Law And Courts

Law & Courts

Take 2: Workgroup formed to develop new Seattle drug possession law

Law & Courts

Finger-pointing and fallout in the wake of Seattle City Council drug law vote

City attorneys and municipal courts have been urgently preparing for the July 1, 2023 effective date of the state’s new drug possession law SB 5536. But law enforcement officials and prosecutors say they may not be able to enforce the law until mid-August.

Crime

Teens are using 3D printers to make guns in Seattle area

In February, a SeaTac mother called police after she found a firearm in her 13-year-old son’s bed.

Law & Courts

Federal judge ‘extremely skeptical’ that SPD could soon exit consent decree

A federal judge is still considering how much longer the Seattle Police Department should remain under his oversight. At a hearing Tuesday, Judge James Robart asked wide-ranging questions but did not rule on a joint motion by the U.S. Justice Department and the city of Seattle to find SPD largely in compliance with a consent decree in place since 2012.