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Why This Western Town's Police Force Gets High Ratings From Its Community

If you live in the U.S., you’re more likely to be killed by the police than in any other western nation.

But in Moses Lake, a small, working-class town in eastern Washington, activists say police are doing things right. Nate Hegyi of the Mountain West News Bureau reports.

This story is part of the Mountain West News Bureau series “Elevated Risk.”

This article was originally published on WBUR.org.

Copyright 2021 NPR. To see more, visit https://www.npr.org.

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