Sheriff and prosecutor urge adding hearing-examiner option for dangerous-animal determinations

Apr 15, 2025

Cowlitz County sheriff and prosecutor reported they spoke with the county's hearing examiner, who is willing to take dangerous-animal hearings; the board was told an ordinance amendment and possible contract addendum would be needed to implement the change.

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Cowlitz County Sheriff Bridal Thurmond and a prosecutor's office representative, Jason Loreen, told the commissioners they had discussed adding dangerous- and potentially-dangerous-dog appeals to the duties of the county's hearing examiner, Mark Scheidmeier.

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