OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) - In a story June 6 about the Washington State Supreme Court hearing arguments over a new law designed to improve police training in de-escalation tactics, The Associated Press reported erroneously which superior court had previously ruled in the case. It was a judge from Thurston County Superior Court, not King County.
A corrected version of the story is below:
Washington Supreme Court to take up police deadly force law
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The Washington Supreme Court says it will hear arguments later this month over a new state law designed to improve police training in de-escalation tactics and make it easier to prosecute officers for negligent shootings
OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) - The Washington Supreme Court says it will hear arguments this month over a new state law designed to improve police training in de-escalation tactics and make it easier to prosecute officers for negligent shootings.
Lawmakers approved the measure - Initiative 940 - in March, but simultaneously amended it with a compromise that had been agreed to by activists and police groups. A Thurston County Superior Court judge said that procedure was unconstitutional and ordered that the original I-940 be placed on the November ballot. The state Attorney General’s Office appealed.
The Supreme Court will decide whether the lawmakers acted constitutionally, or whether I-940 - or I-940 and the compromise proposal - should go to the ballot. Arguments are set for June 28.
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