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After a week of administrative leave, Tacoma’s police chief is back on duty. Tacoma City Manager Elizabeth Pauli placed Tacoma Police Chief Avery Moore on leave last week. In a statement released on Wednesday, Pauli wrote that she conducted a fact-finding investigation into personal use of a city asset. The statement did not specific what the city asset, or costs associated with it, were.

(Runtime 4:02)More than 17 million acres in what is now Oregon, Washington, Idaho and Montana make up the historic homeland of the Nez Perce Tribe.A…

(Runtime :55) At a motion hearing this week for Bryan Kohberger, his defense attorney Anne Taylor asked Latah County District Judge John Judge for…

(Runtime 3:20) A controversial tax in Benton County has raised more money than expected. Now commissioners are hearing proposals from community…

New laws governing Washington State law enforcement took effect on Sunday, including their use of force (HB 1310) and tactics (HB 1054).Some police departments in King County say new laws means they will no longer respond to certain calls; City of Seattle chief Adrian Diaz calls that “absurd.”

In this episode of Traverse Talks with Sueann Ramella, Nez Perce Tribal police chief Harold Scott talks about his childhood in Lapwai, Idaho and how the…

In Washington, the working partnership between police and crisis mental health workers is being put to the test. The reason is a new police use of force law.

The state's new accountability laws might not have happened without the advocacy of people whose family members were killed by police.

The Washington State Patrol (WSP) is remembering Thomas’ May 24, 1985 death this week as part of its Centennial Commemoration. Beginning last September, the agency launched a year-long effort to honor all 31 officers who have died in the line of duty since the agency was founded in 1921.

Multiple charges have been filed against two former Colorado police officers for their roles in the arrest of a 73-year-old woman with dementia last year.