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Bellingham police report fewer out-of-county bookings to SCORE after county lifted restrictions
Summary
Deputy Chief Jay Hart said use of SCORE fell sharply after Whatcom County relaxed jail booking restrictions; SCORE remains an out-of-county option that carries extra travel time and per-diem charges.
Deputy Chief Jay Hart of the Bellingham Police Department reported to the task force that use of SCORE — an owner-city consolidated correctional facility in Des Moines — has dropped since Whatcom County lifted strict jail booking restrictions earlier this year. Hart said the department averaged about three to four SCORE bookings per month last year; after Whatcom County released booking restrictions around Jan. 30–Feb. 1, the department booked only one person into SCORE during February and March.
Hart described operational and fiscal trade-offs…
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