The Seattle Police Department just published the results of its first court-ordered Disparity Report. It attempts to find out how much racial disparity existed in different aspects of the department’s police work, like use of force.
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The Seattle City Council approved the appointment of eight new commissioners and the re-appointment of two others.
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Federal Judge James Robart has set a status conference to discuss the City of Seattle’s compliance with the Consent Decree.
[Read more…]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.
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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.
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…]
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…]
