In that time, some experts point to an approximately 73% drop in the number of people killed by a police chase. The previous statewide pursuit policies barely lasted two years. Jay Inslee is expected to sign Senate Bill 5352, which will add more pursuable offenses and lower the amount of evidence cops need to chase people. “They really had to calculate how many times am I going to ‘vote against’ law enforcement, so to speak,” Benz said. However, overall Benz said he heard Democratic lawmakers this session wanted to avoid pissing off the police, especially those legislators who straddle the center line.
Washington Coalition for Police Accountability (WCPA) Lobbyist Paul Benz gave Goodman credit for mitigating some of the proposed policy changes on pursuits.
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