Swinomish Police face new challenges

Officers at the Swinomish Police department wouldn’t say what was going on yesterday.

Reporter questions were referred to the Swinomish Indian Tribal Community’s General Manager Allan Olson, who initially said “no comment” when asked whether officers had been disarmed, or forced to forfeit their weapons.

But at about noon on Tuesday, he did say the police department was in the process of reorganizing. And, “the police department is fine,” he said.

Though specific details about the reorganization were not forthcoming on Tuesday, a search of federal court records found recent activity concerning...