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Move to scale back Sheriff's Office power heads to voters

| July 24, 2020 12:03 AM

SEATTLE (AP) — The Metropolitan King County Council voted this week to scale back the autonomy of the county sheriff, moving to make the position appointed, instead of elected, and to give the council the ability to reduce the scope of the Sheriff’s Office.

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