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Residents press West Richland council on police chief's status as city moves into executive session on potential litigation
Summary
Multiple residents asked for clarity about the employment status of the West Richland police chief and pending lawsuits. The mayor said the city is awaiting a third-party fact-finding review and placed the council into an executive session under RCW; no action followed, per the public transcript.
Multiple residents used the council's Jan. 21 public-comment periods to press for information about the status of the city's police chief and several pending lawsuits.
At the first public-comment opportunity, resident Lloyd Bender said he had heard a rumor about the chief of police and asked the council to clarify the situation. At the virtual public-comment period, Nancy Aldridge said there are “three lawsuits pending against the city by the police association, a police officer, and the Wylie family” and asked whether the chief had resigned, been fired or placed on administrative leave.
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