As much as Sandy Williams wanted not to be in the spotlight, she was moved to improve things for communities historically mistreated and ignored. Williams,.
Mayor Nadine Woodward and Councilmember Betsy Wilkerson welcomed Lewis and Clark High School students in honor of Black History Month during a small celebration.
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February 28, 2021 6:39 PM Kaitlin Knapp
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OLYMPIA, Wash. A controversial police reform bill is heading to the Washington Senate. It’s attempting to ban specific police tactics and place restrictions on how law enforcement agencies police the community.
On Saturday night, it passed in the Democratic-controlled House of Representatives 54 to 43. House Bill 1054, sponsored by Rep. Jesse Johnson of Federal Way, has a lot of pieces to it covering everything from tear gas to chokeholds and military equipment.
Law enforcement agencies get the excess military equipment from a federal surplus program. It provides guns, magazines, medical kits, exercise equipment and more. At the Spokane County Sheriff’s Office, the agency has more than 1,000 items from the program, including a mine resistant ambush protected vehicle (MRAP).