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Public Safety Coordinating Council urges commissioners to avoid deep cuts to public-safety programs ahead of budget season
Summary
The chair of the Public Safety Coordinating Council urged the Washington County Board of Commissioners to protect public safety funding and specialty courts, warning that cuts could increase crime and harm victims and businesses.
Melissa Laird, chair of the Public Safety Coordinating Council, told the Washington County Board of Commissioners on March 4 that public safety is a "core responsibility of county government" and urged commissioners to avoid deep general-fund cuts as the county develops its next budget.
Laird said the general fund is the largest funding source for the county's public safety and justice programs and that chronic underfunding threatens the…
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