Dear Real Change,
Cydney Gillis’ article on the Seattle Office of Professional Accountability (“Insider Out: Police watchdog leaves complex legacy,” Jan. 24) provided some important information about an agency that gets too little media attention. But I’d like to offer Real Change readers a bit more context:
The OPA was not meant to get rid of police bias in overseeing the Seattle Police Department’s internal discipline. It was meant to provide a fig leaf of accountability to what is essentially the same old process of cops taking care of their own. ...