With 12 New Laws, Washington State Joins Movement To Overhaul Policing
By Austin Jenkins - N3
May 18, 2021
Calling it a “moral mandate,” Washington Gov. Jay Inslee, a Democrat, signed a dozen bills into law on Tuesday that backers hope will improve policing in the state, reduce the use of deadly force and ensure that when deadly encounters do occur, the investigations are thorough and independent.
“These bills are all going to work in coordination with one another to create a system of accountability and integrity stronger than anywhere else in the nation,” Inslee said in remarks before he signed the bills.
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Calling it a moral mandate, Washington Gov. Jay Inslee, a Democrat, signed a dozen bills into law on Tuesday that backers hope will improve policing in the state, reduce the use of deadly force and ensure that when deadly encounters do occur, the investigations are thorough and independent. These bills are all going to work in coordination with one another to create a system of accountability and integrity stronger than anywhere else in the nation, Inslee said in remarks before he signed the bills.
The legislature passed the police accountability measures in response to sweeping calls, nationally and locally, to reform policing following the killings of Black Americans like George Floyd and Breonna Taylor. In Washington, the death of Manuel Ellis at the hands of Tacoma police in March 2020 also galvanized reform efforts.
Calling it a "moral mandate," Washington Gov. Jay Inslee, a Democrat, signed a dozen bills into law on Tuesday that backers hope will improve
Inslee signs what he calls the most effective police accountability laws in nation
News Tribune, Tacoma, Wash. 8 hrs ago Allison Needles, The News Tribune (Tacoma, Wash.)
May 18 Gov. Jay Inslee on Tuesday signed a dozen bills related to police accountability at the Eastside Community Center in Tacoma.
The package of bills does a number of things, including creating an office of independent investigations for police use of deadly force, banning the use of chokeholds by police and broadening the ability of the state to de-certify officers who ve engaged in misconduct. As of noon today, we will have the best, most comprehensive, most transparent, most effective police accountability laws in the United States, Inslee said.
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