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Commission approves edits to hearing WACs and policies, adding probation and tightening panel language
Summary
The commission voted to update WAC language on filing documents and terms of suspension (adding probation) and approved policy edits to hearing notices and panel membership (removing two words 'criminal justice' from a desirable-qualifications line).
Staff presented proposed updates to two WACs governing certification hearings and to related internal policies. The changes to WAC 139.06.080 clarified filing and post-hearing briefing timelines and allowed the hearings panel to request briefs; changes to WAC 139.06.150 add probation as an explicit possible term a panel may impose. Commission members asked questions about timelines and limits; staff pointed to a statutory maximum (no longer than two years for certain terms).
Commissioners also approved cleaning up policy chapter 706 (Certification Hearing Notices and Outcomes) and chapter 707 (Hearing Panel Membership). In response to written public comment, the commission removed the words "criminal justice" from Section 3(b) of the panel-membership policy so the seat will be framed as experience in police accountability ("educator, researcher, trainer, attorney, or decision maker regarding police accountability"). The commission voted to adopt the WAC edits and the policy changes in separate motions.
