Governor-elect Bob Ferguson wants an extra $100 million in the state’s upcoming biennial 2025-2027 budget to hire more local police officers throughout a state that has the lowest cop-to-citizen ratio in the nation.
“We rank last per capita in the United States. Unacceptable,” Ferguson said at a Thursday press conference.
“He will not sign a budget that does not include this policy,” wrote Ferguson spokeswoman Brionna Aho in an email…