SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) — Jury selection is scheduled Monday in a civil lawsuit filed against Spokane County and two sheriff's deputies in connection with the death of a man in 2013.
The Spokesman-Review reports that the family of Will Berger is suing in federal court seeking to hold the deputies civilly responsible for excessive force resulting in Berger's death...
OLYMPIA (AP) — A Senate committee has approved a compromise bill that would lower the bar for bringing criminal charges against law-enforcement officers who use deadly force.
The measure was approved Thursday with bipartisan support by the Law and Justice Committee, The Seattle Times reports ...
OLYMPIA (AP) — Seattle Seahawks wide receiver Doug Baldwin is urging a change to a Washington state law on the ability to prosecute officers who use deadly force.
Baldwin testified Monday before a state task force that is studying the statute that says police can't be charged with a crime for using deadly force unless it can be proved they acted with "malice" and without "good faith
OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) — The Legislature in Washington has passed a bill that would create a task force to study how law enforcement uses deadly force in the state.
The House concurred with Senate amendments to House Bill 2908 on a 97-0 vote on Thursday, sending the bill to the Gov. Ins...
SEATTLE (AP) — A police group in Washington state says it will oppose a bill that would make it easier to bring criminal charges against officers who kill someone in the line of duty.
The Seattle Times reports that 12 Democratic lawmakers have sponsored a bill that would remove language in state law protecting police officers from prosecution if they kill someone in the line of duty without &quo