests and potential traffic delays caused by protests throughout Seattle.

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