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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.
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Washington lawmakers created the nation's first state-funded office to investigate police killings, but the office still hasn't officially launched any investigation.
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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.
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When a police officer does something wrong, one option is decertification – taking away their badge and gun, for good. But there are some hurdles.
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Lawmakers failed to pass all three of the Washington Coalition for Police Accountability’s top priorities.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Democratic Sen. Yasmin Trudeau has sponsored the bill, saying she doesn’t want anyone else to experience the “dehumanization” Ellis faced before his death.
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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.