Washington requires visible faces for all law enforcement on duty

Washington Gov. Bob Ferguson signed a law prohibiting law enforcement officers in the state from covering their faces to hide their identities while on duty, applying to federal, state, and local officers. The goal is to improve public accountability and ensure interactions involve identifiable officers, a response to ICE arrests during the Trump era. The bill passed unanimously in a Democratic-majority Legislature, with Republicans calling it unconstitutional, citing the Supremacy Clause and drawing on California’s similar but blocked No Secret Police Act.