Cell phones discussed, drug bust announced, moratorium applied. June 17 roundup

Thurston County leaders tackled school cell phone rules, a major drug trafficking arrest and a moratorium on new detention facilities. Here’s a quick look at what happened.

• North Thurston Public Schools is weighing changes to its cell phone policy that would allow automatic device searches based on broad reasonable suspicion, raising privacy concerns from parents and some board members during a first reading Tuesday.
• Thurston County law enforcement arrested four teens accused of being gang members Monday after a six-month drug-trafficking investigation into a street gang known as “The M’s“, Sheriff Derek Sanders said.
• The Thurston County Board of County Commissioners unanimously approved a one-year moratorium on new involuntary detention centers and correctional facilities during a Tuesday business meeting in Olympia.

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