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The retroactive deal covers back pay for 2021-2023, but does little to increase accountability measures. The city is negotiating for a 2024 contract.

Though the report said agencies are complying with the law, they could do better at helping people reclaim seized property and tracking demographic data.

The crime prevention technology, which pulls live audio and video feeds, has been backed by Mayor Harrell even as other cities report mixed results. 

The tribal court system, which had occupied a cluster of trailers since the ’50s, plans to add services like a mental health or a veterans court.

As part of a pilot program that avoids using force, the group is dispatched alongside police officers on 911 calls that might involve emotional distress.

Members of law enforcement, community organizers and more weigh in on the trial of three Tacoma officers charged in the 2020 death of Ellis.

Proponents argue the new law will bolster treatment for substance-use disorders, while critics have called it a War on Drugs 2.0.

But they disagree on whether to go left or right.

Pandemic relief funds are bankrolling new – and often unregulated – law enforcement tools such as license-plate readers, drones and AI video software.