Prosecutors ask Pierce County Sheriff Keith Swank to retract post about not hiring noncitizens

By Peter Talbot
The News Tribune (Tacoma, Wash.)

PIERCE COUNTY, Wash. — Pierce County prosecutors have asked Sheriff Keith Swank to take down a social-media post where he said the Sheriff’s Office would not hire noncitizens. Prosecutors told Swank his statement is contrary to law and policy, and it could leave him and the county liable.

Swank was…