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Committee hears agency-request bill to expand Office of Independent Investigations' reach
Summary
ESHB 2508 would expand the OII's jurisdiction to include prior deadly-force incidents regardless of date, add notification requirements for non-deadly-force incidents when a death may have resulted, and require access to fire/EMS records; agency staff and the OII supported the bill while senators pressed on look-back scope and public-record exemptions.
The Law and Justice Committee heard staff and agency testimony on ESHB 2508 on Feb. 23. Maya Ita, staff counsel, described the bill's principal changes: expanding the Office of Independent Investigations' jurisdiction to include prior incidents involving deadly force regardless of when they occurred; allowing the OII to investigate non-deadly-force incidents when there is good reason to believe the force may have caused or contributed to a death; clarifying the authority and limitations of…
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