LYNNWOOD—The Lynnwood Police Department will be continuing its Women Empowered self-defense class next Saturday, September 20, with plenty of more classes scheduled through 2025. Next week’s class comes just in time for National Domestic Violence Awareness Month, which begins October 1.

Though the Lynnwood PD has partnered with the Bellevue PD in hosting women’s self-defense classes in the past, this is the first year the class is independently instructed by Lynnwood PD, led by instructor Officer Maryam MacDonald.

In the past, Officer MacDonald assisted Bellevue Police Officer Craig Hanaumi but after obtaining her instructor certification last July, now she’s leading her own program up in Lynnwood.

MacDonald, who responds to many domestic violence calls while on patrol, was inspired to

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