City, DOJ jointly file motion to terminate most of SPD consent decree

This afternoon, the City of Seattle and the U.S. Department of Justice jointly filed a motion asking Judge James Robart to terminate nearly all of the 2012 consent decree over the Seattle Police Department’s biased policing practices.  What would remain, assuming Robart approves the order, are the issues related to accountability and SPD’s discipline system that have dominated the discussion over the past three years.

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City submits assessment of police accountability system

Friday afternoon, the City of Seattle submitted to the court its consultant assessment of the police department’s accountability system. The consultant found “not the need for wholesale change but for additional fine-tuning and refinement.” The issues it raises echo those voiced by the city’s Community Police Commission, with disagreement on only a few of the major points.

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