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A police officer engages with a protester Wednesday, July 1, 2020, in Seattle, where streets had been blocked off in an area demonstrators had occupied for weeks. Seattle police showed up in force earlier in the day at the &quot;occupied&quot; protest zone, tore down demonstrators' tents and used bicycles to herd the protesters after the mayor ordered the area cleared following two fatal shootings in less than two weeks. The &quot;Capitol Hill Occupied Protest&quot; zone was set up near downtown following the death of George Floyd while in police custody in Minneapolis. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson)

Police contracts can stand in the way of accountability

By MARTHA BELLISLE - Associated Press

In this May 30, 2020, file photo, a protester addresses a line of Tucson Police Officers in riot gear in Tucson, Ariz. Hundreds of officers across the country were fired, sometimes repeatedly, for violating policies but got their jobs back after appealing their cases to an arbitrator who successfully overturned their discipline — an all-too-common practice that experts say stands in the way of real accountability. On Monday, June 22, 2020, James Pasco, executive director of the National Fraternal Order of Police, said &quot; management should do a better job when hiring officers. (Josh Galemore/Arizona Daily Star via AP) ** FILE **

Police in misconduct cases stay on force through arbitration

By Martha Bellisle - Associated Press