SEATTLE, Wash. – An oversight committee has found that two of the six Seattle police officers who were in Washington D.C. during the January 6th insurrection broke the law.
Thursday’s Office of Police Accountability report cleared three of the officers and could not determine if a fourth officer violated department policy.
Citing video evidence, the committee said the two officers were in a “clearly prohibited area” and witnessed rioters scaling the Capitol walls — actions that it could not believe the officers would find normal and legal.
In January, Seattle Police Interim Chief Adrian Diaz said any Seattle Police Department officer found to be directly involved in the Capitol riots will be held accountable and would be subject to disciplinary action up to and including termination.
Diaz is expected to issue his disciplinary decision within 30 days.