AN ORDINANCE relating to the Seattle Police Department; mandating that the Police Department adopt and maintain crowd management policies that prohibit the use of less lethal tools in crowd management settings unless specific facts and circumstances are occurring or about to occur that create an imminent risk of physical injury to any person or significant property damage; and repealing Section 3.28.146 of the Seattle Municipal Code and Ordinance 126422.

Committee

City Clerk

Requested by

CBO-OPI

Introduced

October 11, 2024

On agenda

February 11, 2025

Passed

February 14, 2025

Enacted

February 14, 2025

Enactment no.

Ord 127182

Where it was heard

City Council Feb 11, 2025 passed as amended Pass City Council Feb 11, 2025 Public Safety Committee Jan 14, 2025 pass as amended Pass Public Safety Committee Dec 10, 2024 discussed

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