A Seattle-area sheriff has directed her police force not to implement a new City of Burien order on homeless encampments.
The order outlaws homeless encampments within 500 feet of places like schools and parks. King County Sheriff Patti Cole-Tindall told deputies not to enforce the order until the constitutionality of the law was sorted.
“We have strong concerns on whether the terms of this ordinance are constitutional, based on the existing legal authority,” Cole-Tindall said in an email sent to the force, obtained by KTTH Radio host Jason Rantz.
“I do not want any of you to find yourself in a situation where you are asked or expected to do something that could violate legally-established rights,” the sheriff wrote in an email obtained by the station. “I am directing you that we will not enforce
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