by Matt Baume • Mar 17, 2021 at 10:30 am
Police ready themselves on Capitol Hill in June of 2020. PHOTO BY TRISTAN FAIRCHOK
On one side, you have the families of people killed by police officers, a coalition of criminal justice reformers, and the mayor of Tacoma. On the other side: Cops. Sponsored
This past Monday, the Senate Law & Justice Committee heard public testimony on one of the highest-profile bills to be introduced in response to last summer’s protests over police violence, and it was gut-wrenching. The bill in question is HB 1267, and it would establish an Office of Independent Investigations in the Governor’s office to investigate deadly force incidents involving police.
Coalition of Law Enforcement Unions Applauds State Lawmakers for their Work on Police Reform
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OLYMPIA, Wash., March 10, 2021 /PRNewswire/ A broad coalition of Washington state law enforcement unions, representing more than 14,000 officers, released a letter Wednesday urging lawmakers to continue their work on police accountability reform in the 2021 legislative session. We do not want the tragedies that have occurred across our nation and here in Washington to be repeated, said Teresa Taylor, Executive Director of WACOPS. We support accountability for officers and employers. We support fairness, balance, and objectivity. We want to help build policies that will make the law enforcement profession better and our communities safer.