Washington

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Incidents

LEO Ratings has written about 16 incidents in Washington:


Officers

LEO Ratings has written about 18 officers in Washington:


Officer Outcomes

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Administrative

Criminal

Civil

Departments

Those 18 officers worked for 8 agencies in Washington:


Legislative Activity

2024

On March 26, 2024, the state passed Senate Bill 6009, which prohibits the hog-tying suspects. The bill was in response to the death of Manuel Ellis.

On March 4, 2024, the state legislature approved Initiative 2113, which reduced the threshold when an officer can pursue a suspect from "reasonable suspicion" that a serious crime has been committed to a reasonable suspicion that they broke "the law" or is a "threat to the safety of" others.[1]

2021

On May 18, 2021, the state passed House Bill 1054, which banned the use of neck restraints (chokeholds).

On May 18, 2021, the state passed House Bill 1267, which requires a state investigation into police use of force and other incidents.

References


Recent articles: Joshua Nahulu, Shevoy Brown, Thomas Mascia, Dennis Tuttle and Rhogena Nicholas (2019), Gerald Goines

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