A conversation with King County Sheriff Patti Cole-Tindall
Sheriff Patti Cole-Tindall has headed up the King County Sheriff’s Department since 2022.
The King County Sheriff’s Department serves unincorporated King County and 12 contract cities, in addition to policing King County Metro buses and Sound Transit trains.
Since she took over the role, overall crime numbers have been trending in a positive direction – felony referrals were down by a quarter in 2024 compared to 2019.
And new data from the King County Prosecutor’s office released this morning says that in the first quarter of 2025, the county saw the lowest number of…
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