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Commissioners hear urgent calls to bolster law enforcement staffing and protection-order training; bond fund updated for morgue furnishings
Summary
County law enforcement told commissioners they need more staff and funding to pursue major drug investigations, a public commenter urged training on stalking and extreme-risk protection orders after a school threat, and staff presented a bond-fund update and coroner furnishing list for the new morgue.
County law enforcement and a public safety expert urged commissioners to ramp up enforcement and training to address what they described as an escalating drug and violence problem, while county staff provided a bond-fund update and a prioritized list of coroner furnishings for a new morgue.
Josh Pector, supervisor of the Okanogan County drug task force, told the board the task force's funding and staffing are constrained and that additional personnel would substantially increase investigative capacity. Pector said the task force has historically relied on multi-agency participation and that federal/state grant programs (e.g., Byrne-JAG and related grants)…
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