Consent decree between SPD, City of Seattle to 'partially' end

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Consent decree between SPD, City of Seattle to 'partially' end
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A federal judge ruled two outstanding issues -- officer accountability and police crowd control tactics -- will still need federal oversight.

After more than 11 years, the consent decree between the City of Seattle and the Seattle Police Department is expiring partially after a federal judge in the state of Washington ruled to terminate the majority of the decree Wednesday.

With the city and the U.S. Department of Justice announcing its agreement that the ‘vast majority’ of orders in the consent decree have been satisfied, District Court Judge James L. Robart, who represents the Western District of Washington, ruled two outstanding issues — officer accountability and police crowd control tactics — will still need federal oversight, leaving the consent decree to still be in place at a partial capacity.

“Any pattern or practice of unconstitutional force that existed has been eliminated,” the court filing continued.Seattle cop reports own conversation, fears of out-of-context smears The DOJ found the SPD used weapons either excessively or unnecessarily during arrests in 2012 more than 50% of the time, with the DOJ claiming many of the problems within the police department were exacerbated by the large number of less-experienced officers, according toApproximately one-third of the officers had three or fewer years experience at the time of the ruling.

. This comes after having approximately 1,315 officers in 2017, the highest total in the last seven years. Seattle Mayor Bruce Harrell’s goal is to have 1,400 deployable police officers within SPD.

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