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bowhill“The Metropolitan King County Council on Tuesday voted to significantly scale back the autonomy of the county sheriff, moving to make the position appointed, rather than elected, and to give the County Council the ability to reduce the scope of the Sheriff’s Office.
Both changes, approved by the County Council on 6-3 and 6-2 votes, will be sent to voters as separate ballot measures in November.
Voters could choose to make the sheriff appointed, rather than elected. They could choose to let the County Council spell out the specific duties of the sheriff. They could do one or the other; both; or neither.
Councilmember Girmay Zahilay framed the changes, particularly giving the council the power to define the sheriff’s duties, as a response to the protests against police brutality and systemic racism that have roiled the country for nearly two months.
“The largest movement in American history, nationally and locally,” Zahilay said, “they have all been saying one central message and that is that we need a new system of public safety.
“That kind of big, bold fundamental change I don’t think we can rely on just a sheriff’s department that’s independently elected that we can’t truly oversee,” he said.”
07/21/2020
David Gutman, The Seattle Times.
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https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/politics/king-county-council-moves-to-strip-power-from-sheriffs-office-proposals-to-head-to-voters-in-november/
Both changes, approved by the County Council on 6-3 and 6-2 votes, will be sent to voters as separate ballot measures in November.
Voters could choose to make the sheriff appointed, rather than elected. They could choose to let the County Council spell out the specific duties of the sheriff. They could do one or the other; both; or neither.
Councilmember Girmay Zahilay framed the changes, particularly giving the council the power to define the sheriff’s duties, as a response to the protests against police brutality and systemic racism that have roiled the country for nearly two months.
“The largest movement in American history, nationally and locally,” Zahilay said, “they have all been saying one central message and that is that we need a new system of public safety.
“That kind of big, bold fundamental change I don’t think we can rely on just a sheriff’s department that’s independently elected that we can’t truly oversee,” he said.”
07/21/2020
David Gutman, The Seattle Times.
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https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/politics/king-county-council-moves-to-strip-power-from-sheriffs-office-proposals-to-head-to-voters-in-november/
