Instead of making sweeping changes like last year, House Democrats are focused on clarifying and refining aspects of the laws passed in 2021 after law enforcement agencies said they are now unable to perform certain duties.
deals with the issue of probable cause related to criminal investigations, and was introduced by Roger Goodman, D-Kirkland. Goodman, chair of the House Public Safety Committee, explained the reasoning behind the fix during testimony on Tuesday.
He said the bill doesn’t roll back HB 1310, but adjusts it slightly. “We really are concerned about serious offenses: murder, armed robbery, aggravated assault, [and] domestic violence where police really need to secure the scene and physically restrain parties before they have that level of probable cause to arrest.”Many signed in at the public hearing as other or opposed.“A year ago this committee took a meaningful step to reduce police violence by passing 1310,” she said.
House Minority Leader J.T. Wilcox, R-Yelm, said at a press conference last week that most lawmakers agree they need to improve the relationship between police and citizens, but he still criticized last year’s process.
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