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  2. Jose A. Vargas

Officer Detail: Jose A. Vargas

General Information

Name Jose A. Vargas
OpenOversight ID 2112
Department Seattle Police Department
Race Hispanic
Gender Male
Birth Year (Age) 1987 (~37 y/o)
First Employment Date 2016-10-20
Number of known incidents 7
Currently on the force No

Assignment History

Assignment changes are estimated based on title changes between rosters obtained from the department. As a result, no assignments from before 2011 are available at this time.
Job Title Badge No. Unit Start Date End Date
Police Officer 8457 Community Outreach - Youth Violence 2019-10-14 2020-10-01
Police Student Officer 8457 Training - Field Training Squad 2017-03-28 2019-10-14
Police Recruit 8457 Hr - Blea - Academy Recruits 2016-08-16 2017-03-28

Salary

Annual Salary Overtime Total Pay Year
$91,485.66 $28,099.18 $119,584.84 2020

Incidents

Incident OPA Case 2020OPA-0416

Date Jul 05, 2020
Report # OPA Case 2020OPA-0416
Department Seattle Police Department
Officers Jose A. Vargas
Description

Allegation 1 — Integrity and Ethics

Name: Jose Vargas
Badge #: 8457
Disposition: OPA No Allegations Sustained
Discipline:
Incident Type: OPA Investigation
Finding: Not Sustained Inconclusive

Allegation 2 — Administrative Procedures and Requirements

Name: Jose Vargas
Badge #: 8457
Disposition: OPA No Allegations Sustained
Discipline:
Incident Type: OPA Investigation
Finding: Not Sustained Inconclusive

Allegation 3 — Professionalism

Name: Jose Vargas
Badge #: 8457
Disposition: OPA No Allegations Sustained
Discipline:
Incident Type: OPA Investigation
Finding: Not Sustained Inconclusive

Source: SPD - Initiated
Case Status: Completed
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Address Seattle, WA
 

Incident OPA Case 2019OPA-0394

Date Jun 07, 2019
Report # OPA Case 2019OPA-0394
Department Seattle Police Department
Officers Jose A. Vargas
Description

Allegation — Professionalism

Name: Jose Vargas
Badge #: 8457
Disposition: OPA Supervisor Action Closed
Discipline:
Incident Type: Supervisor Action
Finding: Process as Supv Action

Source: Community Member
Case Status: Completed
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Address North - NORA - N1
Seattle, WA
 

Incident OPA Case 2018OPA-0745

Date Aug 03, 2018
Report # OPA Case 2018OPA-0745
Department Seattle Police Department
Officers Jose A. Vargas
Description

Allegation — Obedience to Orders

Name: Jose Vargas
Badge #: 8457
Disposition: OPA No Allegations Sustained
Discipline:
Incident Type: OPA Investigation
Finding: Not Sustained Training Referral

Source: SPD - Initiated
Case Status: Completed
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Address Seattle, WA
 

Incident OPA Case 2018OPA-0603

Date Jun 29, 2018
Report # OPA Case 2018OPA-0603
Department Seattle Police Department
Officers Jose A. Vargas
Description

Allegation — Conformance to Law

Name: Jose Vargas
Badge #: 8457
Disposition: OPA No Allegations Sustained
Discipline:
Incident Type: OPA Investigation
Finding: Not Sustained Unfounded

Source: SPD - Forwarded
Case Status: Completed
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Address North - NORA - N3
Seattle, WA
 

Incident OPA Case 2018OPA-0525

Date May 21, 2018
Report # OPA Case 2018OPA-0525
Department Seattle Police Department
Officers Jose A. Vargas , Brien Escalante , Adam Beatty
Description

Allegation 1 — Force - Use

Name: Brien Escalante
Badge #: 7580
Disposition: OPA No Allegations Sustained
Discipline:
Incident Type: OPA Investigation
Finding: Not Sustained Lawful and Proper

Allegation 2 — Force - Use

Name: Brien Escalante
Badge #: 7580
Disposition: OPA No Allegations Sustained
Discipline:
Incident Type: OPA Investigation
Finding: Not Sustained Lawful and Proper

Allegation 3 — Force - Use

Name: Adam Beatty
Badge #: 7453
Disposition: OPA No Allegations Sustained
Discipline:
Incident Type: OPA Investigation
Finding: Not Sustained Lawful and Proper

Allegation 4 — Force - Use

Name: Adam Beatty
Badge #: 7453
Disposition: OPA No Allegations Sustained
Discipline:
Incident Type: OPA Investigation
Finding: Not Sustained Lawful and Proper

Allegation 5 — Force - Use

Name: Jose Vargas
Badge #: 8457
Disposition: OPA No Allegations Sustained
Discipline:
Incident Type: OPA Investigation
Finding: Not Sustained Lawful and Proper

Allegation 6 — Force - Use

Name: Jose Vargas
Badge #: 8457
Disposition: OPA No Allegations Sustained
Discipline:
Incident Type: OPA Investigation
Finding: Not Sustained Lawful and Proper

Source: SPD - Forwarded
Case Status: Completed
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Address North - LINCOLN - L3
Seattle, WA
 

Incident OPA Case 2017OPA-1119

Date Oct 28, 2017
Report # OPA Case 2017OPA-1119
Department Seattle Police Department
Officers Jose A. Vargas
Description

Allegation — Professionalism

Name: Jose Vargas
Badge #: 8457
Disposition: OPA Supervisor Action Closed
Discipline:
Incident Type: Supervisor Action
Finding: Process as Supv Action

Source: Community Member
Case Status: Completed
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Address North - LINCOLN - L3
Seattle, WA
 

Incident OPA Case 2018OPA-0237

Date Mar 20, 2017
Report # OPA Case 2018OPA-0237
Department Seattle Police Department
Officers Jose A. Vargas
Description

Allegation 1 — Video and Audio Recording

Name: Jose Vargas
Badge #: 8457
Disposition: OPA No Allegations Sustained
Discipline:
Incident Type: OPA Investigation
Finding: Not Sustained Training Referral

Allegation 2 — Video and Audio Recording

Name: Jose Vargas
Badge #: 8457
Disposition: OPA No Allegations Sustained
Discipline:
Incident Type: OPA Investigation
Finding: Not Sustained Inconclusive

Source: Community Member
Case Status: Completed
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Address West - KING - K3
Seattle, WA

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