WA looks to tighten compliance under police accountability law

WA looks to tighten compliance under police accountability law

HeraldNet.com HeraldNet.com - Everett and Snohomish County news from The Daily Herald in Everett, Washington Washington state auditors have started investigating whether local police departments are properly reporting officer misconduct. WA looks to tighten compliance under police accountability law Wire Service

WA Looks to Tighten Compliance Under Police Accountability Law

OLYMPIA, WA – Washington state auditors have started investigating whether local police departments are properly reporting officer misconduct. As part of police accountability measures passed in 2021, the Legislature required law enforcement agencies to report to the state Criminal Justice Training Commission when officers leave the department for any reason, use force that results in death or serious injury, are charged with a crime or are foun…