The new legislation would change a 2021 state law which limits when officers and deputies can chase a suspect when they refuse to stop.
Deborah Horne, KIRO 7 NewsA big blow to efforts to give law enforcement the ability to chase more suspects again. But lawmakers behind a bill to greenlight pursuits insist their fight isn’t over yet.The new legislation would change a very controversial 2021 state law which puts limitations on when officers and deputies can chase a suspect when they refuse to stop.
He and 39 of his colleagues on both sides of the political aisle introduced legislation that would amend the law to restore the “reasonable suspicion standard” like for pursuits of the past.
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