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This Week in Criminal Defense

By Aaron

It has been a very busy week in Washington. On Tuesday, the Mayor?s panel provided 29 recommendations on how to make Seattle police more accountable in cases of alleged misconduct. The Seattle Police embraced the new policy proposals with open arms... just kidding. The Police union let it be known that it opposes any changes without first negotiating with the union, "Our system of discipline accountability works and there's no crisis that needs immediate attention." Really? Do we need to wait for a crisis to implement change?Suprisingly, Mayor Nickels fired back, "I want to make it very clear that I intend to assert management rights very strongly," he said. You can read more on Robert Mak?s report of this story here and Laura Onstot?s article here...continue to full post

Full post as published by Washington State Criminal Defense on February 03, 2008 (boomark / email).