police accountability

The Seattle police guild argues that Seattle Police Officer Daniel Audere's comments about Jaahnavi Kandula heard on bodycam video were taken out of context.

A city watchdog agency is investigating after a body-worn camera captured one Seattle Police Department union leader joking with another following the death of a woman who was struck and killed by a police cruiser as she was crossing a street.

The ruling on Friday by Pierce County Superior Judge Bryan Chushcoff cleared the way for Collins, Burbank and Timothy Rankine, 34, to stand trial after jury selection begins on Sept. 18.

Manny Ellis, a 33-year-old Black man, died March 3, 2020, in police restraints after a struggle with police officers in Tacoma, Wash. KNKX is covering the trial of the officers charged with killing him: Matthew Collins, Christopher Burbank and Timothy Rankine.

Police accountability advocates question whether departments are moving fast enough to get officers through the program, which is required under a measure voters approved in 2018.

Tacoma police officer Matthew Morse was fired after eight months of paid leave. Internal investigators were probing allegations of excessive force and workplace violence, but a police advisory committee remained unaware of the internal complaints for months.

The Clark County Council unanimously approved body-worn cameras for the sheriff's office at its regular meeting Wednesday.

This week marks two years since the state attorney general charged three Tacoma police officers with murder and manslaughter in the killing of Manuel Ellis. They are still employed with the department, while they await trial.

When the state attorney general charged three Tacoma police officers with felonies for killing Manuel Ellis, it triggered an internal affairs investigation into the officers’ conduct. Nearly two years later, the city’s police chief has confirmed that the investigation is on hold until the criminal trial takes place later this year.

The U.S. Justice Department and Seattle officials have asked a judge to end most federal oversight of the city's police department.