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Mourners take to the streets to remember victims of fatal crash
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Seattle TimesJune 26, 2013

State Senate approves scaled-back overhaul of DUI laws New Ideas Aimes at Toughening DUI Laws Raised Q13 Fox News April 23rd, 2013
Law enforcement, local officials question feasibility of Inslee’s DUI proposal Seattle Times April 18, 2013
Last Minute Legislative Push is on for New DUI Measure Q13 Fox April 18, 2013
State House Democrats ‘seething with anger’ after Senate kills gun control bill Seattle Times April 17, 2013
Recent Tragedies Spur Lawmakers to Eye Crackdown on Drunk Driving KOMO4 April 18, 2013
Inslee, state lawmakers unveil new bill to toughen DUI laws Q13 Fox April 17, 2013
Photo of Roger delivering remarks at Governor’s News Conference KIRO7-TV April 16. 2013
Inslee to unveil plan for 10-year alcohol prohibition after 3rd DUI Seattle Times April 16, 2013
Angry Governor urges action on DUI legislation King 5 April 9, 2013
Push in Olympia to strengthen state DUI Legislation KING5 TV April 11, 2013
State lawmakers, governor meet on tougher DUI legislation Q13 Fox April 11, 2013
Lifetime driving bans among stiffer penalties mulled for DUIs KOMO News April 9, 2013
What to do if you encounter a wrong-way driver KING5 TV April 5, 2013
What can be done to try to curb fatal DUI accidents? Q13 Fox April 4, 2013
Woman hit by suspected wrong-way drunk driver dies; State Rep. calls for DUI law change Q13 Fox April 4th, 2013
Mourners take to the streets to remember victims of fatal crash KOMONews April 1st, 2013

Stalking bill passes both chambers

By Bill McKee | March 12, 2013 | copied from The Capitol Record

Victims of stalkers may may soon have a new law to protect them, with the approval of bills in both the Senate and the House that would create a new kind of civil protection order for stalking.

The legislation comes in response to the murder of Jennifer Paulson in 2010. Paulson was an elementary school teacher in Tacoma who was killed by a former co-worker who had stalked her for seven years.

“If we had had further protection for someone like Jennifer through the court system, we could have prevented her death,” said sponsor Rep. Roger Goodman (D – Kirkland) during a floor session in the House on Monday.

Goodman’s bill expands the behaviors that qualify as felony stalking and increases criminal penalties for the crime.

The law currently allows people to get no-contact orders or protection orders for domestic violence or harassment. Both of the new bills would create another type of protection order specifically for cases of stalking.

“It is obvious that we need more protection for those who are stalked,” said Sen. Steve Conway (D – Tacoma) as he introduced a similar bill on the Senate floor on Tuesday.
Conway’s bill doesn’t go quite as far in increasing penalties for stalking as Goodman’s, but it too would create a new anti-stalking protection order.

Both bills received unanimous approval in their respective chambers.

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Roger Meets With Washington Law Enforcement

Roger with Sheriff Rahr ( Director of the Washington State Criminal Justice Training Commission) and the CJTC senior staff at a gathering of sheriffs and police chiefs from across the state.