A car chase in Clark County ended late Thursday when police shot at the suspect who had fled an earlier traffic stop. The driver, who was not identified by the Clark County Sheriff’s Office, was hospitalized and, according to police, is in serious but stable condition. According to the account provided by police, the incident began about 7 p.m. Police said Washington State Patrol pursued a .
Clark County lawmakers split along party lines on police use-of-force bill
Published: April 18, 2021, 6:02am
Share: Police at the scene of the fatal shooting of William Abbe on Fourth Plain Boulevard and Stapleton Road on April 28, 2020. (Amanda Cowan/The Columbian)
A bill establishing a state office to investigate police use-of-force incidents passed the Legislature last week and is on track to be signed into law by Gov. Jay Inslee before the session concludes.
House Bill 1267 will create an Office of Independent Investigations to look into officer-involved cases involving deadly force, injury or sexual assault. Lawmakers from Clark County voted with their parties the Democrats from the 49th Legislative District were in support, and the Republicans from the 17th and 18th districts were in opposition.
Details released in fatal shooting of Jenoah Donald by Clark County deputy By Jessica Prokop, Columbian Assistant Metro Editor
Published: April 7, 2021, 2:03pm
Share: Family members confirmed that Clark County Sheriff s Office deputies had shot Jenoah Donald, 30. (Provided photo)
The Clark County Prosecuting Attorney’s Office on Wednesday released all investigative materials received for the fatal Feb. 4 police shooting of Jenoah Donald in Hazel Dell.
Prosecutors received the investigation Monday from the Southwest Washington Independent Investigative Response Team, led by the Vancouver Police Department. Office staff spent much of Wednesday looking through the materials and redacting information that is not subject to public disclosure.
Investigation into fatal deputy shooting of Jenoah Donald wraps up, turned over to prosecutor
Updated Apr 05, 2021;
Posted Apr 05, 2021
Donald died early Friday from a gunshot wound. He was shot in the head during a traffic encounter with Clark County Sheriff s deputies.
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The investigation into the fatal shooting of an unarmed Black motorist earlier this year by a Clark County sheriff’s deputy has concluded and is in the hands of Prosecuting Attorney Tony Golik.
Jenoah D. Donald, 30, died after being shot in the head during a traffic stop on Feb. 4 by Deputy Sean Boyle, a police dog handler. Donald was taken off life support and died Feb. 12.
In Our View: Police reform complex, necessary undertaking The Columbian
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Improving police accountability and transparency is a complex process. As demonstrated both statewide and in Southwest Washington, entrenched systems are sturdy and difficult to improve or dismantle.
The need for improvement is demonstrated by one simple fact: According to an investigation last year by The Seattle Times, Washington has never decertified an officer for the use of excessive force.
As the Times explains: “The circumstances for decertification are so narrow, and the agency’s enforcement arm so understaffed, that the state hardly ever takes action. … Instead, officers with long histories of misconduct have been able to move from department to department.”