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MY EDMONDS NEWS Posted: March 10, 2021
Sheriff Adam Fortney
Snohomish County Sheriff Adam Fortney no longer faces a recall vote. The campaign against Fortney did not submit any signatures by this week’s deadline to force the vote. Recall campaign leader Colin McMahon has said the group has been “hamstrung by the pandemic,” and that COVID restrictions interfered with their recall effort.
The Fortney recall campaign had asked for an extension until June to get enough people to sign on, but a judge on Monday denied the request. They needed 45,000 valid signatures; they have not reported how many signatures they did gather. Snohomish County Auditor Garth Fell said that “no recall petition was submitted” by the deadline. Attorney Mark Lamb represented Fortney. He said he could not speak for the sheriff, but was reassured that the campaign failed.
Police, prosecutors scramble with fallout of Washington s drug possession decision
The state Supreme Court ruled this week that police can no longer arrest people for having small amounts of drugs. Author: Eric Wilkinson Updated: 11:15 PM PST March 10, 2021
EVERETT, Wash Law enforcement across Washington this week decried the Washington State Supreme Court s decision that police can no longer arrest somebody for simply possessing a small amount of meth, heroin, or any other drug.
Island County Sheriff Rick Felici warned that the ruling would stymie law enforcement. [I]t will impact law enforcement s ability to work their way up the chain to get to drug dealers, he wrote on Facebook.