About150 people packed into the Marysville Opera House on Wednesday for a public safety meeting led by Snohomish County Sheriff Adam Fortney and other county officials. FOX13
The Snohomish County Sheriff’s Office announced on Monday they have to scale back specialty units due to staffing shortages.
"We’re seeing quite an explosion as far as drugs are concerned, etc., the crime spiking the way it has," he said."Right now, safety trumps everything, and we reached a point where we didn’t have a choice," said Fortney. Fortney, as well as Snohomish Councilmember Sam Low, Councilmember Nate Nehring and Chief Criminal Deputy Prosecutor Matt Baldock answered questions from people like Sheehan throughout Wednesday night at the town hall meeting."We’re trying to make the best of a really tough situation in Snohomish County, at least in the sheriff's office, right now. And so, we'll probably find some middle ground; those service aren’t going away," said Fortney.
Sheriff Fortney told FOX 13 News he is meeting with the county’s social workers, who worked alongside deputies in the homeless outreach unit, in an effort to incorporate them back into working with deputies. He says the hope is to give all deputies access to the social workers’ services while on patrol, when there is a need. that I have read and agree