Judge Robart's order says this:

"SPD shall provide a report to the court no later than December 15, 2023, on the status of implementation of RCW 10.114.011 and RCW 43.102.020, regarding investigations of the use of deadly force. This report shall include an explanation of how this legislation affects SPD’s Force Investigation Team (see Consent Decree ¶¶ 112-18)."

So it looks like no independent investigations until Robart is crystal clear on what specifically will change in SPD's case under the law.

#SeattlePD #Seattle

Here's a copy of Judge Robart's order, for those who like to read such things. I haven't read it just yet.

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1K3YIATBXA7odsD0nXlyfFPX9O_rEiqhu/view?usp=sharing

#SeattlePD #Seattle

If Judge Robart is releasing SPD from oversight for everything except crowd control and officer accountability, does that mean that I-976 finally applies to SPD?

https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/law-justice/judge-ends-most-federal-oversight-of-spd-after-11-years-and-3-chiefs/

Remember, state law exempted SPD from I-976, which requires independent investigations in the use of deadly force, because Seattle was under the consent decree. So Seattle PD kept investigating themselves when they killed people.

#SeattlePD #Seattle

Not that the consent decree was doing a damn thing really given the data we have, it seems awfully false to say that Seattle is substantially in compliance with the terms of it given any number of incidents one could cite that have happened in the last year. #Seattle #SeattlePD #police #SeattleMayor

Ending federal oversight of #SeattlePD seems a bit premature. #Seattle

https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/law-justice/spd-illegally-searched-trunk-after-driver-says-he-was-stopped-due-to-race-judge-rules/

Glad to see Seattle Pride isn't backing down on keeping uniformed police out of their Pride parade.

https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/law-justice/seattle-pride-parade-bans-uniformed-police-from-marching-again/1

When SPD Chief Adrian Diaz says (in regard to officers marching in uniform), "They’ve marched, while acknowledging the pain the policing profession has inflicted on the LGBTQIA+ community in the past, and that all law enforcement can do better, including SPD." I really want to know how the fuck they are doing it to acknowledge the pain. And I want to know why media stenographers don't actually ask him that.

#Seattle #SeattlePD

Re: immediately previous boost of a Seattle Bike Blog post about Seattle PD's use of bikes.

Here's a link to the original story in CrossCut. As someone who is both an urbanist and documented how Seattle's Office of Police Accountability handled complaints during the 2020 protests, I'm going to dig into the OPA recommendations and see what prompted them. So watch for a bit more commentary from me maybe this weekend. In the meantime, I'm glad the OPA is raising the issue, even if in their normal tame way.

https://crosscut.com/investigations/2023/05/how-seattle-police-put-bikes-forefront-protest-clashes

#SeattlePD

Dear #seattlepd ##bruceHarrel #seattlemayor after two long years, the #broadway district finally cleared #tashkentpark. But now encampments are back. Nothing is done. This is the time to nip this in the bud before it’s out of control again

#Pioneering #BlackWoman who’s worked for decades as a #Seattle #PoliceOfficer has filed a $10 million claim against the #Seattle #Police Dept, alleging she’s #endured & #witnessed yrs of #racial & #gender #discrimination within #SPD .
#Detective Denise “Cookie” Bouldin alleges she’s faced daily discrimination during 43 yrs w/ #SeattlePD including where her loyalty has been questioned because of her close relationships in Seattle’s communities of color.

https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/law-justice/pioneering-detective-sues-spd-alleges-racial-and-gender-discrimination/?amp=1

#Lawsuit #PNW

#acab #antifascist #fuck12 #SeattlePD https://divestspd.substack.com/p/identified-the-officer-who-killed

Oakland commissioned an outside investigation into several very deficient IAD investigations into one officer. The Chief of Police is now on leave.

Posting here from my Seattle account because I'll bet the sort of thing uncovered here is 99% certain to be happening at OPA and with Seattle's Chief of Police.

https://s3.documentcloud.org/documents/23578070/clarence-dyer-and-cohen.pdf

#SeattleOPA #SeattlePD

#Seattle Please Listen to Something Was Wrong season 14, and sign the petition to get #seattlepd to open the box of evidence of sex crimes against Jake Gravbrot. https://chng.it/xbcgCjzDW5. #SWW #Justice

Old document from July but... #GeorgeFloyd #BlackLivesMatter #BLM #DefundThePolice #seattlepd #seattleprotest #seattleprotests #seattlescanner #policebrutalitypandemic rally, seattle, protests, violent, demonstrators, curfew, seattlepd

$237 million! #SeattlePD staff earning six figures last year cost taxpayers a total of $237 million and included 1,052 officers, 172 sergeants, 61 lieutenants, and 23 captains. At the police academy, nineteen instructors made between $167,000 and $247,796.