It took Washington lawmakers years to pass a bill tightening standards for law enforcement leadership, but it took sheriffs two days to sue over its constitutionality. Four sheriffs from Eastern ...

Washington Gov. Bob Ferguson on Wednesday signed into law new standards for sheriffs that make it easier to remove them from office. But Ferguson didn’t love all of Senate Bill 5974, suggesting it ...

OLYMPIA – Gov. Bob Ferguson said Wednesday he has “some reservations” about legislation that establishes new standards for elected county sheriffs and gives an oversight board authority to remove them ...

The Washington State Senate on Monday gave final approval to a controversial law enforcement accountability bill, which would allow the removal of sheriffs. Senate Bill 5974 passed 30-19 and would ...

The incident occurred during the annual Northwest Gold Prospectors Association Gold Show, a two-day event held at the Kootenai County Fairgrounds in Coeur d’Alene, near the Idaho-Washington border ...

OLYMPIA, Wash. — A controversial bill that could allow the state to remove an elected sheriff moved closer to becoming law after it passed the Washington House early Friday morning following hours of ...

Plymouth County Sheriff Joe McDonald on Thursday said he was moving to lay off 33 employees, including an entire department that helps collect evidence at crime scenes, citing an “unprecedented fiscal ...

The Office of the Inspector General (OIG) released its preliminary review of the budget process for the 14 county sheriffs across Massachusetts on Friday, finding it "opaque, chaotic, and deeply ...

Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and Maryland sheriffs on Thursday slammed a new state law that bars cooperation agreements between federal immigration officers and local authorities. ICE ...

Inspector General Jeffrey Shapiro works in his office on Oct. 17, 2023. (SHNS File) The budget process for the state’s 14 sheriff departments is “opaque, chaotic and deeply flawed,” Massachusetts ...

The Nashua Street Jail in Boston is run by the Suffolk County Sheriff's Office. A new report says funding for all 14 sheriffs offices is flawed. Inspector General Jeffrey S. Shapiro called the ...

When the bill requiring new eligibility standards for sheriffs and police chiefs passed the Washington state Senate on Feb. 12, Sen. Jeff Wilson (R-Longview) said Pacific County may be the bill’s ...