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Experts say that without sufficient education about modern best practices, some officers may not even recognize incidents as bias-related.

Of the minority of sex crimes that result in convictions, 60% end with guilty pleas to lesser offenses, leaving survivors disillusioned with the process.

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 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.

While Washington has some of the toughest trafficking laws in the nation, law enforcement in Seattle and Portland struggle to put policy into practice.

For 30 years, the state has increasingly adopted alternative forms of justice. But are these systems working?