“There is no profession under greater scrutiny, and no group of technical experts more adept at training and transforming the way they perform their duties than Washington’s peace officers,” said Teresa C. Taylor, executive director of the Washington Council of Police & Sheriffs. Her union represents officers and deputies in Washington state, which last month expanded the number of situations which can result in an officer losing accreditation.
The accreditation crackdown has emerged as a way to bypass the logjam in Congress over changing policing to address the racial justice uproar since the killing of George Floyd a year ago.