The Washington Legislature has overwhelmingly passed two measures to clarify part of a wide-ranging package of police reform laws passed last year, in the wake of widespread protests for racial justice. FOX13
Washington Democrats approved House Bill 1310, which aimed to make it less likely police would use force unnecessarily or against the wrong person. But the law has backfired on some of the state’s most vulnerable residents.other bill would make it clear that police are allowed to use physical force to take people into custody
or transport them for behavioral health evaluation or treatment. Many police departments said a law passed last year restricting when and how officers can use force left it unclear whether they were allowed to use force as part of that community caretaking role.
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