Washington candidates for governor spar over public safety plans

Washington candidates for governor spar over public safety plans


(The Center Square) – Gubernatorial candidate and Washington State Attorney General Bob Ferguson is not impressed with Republican candidate Dave Reichert’s newly released public safety plan.

“Dave Reichert must really like Bob’s public safety plan, because he copied much of it,” Ferguson’s campaign told The Center Square in an email.

Ferguson’s public safety plan, unveiled in March, was criticized by Reichert, who told The Center Square at the time he blames Ferguson’s lack of leadership and lack of understanding of law enforcement for the current state of public safety in Washington.

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“We have the lowest number of officers per capita in the entire country,” he said. “Seattle is down almost 400 officers, King County is close to 150 down and in some of the smaller

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