Trial judges must reject campaign money from police in Washington Since 2010, at least 42 state judicial campaigns accepted money from police and guilds representing them. That hurts public confidence. by Since 2010, at least 42 Washington state judicial campaigns have accepted money from police and guilds. Accepting campaign donations erodes public trust in the justice system, writes Gabriel S. Galanda. (Spencer Weiner/Los Angeles Times/AP) The social justice reckoning in Seattle since George Floyd’s killing rightly shines the light on local police forces and individual cops. But there’s another set of law enforcement actors who require our attention: State trial court judges who garner political support from the police.