By Jake Goldstein-Street, Washington State Standard
February 12, 2026
The Washington state Senate approved legislation Thursday to set stricter eligibility standards for sheriffs and other police leadership, weeks after a sheriff’s comments on the bill left some lawmakers feeling threatened.
The contentious measure also looks to give the state a path to remove elected sheriffs from office if they don’t meet the new requirements and limit the use of “posses” of police volunteers that some…
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Since 1889, with the established statehood, the existing laws have provided the people of Washington State with stable law enforcement at the county level. Have there been so many issues that we need to change what has worked for all these years? Then, establish another body of government to provide a 100 million dollars in grant money the state doesn’t have? We already have a several billion dollar deficit! This is a prime example of what is wrong with state government!