New WA agency investigating police deadly force incidents sees budget cuts
The night of May 7 was a challenge for Washington’s nascent agency tasked with investigating when police kill people.
The new state Office of Independent Investigations started looking into such cases in December. But only in a swath of western Washington, stretching from the northwestern edge of the Olympic Peninsula to Clark and Skamania counties on the border with Oregon. Lawmakers established the office as an alternative to cops investigating when other cops use deadly force.
Around 9 p.m. May 7 near Poulsbo, officers from the local police department and Kitsap County sheriff’s deputies tried to subdue a man who had a knife after a traffic stop, the Office of Independent Investigations later reported. Unable to get Justin Moegling, 41, into custody, a Poulsbo officer and Kitsap County deputy reportedly shot him in the head.
The state agency sent 15 investigators to the scene.
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