The nickname of Richard Montgomery (Aidan Quinn) was "Stick". The movie was made and released about just a couple of years after the Burt Reynolds picture Stick (1985).
When the FBI agent is briefing the cops about the stakeout, he says, "We have secured an apartment across the street." When the cops first show up for the stakeout the place they go into is a house not an apartment. There are no apartments in the area when there is a chase scene later in the movie.
During the first arrest at the fish processing plant, mountain peaks are visible close to the downtown Seattle area. There are no mountain peaks adjacent to downtown Seattle. Mount Rainier is sometimes visible in the distance, but it is about a two to three hour drive from downtown Seattle.