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City of Tukwila, former officer took measures to cover up firing

TUKWILA, Wash. — A former Tukwila police officer – once fired from the job for repeated use of excessive force – recently got a second chance to work as a cop in the small Thurston County city of ...
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Washington city fires officer who made a deal to remove records of past termination from personnel file

Officer Christopher Backus, 35, was fired from the Tenino Police Department on April 21, according to a copy of the termination letter provided to KING 5 by his attorney, Alan Harvey. ”He’s not ...
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Tenino opens probe, removes officer from patrol after KING 5 investigation finds deal hid cop's troubled past

TENINO, Wash. — The City of Tenino took a police officer it hired last year off the streets after a February KING 5 investigation revealed the cop and his former law enforcement agency made a deal to ...