The city filed motions in U.S. District Court on Tuesday asking for the end of more than 13 years of federal oversight of the Seattle Police Department.

Seattle Mayor Bruce Harrell has filed for federal court approval of the Seattle Police Department’s revised crowd management policies and seeks termination of the Seattle police consent decree

Seattle has filed to end a federal consent decree imposed on the city's police department following a 2012 investigation that found evidence of biased policing. The city has worked to be in full compliance with a 2012 court order that was sought by the U.

Seattle is seeking to end federal oversight of its police department, citing over a decade of significant reforms in policies, training, and accountability since a 2012 consent decree.

Seattle Mayor Bruce Harrell is asking the Department of Justice to end federal oversight of the city's police department more than a decade after a consent decree was put in place. Harrell filed for federal court approval Tuesday of the Seattle Police Department's revised crowd management policies,