Judge Peterson and Joel Quay will work on this concept. Prisoner Transport . A group, of primarily law enforcement people, many of whom are not on the workgroup met to discuss the current state of prisoner transport in Washington. There is an informal transport that the group felt is effective but that does not meet all transport needs. Some counties and most cities are not involved.
Larger counties seem to be supporting the system out of proportion to their use of the system.
It is the intent of this subcommittee to conduct a statewide survey of the systems effectiveness and disseminate information about the system to potential users. The workgroup indicated appreciation for the information but felt that further discussion or study was outside the workgroup's purview. Draft legislation was presented to the workgroup that would create a DWLS IV infraction. The proposal was modeled loosely on the No Valid Operator's License scheme. A driver would be given a number of chances to resolve their licensing issues before their continuing to drive would become a misdemeanor.