Erin Nicholson

Erin Nicholson has been a sworn law enforcement officer with the Seattle Police Department for over 19 years.  She is currently in her third year serving as a Sergeant in the Criminal Intelligence Unit. The unit provides threat assessments and open-source intelligence to the department, supports investigations through covert operations and technology, surveillance, and other investigative means as well as investigating threats to local officials/events and dignitary protection.    Sergeant Nicholson has held a variety of positions within the Seattle Police Department to include Patrol officer, Community Police Team (CPT) officer, Patrol Sergeant, Detective Sergeant for the East Precinct Burglary/Theft Unit, Sergeant of the Auto Theft Unit, and the Sergeant of the General Investigations Unit.  Sergeant Nicholson is currently the program administrator for the Seattle Shield Program which works with our local private and public sector partners to identify, mitigate, and deter terrorism through suspicious activity reporting.  Sergeant Nicholson recently was elected to the Sergeant at Arms position for the Global Shield Network which is a global information and intelligence sharing community between law enforcement, private sector and the public sector.  Sergeant Nicholson has received several awards from the department to include West Seattle Bank Robbery Response Team and an Excellence Award for her assistance with creating the General Investigations Unit in 2020.