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What’s good news for law enforcement and firefighters around the state may turn into another incentive for officers to leave the Seattle Police Department, Interim Chief Adrian Diaz warned. 

Two years after the beginning of the pandemic, traffic enforcement across Washington state remains a fraction of what it was in 2019, even as cars return to the state’s highways at near-normal levels.

Experienced officers could get a $30,000 hiring bonus for signing on with the Everett Police Department.

New reforms cause confusion and uncertainty, WA police say. Advocates say the laws just need time Several new police reform laws took effect in Washington last week, requiring de-escalation by police and restricting their use of force. The new laws are proving to be controversial among law enforcement agencies, with police chiefs pointing to confusion over how they should be implemented. But supporters say the new laws reflect the public will, and should be given time to work. The state’s ...

Theyll be offered mental health and addiction counseling onsite. The Everett Gospel Mission, located right next door, will oversee the shelters and provide food, showers and 24-hour security. Credit: KING A pallet shelter that will house the homeless in Everett starting July 6, 2021. But residents dont have to agree to accept services or even stay sober to live there. In fact, there isnt even a time limit for when they have to leave the temporary shelter. "Creating a time limit adds stress to t...

The revelations were contained in an email sent by a senior police officer in Washington state. Additional emails from local, state, and federal agencies sent in January show that following the attack, authorities in Washington state paid increased attention to far-right groups such as QAnon adherents, the Three Percenters, and Joey Gibson, the founder of Vancouver-based street protest group Patriot Prayer. The emails, provided to the Guardian by transparency nonprofit Property of the People, s...

MY EDMONDS NEWS Posted: January 19, 2021 A My Edmonds News investigation got its first look Monday at the written feedback from two public panels that interviewed the candidates for police chief. This represents just a fraction of the records we have requested from the city; more is yet to come. On Monday, the city turned over to My Edmonds News the results of the community and law enforcement panels that interviewed Sherman Pruitt and James Lawless. Police chief finalists Jim Lawless, le...