The Seattle Office of Police Accountability (OPA), the civilian-led organization with the power to investigate policy and legal violations by Seattle Police employees, released their 2018 Annual Report Friday.
[Read more…]How you can influence how I-940 is implemented
Background
Washington’s Initiative 940 was approved by voters in November with wide-ranging community support, but the journey to implement its police reforms isn’t over. Right now, you have a chance to have a say in how those reforms will work.
The new police contract sets this reform back 25 years
We posted on our blog last week telling you why we filed a brief in federal court about the Seattle police contract. Today, we want to give you a more in-depth look at one of the many major issues in the contract that weaken police accountability.
That weakness is the city’s abandonment of reforms to off-duty police work, often referred to as secondary employment.
That might not seem like a big deal, but just over a year ago it led to a serious controversy in the police department. [Read more…]
Seattle CPC submits brief to federal court on police contract
The Seattle Community Police Commission submitted a brief today to Federal Judge James Robart about the City’s contract with the Seattle Police Officers Guild submitted by the Mayor and adopted by the City Council in November. [Read more…]
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