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IPRTF schedules briefing on relaxed booking restrictions amid concerns about court and staff strain
Summary
Task-force members asked staff to invite sheriff’s office and court partners to a briefing after the county relaxed booking restrictions; members said increased bookings appear to have lengthened court sessions and added workload for behavioral-health staff and public defenders.
Steering committee members for Whatcom County’s IPRTF asked staff to schedule a briefing on recently relaxed booking restrictions after members reported immediate downstream effects on courts, defense attorneys and behavioral‑health staff.
Raylene (IPRTF member) urged that any presentation from the sheriff include representatives from courts and public defense to explain impacts. She said,…
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