KXLY July 22, 2021 7:33 PM The changes are part of a package of police reforms that passed the legislature this year. Law enforcement agencies across Eastern Washington came together Wednesday to express their concerns about the new bills, which they say will limit them. There were 13 laws passed during legislative session this year. One of those laws include banning the use of military equipment. Choke-holds and neck restraint will be banned, and tear gas use will be limited. With all the police reform laws, advocates say it was done to help reduce violence in situations. “You never hear the thousands of times we come in and calm things down and make things better, but you focus extreme points on the very rare times things go badly,” Spokane County Sheriff Ozzie Knezovich said.