July 26, 2021
New sweeping police reform laws are now in effect in Washington, impacting every jurisdiction in the state, including Clarkston. Police accountability legislation, prompted by the deaths of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor and many others, include bans on use of chokeholds, neck restraints and no-knock warrants. In addition, the dozen police reform bills signed by Gov. Jay Inslee require officers to intervene if another law enforcement official engages in excessive force a law inspired by the officers who didn’t stop Minneapolis officer Derek Chauvin from pressing a knee to Floyd’s neck for more than nine minutes.
The bills create an independent office to review the use of deadly force by police, make it easier to decertify police for bad acts and require officers to use “reasonable care,” including exhausting deescalation tactics, when carrying out their duties. The use of tear gas and car chases are restricted, and it’s easier to sue officers when the
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The officer was responding to a domestic violence call at the Clarkston Station Apartments early Sunday morning.
Credit: Clarkston Police Department Author: Jason Braverman (11Alive) Updated: 10:16 AM EDT April 25, 2021
CLARKSTON, Ga. Officers were able to use license plate cameras to identify the car the struck a Clarkston Police officer early Sunday morning.
At around 12:40 am Clarkston Police responded to Clarkston Station Apartments for a domestic violence call where they said a suspect was armed with a firearm and had shot two cars in the parking lot.
When officers arrived and approached the apartment on foot, they saw the suspect get in his car. They said they began giving verbal commands to stop, however, the suspect accelerated and struck an officer with his car.
A suspect accused of striking a Clarkston police officer with a car is in custody, police say. The Clarkston Police Department officer has since been released from the hospital and is expected to make a full recovery.
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