File #: 2013-0132    Version: 1
Type: Ordinance Status: Passed
File created: 3/11/2013 In control: Law, Justice, Health and Human Services Committee
On agenda: Final action: 4/8/2013
Enactment date: 4/19/2013 Enactment #: 17554
Title: AN ORDINANCE establishing a memorial for King County sheriff's office personnel who have lost their lives in the performance of their duty; and requiring the executive and sheriff's office develop a plan for a memorial in the King County Courthouse.
Sponsors: Reagan Dunn, Kathy Lambert
Indexes: Sheriff
Attachments: 1. Ordinance 17554.pdf, 2. Staff Report Proposed Ordinance 2013-0132 Sheriff Memorial.docx, 3. KC Memorial Ordinance Letter.pdf
Title
AN ORDINANCE establishing a memorial for King County sheriff's office personnel who have lost their lives in the performance of their duty; and requiring the executive and sheriff's office develop a plan for a memorial in the King County Courthouse.
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STATEMENT OF FACTS:
1. King County was established as a separate county in the Washington Territory on December 22, 1852. Soon thereafter, the King County sheriff was established, created by the Washington Territorial Legislature in its first session.
2. Since 1854, county sheriffs have been mandated by state law "to keep and preserve the peace in their respective counties, quiet and suppress all affrays, riots, unlawful assemblies and insurrections, and for apprehending or securing any person for felony or breach of the peace."
3. The sheriff's office has served King County as its first, and longest serving, law enforcement agency for one hundred sixty years and its current headquarters are in the historic King County Courthouse in Seattle.
4. Today, the King County sheriff's office provides a variety of regional and local law enforcement services. The sheriff's office is the first response "police department" for all of King County's unincorporated areas. In addition, the sheriff's office, through contracts, is the "police department" for twelve King County cities, Metro Transit, Sound Transit, the King County international airport and several other federal, state, tribal and governmental agencies. The sheriff's office has several important regional responsibilities, including the operation of the county's automated fingerprint identification system (AFIS), E-911 call and dispatch, King County search and rescue, and various other regional programs. Consequently, the King County sheriff's office is one of the largest law enforcement agencies in the Pacific Northwest, and only the city of Seattle and the Washington State Patrol have more commissioned officers.
5. Since the inception of the office...

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