Voters in the Snohomish County city of Brier have not passed a levy lift in more than three decades. The police department is suffering because of it.
BRIER, Wash. — Brier police officer Keli Otake hit the road for another long shift.
She is working 60-hour weeks with no end in sight.
“Every one of us is already overworked,” said Oktake, a nearly seven-year veteran with the Brier Police Department.
Otake is one of just four officers on the Brier force. The department needs to hire three more to be at full staffing. Without that, it’s more long hours, solo shifts without
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