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City Attorney's E-Newsletter, February 2012
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In The News...
- 1/30/2012 - Seattle finds money to resume precinct liaisons' anti-crime fight . Funding has been restored for four city attorneys who will advise neighborhoods and police on chronic and emerging community problems. (Seattle Times)
- 1/20/2012 - Defying city, attorney asks Supreme Court to hear SPD tasing case. Ignoring Seattle Police Chief John Diaz, a private attorney hired by the city to defend three officers who were sued after they repeatedly tased a pregnant woman during a 2004 traffic stop has asked the U.S. Supreme Court to hear the case. (Seattle Times)
- 1/11/2012 - Shift in strategy on prostitution. Seattle City Attorney Pete Holmes said his office is trying to increase the number of men prosecuted for soliciting prostitution and give prostitutes the opportunity to receive social services designed to help get them out of the business. (Seattle Times)