It comes as the state legislature this year appropriated $2.5 million to provide additional wellness care for officers and deputies across the state.
Exactly a week ago, Everett officer Dan Rocha was killed while Pierce County was saying goodbye to Deputy Dom Calata.
But the impact of all of this is being felt acutely by those in law enforcement and anyone who cares about them. “I mean I’ve met 200 or 300 of them,” said Ricketts. “And they’re very kind. And they love the community.”He says everyone who wears the uniform knows theirs is a dangerous job. But Strachan, now the executive director of the Washington Association of Sheriffs and Police Chiefs, says hardly anyone in law enforcement is prepared for so much violence toward them in two short weeks.
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