Photo by Ryan HowardForest Lake Police Chief Rick Peterson reads from a prepared statement during a Jan. 23 City Council discussion on obtaining a proposal for contracted law enforcement services from the Washington County Sheriff’s Office.
Around 80 people packed into the Forest Lake City Council chamber Jan. 23, most there to discuss the future of local police service, after the Forest Lake Personnel Committee initiated a request for a proposal from the Washington County Sheriff’s Office to contract law enforcement services in Forest Lake.
The Personnel Committee, which is made up of Councilmen Ed Eigner and Michael Freer, City Administrator Aaron Parrish and Assistant City Administrator Dan Undem, initiated the request at its Jan. 18 meeting following a discussion about filling an open position in the Forest Lake Police Department. The request does not mean that the city has initiated steps to discontinue the services of the Forest Lake Police Department,
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