The Seattle Times • December 17, 2013

Beginning Jan. 1, Seattle police officers will be operating under new rules when it comes to using force.

The policy, negotiated between the Seattle Police Department (SPD) and the Department of Justice (DOJ) with the guidance of federal monitor Merrick Bobb, is key to addressing the findings of a 2011 DOJ investigation that concluded Seattle police resort to force too quickly and routinely use too much when they do. The Justice Department also found disturbing but inconclusive evidence of biased policing.

Approval of the policy by U.S. District Judge James Robart came two years and one day after the DOJ announced its findings.

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