(The Center Square) – In 2021, the Washington State Legislature enacted Senate Bill 5259 funding a statewide police use of force database which would receive data from local law enforcement agencies on a regular basis.
While the project struggles to get off the ground due to a variety of setbacks and delays, a new state law enacted this legislative session now gives law enforcement officers greate
Yakima Police say an early Sunday morning crash killed one person, and hurt 3 others.
Four 20-year-old man were in the car
Around 3 AM, Officers responded to an area near the intersection of River Road and 34th Ave.
When they arrived the found an 2016 Infinity Q 50 sedan on its roof, on fire. Yakima F...
(The Center Square) – Mayor Lisa Brown unveiled an overhaul of Spokane’s homelessness strategy Thursday, pitting the city council’s progressive majority and conservative minority against each other once again.
The proposals follow the Washington State Supreme Court striking down one of the city’s camping bans in April. The high court ruled t...
(The Center Square) – The Center Square reported in March that the Washington Attorney General’s Office had an active contract with Seattle-based private law firm Perkins Coie at the same time it defended the firm’s lawsuit via an amicus brief against President Donald Trump’s executive orders.
The Center Square h...
(The Center Square) – The President of the Seattle Police Officers Guild says recent reports of a dramatic increase in the number of applicants in the Seattle Police Department and increased numbers of hired officers deserve further context.
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