Moses Lake resident Rod Richeson speaks to the Moses Lake City Council Tuesday about violent crime in his neighborhood. The Moses Lake Police Department has a higher-than-average rate for solving crime, but MLPD officials say laws passed in the last few years tie their hands on proactive law enforcement.
November 16, 2023
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Crime, drugs take center stage at Moses Lake council meeting
MOSES LAKE — Crime and drugs were a hot topic at Tuesday evening’s Moses Lake City Council meeting, as two citizens made emotional appeals to the council to take action. However, city officials said the issue is as much with Olympia as Moses Lake. “We are not sitting here on our hands,” Deputy Mayor Deanna Martinez said. “We would do more if the state allowed us to do more. And so my recommendation would be that you also contact the legislators, and not just our legislators here in the 13th district … I suggest that you reach across to the other side, the majority, and start hammering them with what you have to say and start telling them about those patients that you've seen in the ER.”