Harrell is seeking to end federal oversight of the police after reforming crowd management policies.
SEATTLE — Seattle Mayor Bruce Harrell is asking the Department of Justice to end federal oversight of the city’s police department more than a decade after a consent decree was put in place.
Harrell filed for federal court approval Tuesday of the Seattle Police Department’s revised crowd management policies, which received city council approval in February.
“Over a decade ago, I supported the federal consent decree because we knew our police department could – and needed – to do better at living up to our highest values and aspiring
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