The residents of Forest Lake got a closer look at the details of the Washington County Sheriff’s Office proposal for contract law enforcement in the city during an open house at the Forest Lake City Center April 18.
The open house took place after press time, but the city provided The Forest Lake Times with the details of its presentation ahead of deadline.broadstreet.zone(48036);
The open house information was collected and curated by city staff, principally City Administrator Aaron Parrish and Police Chief Rick Peterson. The information examines the pros and cons of switching Forest Lake to a contract law enforcement model (which would lead to the disbanding of the Forest Lake Police Department), as well as to keeping the city’s public safety model as is.
The open house was also set to look at comparative costs and services between the contract law enforcement proposal and the current public safety plan, as well as
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