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Washington's new Office of Independent Investigations, the first of its kind in the U.S., is still working to hire enough staff to start reviewing police use-of-force cases across the state. But in the meantime, a new hotline allows law enforcement agencies to report cases while the agency determines which cases will be investigated.
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A new state agency was mandated to start investigating police use of deadly force cases on July 1, but it appears it actually won’t be ready for months. Roger Rogoff, who was appointed by the governor to run the Office of Independent Investigations, says setting up a new office from nothing has been incredibly difficult.
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A former judge and prosecutor is being appointed to oversee Washington state's new independent office to review cases in which police use deadly force — the first such agency in the United States. The Legislature created the office as part of an ambitious package of police reform legislation last year.
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Calling it a "moral mandate,” Gov. Jay Inslee on Tuesday signed into law a dozen bills that backers hope will improve policing in Washington, reduce the...