police reform

A federal judge has had a say in Seattle policing since 2012, when the city agreed to address biased policing and excessive use of force.

Washington lawmakers created the nation's first state-funded office to investigate police killings, but the office still hasn't officially launched any investigation.

Longtime sheriff’s department employee Patti Jackson is racing against Seattle Police Department vet Keith Swank to lead one of the largest law enforcement agencies in the region.

When a police officer does something wrong, one option is decertification – taking away their badge and gun, for good. But there are some hurdles.

Lawmakers failed to pass all three of the Washington Coalition for Police Accountability’s top priorities.

Reporters from The Walk Home podcast, covering the life and death of Manny Ellis, reflect on the final episode and the end of the project.

Lawmakers are plowing ahead with three high-profile voter initiatives. The Legislature plans to take a final vote on the measures Monday, despite concerns from members of the Democratic majority.

The vote Tuesday came nearly four years after Manuel Ellis, a 33-year-old Black man, died in Tacoma facedown with his hands and feet cuffed together behind him.

Democratic Sen. Yasmin Trudeau has sponsored the bill, saying she doesn’t want anyone else to experience the “dehumanization” Ellis faced before his death.

Tacoma City Council approved a police union contract the same day the city's police chief cleared the three officers recently acquitted in the March 2020 death of Manny Ellis.