Law enforcement calls for Attorney General’s opinion on new police laws

Police and Washington State Troopers block protesters from passing near freshly broken windows during an anti-police protest on January 24, 2021 in Tacoma, Washington. (Photo by David Ryder/Getty Images)

With multiple new laws on policing set to take effect statewide on Sunday, July 25, law enforcement across the state have been warning of potential unintended consequences and confusion over contradictory and sometimes vague language in a few of the bills that some warn could ultimately be a threat to both officer and public safety.

“This is taking 150 years of American policing and basically throwing it out and starting over,” said one veteran

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