The Seattle consent decree was established in 2012 after an investigation led by the Justice Department found there was a pattern of using excessive force within the Seattle Police Department (SPD).
The Seattle consent decree was established in 2012 after an investigation led by the Justice Department found there was a pattern of using excessive force within the Seattle Police Department . Specifically, the Justice Department found SPD used weapons either excessively or unnecessarily more than half the time during arrests, according to, and that officers engaged in a pattern of discriminatory policing during pedestrian encounters.
Federal Judge James Robart must approve the agreement first. The agreement was submitted to the judge Tuesday morning. With the city and the Department of Justice announcing its agreement that the ‘vast majority’ of orders in the consent decree have been satisfied, Assistant Attorney General Kristen Clark said two outstanding issues still remain.
“She said there still needs work in the Seattle Police Department about bias policing,” Markovich added.
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