Snohomish County Sheriff Adam Fortney’s focus is to address the recent crime wave throughout the region, and he wants to fight laws that continuously make it harder for his department.
He’s been public about his disdain for newly implemented laws restricting police pursuits alongside the Washington Supreme Court’s State v. Blake decision, which ruled the felony drug possession law unconstitutional.
“People don’t know,” Fortney said when discussing his residents’ reaction to the laws listed previously. “The first thing I do is pick their jaw off the floor. They can not believe we can’t chase cars in the state of Washington, to a certain extent.”
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