With Seattle City Council rejecting the city attorney's push to prosecute public drug use and possession, there is question who is going to see that the state’s new narcotics law is enforced. FOX13
and possession, there is question who is going to see that the state’s new narcotics law is enforced. , to city council. It would have updated municipal code to classify drug possession and public use as gross misdemeanors. Approving the proposal would have adopted the state’s new law on controlled substances, declared during a special legislative session and signed by the governor in May 2023. This would have given the city attorney’s office authority to prosecute charges.
The office explained some people were incorrectly looking at the first part of that RCW, which says ‘each county, city and town’ and presuming that King County immediately can file gross misdemeanors – but that is not the case. The law is clear that each city is responsible for misdemeanor and gross misdemeanor offenses in their jurisdiction – meaning that the City of Seattle is responsible for misdemeanor and gross misdemeanor prosecutions within the city.
Mike Solan, president of the Seattle Police Officer’s Guild, said a problem SPD is still dealing with is a staff shortage.
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