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  • Inslee announces members of Office of Independent Investigations advisory board

    Gov. Jay Inslee today announced the appointment of 11 members to serve on the Office of Independent Investigations (OII) advisory board. The OII is a new office created to conduct independent, unbiased, competent and thorough investigations of cases involving police use of deadly force.

    Inslee requested the creation of the new office based on recommendations from his 2020 task force convened following the deaths of George Floyd and Manuel Ellis.

    The OII advisory board will provide advice and input to the director on the creation and operation of the office. The OII… Read more

    • 11/15/2021

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Hector Castro
Community Relations and Communications
360-870-8115
Hector.Castro@oii.wa.gov

Kimberly Garcia (formerly Diaz)
Media Relations Coordinator
360-790-1247
Kimberly.Garcia@oii.wa.gov   

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OII in the News

State to investigate police deadly force incidents on Olympic Peninsula, southwest Washington - KGW8

Office of Independent Investigations Director discusses challenges of investigating use-of-force cases - KIRO7

Inside Olympia - Roger Rogoff, WA Office of Independent Investigations - TVW 

New state agency changes how deadly use of police force is investigated - KREM2