Photo by Ryan HowardOnce again, residents crowded the council chamber and hallway of the Forest Lake City Center April 10 to listen to speakers and protest on the topic of contracting with the Washington County Sheriff’s Office for police service in Forest Lake.
The contract law enforcement proposal requested by the Forest Lake Personnel Committee from the Washington County Sheriff’s Office in January was sent to the city April 4. The Forest Lake City Council discussed the proposal timeline at its April 10 meeting and set a date for a public open house on the topic for April 18 from 5 to 7 p.m. at the Forest Lake City Center.
The proposal, prepared under the supervision of outgoing Washington County Sheriff William Hutton, answers some questions community members have had about what police coverage in the city could look like under county supervision rather than the Forest Lake Police Department, but other
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