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Snoqualmie committee backs sending Seattle‑IFIT addendum to council after debate on resources and workload
Summary
The Public Safety Committee voted to forward AB 25‑127, an addendum allowing Seattle to join the Independent Force Investigation Team (IFIT), to the full council for a regular agenda. Officials said Seattle adds investigative resources but Snoqualmie will still pay its detective’s time under the mutual‑aid arrangement.
The Snoqualmie Public Safety Committee on Thursday voted to forward AB 25‑127 to the full council after hearing from Police Chief Haresi about an addendum that would let the City participate with Seattle in the Independent Force Investigation Team (IFIT). Chief Haresi described IFIT as a regional, multi‑agency independent investigative team originally formed in March 2021 to handle statutorily required use‑of‑force and deadly‑force investigations.
"This agenda bill is an addendum to our current interlocal agreement that we have, between 13 different agencies right now," Chief Haresi said, explaining the group shares investigators, public information officers and forensic resources across member agencies. He told the committee that Seattle was released from a Department of Justice consent…
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