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City Attorney's E-Newsletter, June 2013
Press Releases
6/10/2013 |
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5/2/2013 |
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4/23/2013 |
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4/8/2013 |
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4/3/2013 |
City Attorney announces charging decisions in two officer-involved cases referred by SPD |
3/1/2013 |
City declares Citrus nightclub a "Chronic Nuisance Property" |
12/5/2012 |
Hearing examiner denies SPOG challenge to City Attorney's authority |
In The News...
- 3/18/13 - The City Attorney's Sneaky-Smart Plan to Kill the Union-Backed Police Reform Lawsuit . City Attorney Pete Holmes' office filed a motion today seeking to bump a lawsuit filed by local police unions, which could stymie Seattle's efforts at police reform, from superior court to federal district court. (The Stranger)
- 3/ 9/13 - McGinn, in about face, accepts monitor's police-reform plan . Mayor Mike McGinn agreed Friday to accept an independent monitor's proposed first-year plan to carry out far-reaching reforms in the Seattle Police Department, ending two weeks of acrimony that threatened to harm the effort. (Seattle Times)
- 3/8/13 - What's up with Pete Holmes? A defiant City Attorney seems to be at a turning point . In the bitter turf battle that has broken out between City Attorney Pete Holmes and Mayor Mike McGinn over federally mandated police reforms, there's a lot of testosterone flying around. The mayor, however, is offering an olive branch by suggesting a meeting with the city attorney. Holmes refuses to take it, saying that the mayor must first retract accusations he directed toward him. (Seattle Weekly)
- 3/7/13 - Two Seattle cops charged with DUI in off-duty incident. Two Seattle police officers were charged by the City Attorney's Office on Thursday with the misdemeanor driving under the influence stemming from a Dec. 17 incident that occurred while they were off-duty. (Seattle Times)
- 2/1/13 - SPD ruled not liable in 2005 slaying of high-school coach. The state Supreme Court unanimously finds Seattle police officers can't be held liable for failing to anticipate that a deranged man would kill with shotgun shells they didn't confiscate. (Seattle Times)