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Federal judge ends 13-year oversight of Seattle Police Department after use-of-force reforms
Seattle Police Department reforms reduced use-of-force incidents by nearly 35% since 2014 while racial disparities in policing remain a concern, officials said.
- A federal judge ended 13 years of oversight of the Seattle Police Department after reforms, marking a new chapter for the department.
- Teal Luthy Miller stated that the reforms had "transformed the department into an example for other police forces."
- The Seattle Police Department's reforms began in 2012, focusing on use of force, crisis intervention, and officer supervision.
- Most federal oversight ended in 2023 when the judge ruled the agency was in compliance with most of the agreement.
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Colorado Springs Gazette
Washington ExaminerJudge ends federal oversight of Seattle Police Department, saying city complied with consent decree
A judge ended federal oversight of the Seattle Police Department on Wednesday, more than 10 years after it entered a consent decree with the Department of Justice. In 2012, the Justice Department found that Seattle police officers had a history…
Seattle Regains Full Control of Police Force After 13 Years of Federal Oversight
The City of Seattle regained full control of its police department after a federal judge granted a motion to end the consent decree from the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) that has been in place for 13 years. The ruling, issued on Sept. 3 by Judge James Robart of the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington, marks the end of the federal monitoring that began in 2012 after a DOJ investigation found that the Seattle Police Depa…
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Federal judge ends 13-year oversight of Seattle Police Department after use-of-force reforms
A federal judge has returned full control of policing practices to the Seattle Police Department. On Wednesday, the judge approved a request to end over a decade of oversight aimed at addressing excessive force by officers.
Judge ends federal oversight of Seattle Police after 13 years
The City of Seattle regained full local control of the Seattle Police Department Wednesday after U.S. District Court Judge James Robart sided with the city’s motion to terminate the Department of Justice’s longstanding consent decree. The ruling brings to an end 13 years of federal monitoring. In that time, Seattle spent more than $127 million on new training, technology, data collection and accountability systems to stem the department’s exces…
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