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Tim Gruver, The Center Square
| April 22, 2021 08:00 AM
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By law, Washington police must stop excessive force wherever they see it, but a bill passed by the state legislature would make that law a workplace policy.
Sponsored by state Sen. Manka Dhingra, D-Redmond, Senate Bill 5066 makes it a police officer's duty to intervene, physically or otherwise, when their peers use excessive force or other wrongdoing "contrary to law" or department policy. The bill would give police agencies until 2022 to hammer out written policies detailing such duties and provide related training. Those policies will be subject to review by the state Criminal Justice Training Commission.