The Clark County Council is considering a new criminal justice sales tax that wouldn’t require voter approval to be enacted. Read more… Source: The Columbian
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Clark County Council urged to wait until November to ask voters for money for jail expansion, additional deputies
By The Citizen on April 18, 2025
Clark County should wait until the November general election to ask voters to fund hundreds of millions of dollars in local criminal justice staffing needs…
Law enforcement, schools, churches, hospitals in Clark County emphasize that crackdowns are federal government’s purview – not theirs
By The Citizen on February 1, 2025
As federal crackdowns on unauthorized immigration ramp up under edicts from President Donald Trump, Clark County agencies — from police departments to schools to hospitals…
Black man files civil rights lawsuit over 2021 use-of-force incident at Clark County Jail
By The Citizen on January 24, 2025
A Black man formerly held at the Clark County Jail has filed a federal civil rights lawsuit in connection with a 2021 incident in which…
Clark County won’t help Vancouver pay for homeless shelter
By The Citizen on October 25, 2024
Clark County won’t help Vancouver pay for a 150-bed homelessness shelter after all. Read more… Source: The Columbian
Clark County Council says Vancouver’s police levy would create more work for the county without paying for it
By The Citizen on October 18, 2024
The Clark County Council on Friday adopted a resolution warning that passage of Vancouver’s Proposition 4, which would raise property taxes to add 80 new…
Clark County’s Community Court ‘way different from regular court’, sees success in helping the homeless
By The Citizen on July 13, 2024
Jacob Anderson isn’t sure when he lost hope. He had big dreams of being an artist and a therapist like the one who helped him…
Late-night releases from Clark County Jail leave some on streets
By The Citizen on June 27, 2024
People are sometimes released from the Clark County Jail late at night or in the wee hours of the morning. Read more… Source: The Columbian
Vancouver law enforcement training center eases waitlists for corrections officers; first class graduates in July
By The Citizen on June 13, 2024
A new class of recruits will graduate from the Southwest Washington Regional Training Center in July, but this time, they’ll be corrections officers. Read more… …
Clark County Jail gets $270K from opioid suit to fund addiction treatment for inmates
By The Citizen on May 31, 2024
The Clark County Opioid Abatement Council awarded almost $1 million in grants Wednesday to nine organizations that provide drug prevention, treatment programs and recovery services…