Twisp Police Chief Paul Budrow left the sheriff’s office because he believed he was going to be removed under SB 5974, a new law that allows the Criminal Justice Training Commission (CJTC) to decertify elected sheriffs and remove them from office.
“I know for a fact I would have been removed within 6 months. Guaranteed within six months. I’d be gone. They already were threatening lawsuit against me in the county,” Budrow said in…
