Legislature fine-tunes police laws-Constitutional Ammendment proposed

Legislature fine-tunes police laws | State Government - The News Tribune

Lawmakers finished much of their work Tuesday on what has been a major thrust of this yearâ??s session in Olympia: dealing with the fallout from Novemberâ??s tragic deaths in a Parkland coffee shop.

Several ideas sparked by the shooting deaths of four Lakewood police officers are headed toward becoming law, though not all are as far-reaching as originally conceived.

â??Iâ??d say maybe a home run, not a grand slam,â?� said Rep. Troy Kelley, D-Lakewood, who pushed several bills. â??I think we got a lot.â?�

Most prominent was a state constitutional amendment that will take its place on the November ballot. Voters will be asked whether judges should be allowed to deny bail for certain violent offenders facing a potential life sentence. Maurice Clemmons was released on bail on a charge of child rape before killing the officers.


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The constitution is for protection from the government for we the people, not protect the government from we the people...:wtf::wtf::wtf:

Where is the constitutional amendment giving the people the right to use cannabis? Amendments are usually reserved to extend freedoms, not take them away. :wtf:

And, this doesn't mean I condone what that idiot did. The system let him out, and this is their attempt to fix it? Crazy. :wtf:

Don't see where this really accomplishes anything. A judge already has the ability to detain someone who is a potential threat to society, he ca also raise the bail so high as to make it impossible for most to bail out. I'm not really in favor of extended benefits for spouses. We don't do it for our own soldiers so don't see why we should do it for the police, danger comes with the job.