Grays Harbor County Sheriff warns department will have to cut 7 deputies if budget cuts proceed

Sheriff Darrin Wallace said there would be “large portions of the county” left without overnight law enforcement presence under the proposed cuts.

GRAYS HARBOR COUNTY, Wash. — Grays Harbor County Sheriff Darrin Wallace is sounding the alarm about what proposed budget cuts would do to his department, should they be approved. 

The county is facing an $8 million budget shortfall for 2026, and one proposal would seek to make up nearly a quarter of that spending through the Sheriff’s department budget. The Board of County Commissioners asked the agency to reduce its operating budget by $2.16 million for the next fiscal year. 

Wallace is

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