Senate Approves Revision of Police Reform Legislation

The state Senate gave the nod of approval to a revision of the legislation related to police pursuits after a lengthy debate Wednesday night. The revision would reverse the change to probable cause for pursuit back to reasonable suspicion, the original law.

"Last legislative session, they had these police reform laws that changed the level to probable cause which is obviously a really high threshold and caused a lot of challenges," said State Senator Brad Hawkins. "We had that crazy guy from Sultan who stole some things and police couldn't pursue him here in Chelan County and he made it all the way to Montana."

The Senate approved the bill 31-18.

The bill that includes the tweak is advancing to the House of Representatives.

For more details on Senate Bill 5919, visit here.