Will Seattle's Police Oversight Bodies Have Enough Independence?

by Lester BlackYour city lawmakers taking a stab at police accountability legislation. Lester Black
The Seattle Police Department and Mayor Ed Murray were quick to celebrate Thursday’s announcement that the department has made big strides reducing officers' use of force. But while that announcement from Merrick J. Bobb, the court ordered monitor of SPD, is a great sign of progress, Seattle is hardly free from the police reform consent decree it entered in 2012.
To satisfy Seattle’s a