Tagged: police misconduct

5:00am

Tue October 30, 2012
2012 Elections

Both candidates for King County Sheriff pledge to reform department

In King County, both men vying to be sheriff say they'll reform a department found to do a poor job of investigating police misconduct complaints.

But neither Steve Strachan nor John Urquhart are what you'd call outside reformers. 

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4:29pm

Tue July 24, 2012
Police misconduct

Audit says oversight of King County sheriff's deputies is lax

Credit Kyle Fox / KPLU

The King County Sheriff’s Department does a poor job of investigating police misconduct complaints. That’s the conclusion of an outside audit of the department. This comes five years after the county pledged to implement improvements in the troubled law enforcement agency.

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6:46pm

Mon April 9, 2012
Seattle police

NAACP: Was police stop coincidence or pay back?

Was a Seattle police stop of two African American men in February just a coincidence or, as some are suggesting, "retaliation" for the publicity surrounding a previous stop. 

The NAACP says it wants answers from Seattle Police.

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