Minimal Impact from Sheriff’s Budget Cuts

    If King County officials respond to the county’s budget crisis by reducing criminal justice funding, some of the impacts could trickle down to Sammamish.

    Facing a $68 million shortfall in the 2009 budget, King County Executive Ron Sims has proposed an 8.6 percent cut to criminal justice services, which make up 71 percent of the county’s budget. Those services include the county sheriff’s office, prosecuting attorney’s office, superior and district courts and Department of Adult and Juvenile Detention.

    Published in the Sammamish Review. Read the story.