Appearing on his regular Monday segment on Seattle’s Morning News, Casey McNerthney, Director of Communications at the King County Prosecuting Attorney’s Office, attempted to clarify the status of Seattle’s drug laws.
Seattle City Council holds special meeting on drug use ordinance
During a special session in May, the state Legislature passed a law that criminalizes public drug use to make it a gross misdemeanor. But the Seattle City Council did not pass its own version of that. “By not passing the legislation, the King County Prosecuting Attorney’s Office will continue to have authority to prosecute drug crimes,” Herbold continued. “The Seattle City Attorney’s Office, simply, will not get any new powers.”“They can’t just push it on to the county and say, ‘We don’t want to deal with this. You figure it out,'” he said. “What we have control over is unincorporated King County. So the Skyway and the handful of other parts of unincorporated King County.
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