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NPI was founded in August 2003 and is based in Redmond, Washington.
| Excerpt: | A bill that polishes De-Escalate Washington's successful Initiative 940 has cleared the Legislature unanimously, without a single dissenting vote. |
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| Published at: | 12:06 PM on Wednesday, January 30th, 2019 |
| Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
| Categories: | Civil Liberties, Core Encyclopedia Topics, Public Planning |
| Other Tags: | Nondiscrimination |
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| Excerpt: | And they're off! The Washington State House of Representatives has passed its first consequential bill of the 2019 session, concerning law enforcement. |
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| Published at: | 5:35 PM on Thursday, January 24th, 2019 |
| Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
| Categories: | Civil Liberties, Core Encyclopedia Topics, Public Planning |
| Other Tags: | Nondiscrimination |
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| Excerpt: | An initiative that would require law enforcement to receive violence de-escalation and mental-health training in addition to changing the legal standard for use of deadly force enjoys overwhelming support among voters, a new poll by the coalition supporting the measure has found. |
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| Published at: | 5:34 PM on Monday, February 19th, 2018 |
| Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
| Categories: | Core Encyclopedia Topics, Elections, Legislative Advocacy, Public Planning |
| Other Tags: | WA-Ballot |
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| Excerpt: | The good news out of Olympia just keeps on coming! By a vote of twenty-nine to twenty, the Washington State Senate tonight voted to ban bump stocks, the now-infamous devices that were used in the horrific Las Vegas massacre, the deadliest mass shooting in American history. |
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| Published at: | 10:58 PM on Thursday, January 25th, 2018 |
| Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
| Categories: | Civil Liberties, Core Encyclopedia Topics, Public Planning |
| Other Tags: | Secure Firearms Ownership |
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| Excerpt: | Washington State is slated to have at least one progressive idea on the November 2018 ballot following the submission of signatures for Initiative 940 by De-Escalate Washington, a broad and diverse coalition of organizations that is seeking policing reforms to reduce the use of deadly force in our communities. |
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| Published at: | 2:17 PM on Thursday, December 28th, 2017 |
| Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
| Categories: | Breaking News, Core Encyclopedia Topics, Elections, Public Planning |
| Other Tags: | WA-Ballot |
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| Excerpt: | Authorities in Seattle have cordoned off an area near 3rd & Pine following a mass shooting in the heart of the city. We don’t know very much at this time, except that five people are said to be wounded and two have life-threatening injuries. The perpetrator(s) are unknown at this time and the investigation is […] |
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| Published at: | 9:21 PM on Wednesday, November 9th, 2016 |
| Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
| Categories: | Core Encyclopedia Topics, Public Planning |
| Tags: | Safe Neighborhoods |
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| Excerpt: | Gun violence has once again left dozens of people dead and wounded at a place of learning, this time right here in the great Pacific Northwest: An incident with an active shooter has taken place at Umpqua Community College in Roseburg that has left at least 10 people dead and more than 20 injured. According […] |
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| Published at: | 12:17 PM on Thursday, October 1st, 2015 |
| Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
| Categories: | Breaking News, Civil Liberties, Core Encyclopedia Topics, Public Planning |
| Other Tags: | Secure Firearms Ownership |
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| Excerpt: | Well, it’s happened again: A multiple vehicle crash Sunday morning that closed all lanes on Aurora Bridge in Seattle was the second crash on the bridge in a week. Crews were called to the scene around 6:30 AM Sunday to an accident involving three vehicles. Police say no one was seriously injured in the collision. […] |
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| Published at: | 12:38 PM on Sunday, September 27th, 2015 |
| Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
| Categories: | Core Encyclopedia Topics, Public Planning |
| Other Tags: | Transportation |
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| Excerpt: | Independence Day is almost here, and as the celebration of America’s founding has inched closer, federal, state and local officials have become increasingly vocal about the dangers posed by setting off fireworks, particularly with conditions so dry this year. Authorities are emphatically urging people to go see a community sponsored, professionally run fireworks show instead […] |
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| Published at: | 10:06 PM on Friday, July 3rd, 2015 |
| Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
| Categories: | Core Encyclopedia Topics, Holidays, Public Planning |
| Other Tags: | Independence Day |
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| Excerpt: | April may not seem like an election month, but in Washington, it’s actually one of two times during the year when local jurisdictions may schedule special elections, most often for the purpose of sending the voters a levy for their consideration. This year, the nine-member King County Council has opted to place a proposition on […] |
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| Published at: | 9:07 PM on Tuesday, April 14th, 2015 |
| Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
| Categories: | Core Encyclopedia Topics, Elections, Public Planning |
| Other Tags: | Critical Infrastructure, WA-Counties |
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| Excerpt: | America’s deadly gun violence epidemic has once again visited Washington State. Today, at Seattle Pacific University, one young person was killed and several others were critically and seriously hurt by an unidentified gunman who walked into Otto Miller Hall and began shooting at students early in the afternoon. The gunman was tackled and subdued by […] |
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| Published at: | 8:20 PM on Thursday, June 5th, 2014 |
| Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
| Categories: | Breaking News, Civil Liberties, Core Encyclopedia Topics, Elections, Public Planning |
| Other Tags: | Secure Firearms Ownership, WA-Ballot |
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| Excerpt: | Tragedies like these have seem to have become a weekly occurrence. We are so desensitized to violence now that we are not as shocked as we all should be when more lives are ended by senseless gun violence: As throngs of patrons strolled and browsed at the Mall in Columbia on a gray, cold Saturday, […] |
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| Published at: | 7:11 PM on Saturday, January 25th, 2014 |
| Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
| Categories: | Civil Liberties, Core Encyclopedia Topics, Public Planning |
| Tags: | Safe Neighborhoods |
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| Excerpt: | King County voters have given a big thumbs up to Medic One, approving a levy that renews funding for emergency medical response services for several more years and ensuring that King County remains the best place in the world to be in the very unfortunate event of a heart attack (or cardiac arrest, to use […] |
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| Published at: | 10:02 PM on Tuesday, November 5th, 2013 |
| Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
| Categories: | Core Encyclopedia Topics, Public Planning |
| Other Tags: | WA-Counties |
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| Excerpt: | Last night’s deadly rampage in Federal Way – which resulted in the deaths of five individuals at the Pinewood Village apartments complex just off Pacific Highway South – has focused national and international attention on our region. Although the tragedy occurred in Federal Way and authorities there are handling the investigation, several national and international […] |
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| Published at: | 12:19 PM on Monday, April 22nd, 2013 |
| Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
| Categories: | Civil Liberties, Core Encyclopedia Topics, Public Planning |
| Other Tags: | Gun Ownership |
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