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Government

Seattle police get big wage hike after years of no contract

Despite opposition from two dozen community groups, the City Council voted 8-1 Tuesday to approve a tentative agreement with the Seattle Police Officers Guild.
Casey Martin
Government

Federal judge withholds blessing from Seattle's new police contract

The federal judge overseeing policing in Seattle has not endorsed the city’s proposed contract with its police officers. But he says he can’t weigh in until it’s official.
Amy Radil
Government

King County Executive Dow Constantine has voted. Have you?
Bill Radke

Alison Bruzek
Government

The city's proposed police contract: Here are six reasons why critics want to reject it

After six years of moving through a court-ordered police reform process, last year Seattle passed police accountability legislation that was described as "historic" and "groundbreaking." Now critics say the proposed police contract undermines that law. Union officials say they made tough concessions, and the city got the process backwards.
Amy Radil

Sydney Brownstone
Government

Debate: Should Washington voters change the state's deadly force law?

Should Washington state change the law and change the training around police officer's use of deadly force? Voters will decide this November with a vote on I-940.
Amina Al-Sadi

Bill Radke

Amy Radil
Law & Courts

Notorious 'malice' standard for cops heads to voters in Washington state

I-940 is backed by families of people who died in encounters with police. But whether it passes or fails, many law enforcement groups are ready to work on a compromise over charging police officers for misuse of deadly force.
Amy Radil
Technology

Amazon designing system for 'dangerous mass surveillance,' employee says

Now an anonymous Amazon worker warns: “We will not silently build technology to oppress and kill people, whether in our country or in others.”
Carolyn Adolph
Government

Cop contract slammed as backward step by community advisory board

Members of Seattle’s Community Police Commission said they are reluctantly calling on the city council to reject a proposed labor contract between the city and the Seattle Police Officers’ Guild. They blamed Mayor Durkan’s negotiating team for what they described as a fatally flawed proposal.
Amy Radil
Government

Young man killed by Federal Way police tried to follow orders, lawsuit says

A lawsuit filed in federal court last week says a 21-year-old killed by Federal Way police was experiencing a mental health crisis and trying to comply with police when he was killed.
Sydney Brownstone
Government

Washington will vote on police deadly force initiative this November

In Washington state, it's effectively impossible to charge police with a crime after a wrongful shooting. That could change this fall.
Paige Browning

Sydney Brownstone

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