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Preempting regulation of complaints against law enforcement officers and correctional officers to the state.

Escalates penalties for eluding police officer.

Classifies flight from police in a car as a class 4 felony (or a class 2 felony if the flight results in a serious injury; if there was a minor in the car; or if the driver was DUI). Includes flight from marked police cars and unmarked police cars (if the person fleeing knew it was a police car or evidence shows they should've known it was a police car)

Massive rollback of the vehicular pursuits bill passed in 2021.

Law enforcement agency, or any employee of a state or local government or law enforcement agency is immune from civil damages arising from the
use of a canine to detect fentanyl.

Under current law, the offense of assault on a law enforcement animal is a Class C misdemeanor. This act provides that the offense of assault on a law enforcement animal is a Class A misdemeanor, if the law enforcement animal is not injured to the point of requiring veterinary care or treatment; a Class E felony if the law enforcement animal is seriously injured to the point of requiring veterinary care or treatment; and a Class D felony if the assault results in the death of such animal.

Aggravated felony for harming law enforcement animal.

AB 834 / SB 874 would prohibit local police agencies and elected officials from making any local democratic decisions that would limit the inherently dangerous tactic of executing a warrant without knocking and announcing first (also known as a no-knock warrant).

WA HB 1726 and HB 2037 would roll back last year’s restrictions and protections addressing the use of force by peace officers, which the state passed to reduce police violence. This bill would expand instances in which officers can use physical force, including in situations where it would not be constitutional, such as the right to use physical force when stopping an individual from fleeing an investigative stop.