Committee on Police Deadly Force Looks Ready to Support Major Changes to State Law

by Ansel HerzIn 1987, this state made it virtually impossible to prosecute officers for murder when they unjustly kill in the line of duty. Mike Force
Washington State’s extreme law on police deadly force, which all but immunizes police from prosecution for murder, could finally be changed if the state legislature honors expected recommendations from a task force set up to examine the law.
The Joint Legislative Task Force on the Use of Deadly Force in Community Policing meets for the final