New ordinance will also require officers to clearly display badges or emblems of agency, increasing transparency and accountability

Seattle – Today, Mayor Bruce Harrell proposed a new ordinance to prohibit the use of face coverings by law enforcement, with limited exceptions, and require all law enforcement officials to have visible emblems and badges that identify their agency while performing enforcement duties in Seattle.

This legislation puts Seattle on track to be the first city in Washington and one of the first major cities in the country to adopt a mask ban to increase transparency and accountability around federal law enforcement activity, including immigration enforcement operations.

“Federal law enforcement officials operating in Seattle are not above the laws of our city,

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