Public Safety

 


On June 22 the Town Council’s agenda for their meeting was to include a public safety discussion. It was tabled until there could be a representative from the Skagit County Sheriff’s office there. It is supposed to be part of the agenda for the next meeting, held on July 13th at 6 p.m. This will be the first in person meeting since the pandemic closed everything.

I want to encourage everyone to attend to voice their concerns about the public safety issue in town. The current contract with the Skagit County Sheriff’s office is due to expire on December 31. We currently are paying $331,097 a year for coverage for our town. I do not feel we are getting our money’s worth and I feel we should either renegotiate the contract to add more deputies for faster and better coverage, contract with the Swinomish Police instead of the county or have our own department again.

It has been suggested that we have a citizens patrol. In my opinion I think it is a bad idea on so many levels. The main argument I have is that a citizens patrol can only report, they cannot respond and I think the main problem is the slow or lack of response we are now facing. There is also the potential liability problem.

If you are interested in knowing more about the upcoming meeting go to townoflaconner.org and you can see more about the agenda.

Hope to see you at the meeting.

Linda Peterson

La Conner

 

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