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Concerns remain over CAD data for WA police use of force database

(The Center Square) – As the Washington Data Exchange for Public Safety publishes for the first time data on police use of force incidents, concerns remain regarding the sharing of certain information with Washington State University. As part of WADEPS, WSU employees overseeing the project have sought computer aided dispatch data, or CAD data. However, the FBI’s Criminal Justice Information System regulates how that data is shared, with restrictions imposed on providing it to non-law

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Sound Transit contemplating 1% property tax hike to ease $30 billion shortfall

(The Center Square) – The Sound Transit Board of Directors is exploring a 1% property tax increase for next year to address the swelling costs of the agency’s long-term capital projects. The 1% property tax increase would raise Sound Transit’s 2026 property tax revenue by 3.8%, from $176.2 million in 2025 to $183 million. This comes as the agency faces up to $30 billion in cost overruns for its capital projects, as previously reported by

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WATCH: UW professor says campus problems go much deeper than anti-Semitism

(The Center Square) – On the day remaining Israeli hostages were released by Hamas and reunited with their families and friends after more than two years, much of the free world celebrated the peace deal between the Jewish state and the terrorist organization. But on the campus of the University of Washington in Seattle, a pro-Palestinian group continues to press for the reinstatement of more than 20 students who took part in a major vandalism

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CM Yeager cites distrust as Spokane Valley holds off on joining regional task force

(The Center Square) – As much of the region leans into a new public safety task force, elected officials from Spokane Valley aren’t sure whether to join the discussion that could lead to another jail proposal. Spokane Mayor Lisa Brown and Spokane County Sheriff John Nowels launched the initiative at the end of September after more than a year of preparation. Those discussions reached the public in May, but tensions between the city administration and

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