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Should You Have To Be A U.S. Citizen To Be A Cop?

caption: File photo from the first day of Seattle's police academy.
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File photo from the first day of Seattle's police academy.
KUOW Photo/Isolde Raftery

Kim Malcolm talks with King County Sheriff John Urquhart about a proposed law that would allow any legal Washington resident – not just American citizens – to become a police officer.

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