Jim Ferrell, mayor of Federal Way and candidate for King County Prosecutor, is crying foul over “a real crisis in our region,” as crime rates continue to climb. In a news conference Wednesday, he said the increase in crime was handled with “no discernable plan” equivalent to “a failure of justice.”
Ferrell specifically called out the county’s diversion program, Restorative Community Pathways (RCP), whereby select juvenile offenders appear before a community panel of eight to determine reparations, rather than process them through the traditional criminal justice system.
In its current form, first-time felons are allowed to be processed through RCP. The county is exploring expanding that program to adults.
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