Snohomish County Sheriff cut back on services due to staff shortages | FOX 13 Seattle

The Snohomish County Sheriff’s Office announced on Monday they have to scale back specialty units due to staffing shortages.

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[hifiman]

In other words, get armed and take care of things yourself.

[UncleFester]

can you blame them for quitting?? no one signs up to be beat on or ambushed just for the job they chose. Put on the badge and wear a gun....you are a target. cop gets killed by a career criminal, media is silent. career criminal gets killed by police, media hails them as a innocent victim who was just trying to get their life together. no wonder no one wants to be a cop.

[Cabmaker]

Why on earth would they cut back on K-9 unit that seems to me an essential thing

[jonnyquest]

Remember, cops have "no duty to act" per the
Supreme Court

[chuckmarquart]

Start executing criminals.... But you don't, you promote the criminal activity because it generates tax

[blannhaywood]

I’m no fan from my experiences ……Seems an Hour response time and treating everyone like criminals is the policy ! Unless your a tweek …then they baby and protect you !!

[sidneymartinez]

And on top of that they're probably doing something wrong too

[everett]

There are no staff shortages. They have their staff working as homeless people across the town. Smoking dope, graffiti, arson, buying and selling dope here on the streets. I been getting death threats because I know this. You all wonder why they are always doing book and release??? Because the majority of the arrests are people your paying out of your taxes. They even have people working in the stores and restaurants, as well as people paid by your taxes to boost from the stores. Why would they do this you ask? Because the more out of hand it looks, the more rights they are going to take from you.

[sidneymartinez]

Yeah the only reason why they quit is because they can't handle the job and plus they can't pick up their belly