Artificial intelligence could be the new “virtual sergeant” at the Spokane Sheriff’s Office. AI may soon be assessing every word spoken by patrol deputies on their bodycams. The U.S. Attorney announced that the sheriff’s office is receiving $945,520 to implement
When is our court computer system coming back online? There hasn’t been a lot of media coverage on the problem with Odyssey or JABS being down or what the effect will be if the problem continues. The Administrative Office of
I often get questions about collaborating with participatory defense groups in my court cases, such as the Maddesyn George case in federal court or the Leah Eggleson case in Tacoma. While many lawyers might hesitate to involve supporters due to
This summer, the Spokane Police Department purchased a Dragonfish drone made by Autel. The city council minutes announced the purchase, with the price set at $164,000. Although Spokane police have used smaller drones in the past, the Dragonfish is notable
The use of automated license plate readers started off quietly in the United States. In the 1990s car washes and pay parking lots would discreetly use the automated readers to keep track of their customers. It was the British, really, who pioneered
Newsreaders today learned of the problem of Matt Colvin of Tennessee.
When hand sanitizer started to run out on March 1st, he drove across
Tennessee and Alabama clearing out any remaining last bottles from store
shelves. His plan was to
It is hard to believe that it has been almost ten years since I first wrote about the supposed phenomenon of “green tongue” from marijuana smoking. Back in 2010, I explained how the Washington Court of Appeals issued an opinion
Every county prosecutor has his or her way of handling low
level drug offenses. By low level offenses, I am referring to, for example,
cases where the police find a baggy with a little bit of heroin residue in the
When a student is facing a possible university expulsion for an allegation of rape or sexual assault, that is pretty serious, and a student is entitled to certain procedural rights. I wrote about a decision last year by a Washington
When people say “expungement” in the legal system, they are usually talking about getting a criminal conviction removed from a person’s record. But there is another type of “expungement,” and that is forcing law enforcement agencies to remove from their
