Washington state auditors have started investigating whether local police departments are properly reporting officer misconduct.

Det. Sgt. Steven C. Smith of the Washington Police Department has graduated from the FBI's National Academy, becoming only ...

The Washington State Patrol Trooper Graduation Ceremony opened with an apology for 'interfering' with the pride flag raising ...

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Now, he faces the possibility of losing his badge. DPSST’s Police Policy Committee is set to consider the future of his certifications on May 22. State law ... an attempt to seal records about ...

Ferguson and the Washington state legislators were grandstanding for short-term political advantage, at taxpayers’ expense, in their attack on the sacramental seal of confession. Given how ...

Alaska’s closest U.S. neighbor is under a federal investigation after the State of Washington passed a new law mandating all Catholic priests break the seal of confession by reporting to police what ...

The bishop noted that Church policy requires priests to report knowledge of child abuse to the police ... praised Washington state’s bishops for publicly committing to safeguard the seal of ...

The Washington State Catholic Conference and many Republican lawmakers opposed the bill’s provision that would force priests to break the confessional seal, a sacred promise that priests will ...

A new law in the U.S. state of Washington which requires “members of the clergy” to report cases of child abuse or neglect learned in the confessional to police is being looked at by the U.S ...

Catholic priests are not allowed to reveal anything shared with them in confession under threat of excommunication, as the seal of confession is crucial to the sacrament itself. Washington state ...