Local law on police quota bill

A bill in the Washington State Legislature intended to make the number of citations for traffic incidents issued by law enforcement officers as separate from an officer’s performance has been introduced in the legislature.

The house bill, HB 2399, which calls for officers to not be allowed to issue citations based upon a quota, last week passed in the house with 95 yea votes to two nay votes. It now moves to the senate, and if it passes there, it will wind up on Governor Jay Inslee’s desk for final approval.

The bill was sponsored by 35 representatives, though none of the ninth district repres...