LYNNWOOD—The Lynnwood City Council continued its discussion on recodifying portions of the Lynnwood Municipal Code (LMC) related to animal control and dangerous animals at its Work Session Monday, December 1, but no action was taken just yet.

The city of Lynnwood had requests – from both members of the council and members of the community – to review, and update, its animal control ordinance. The requests followed reports that Lynnwood City Councilwoman Derica Escamilla’s dog, Sumo, had been terrorizing her neighborhood without the consequence of being designated a “dangerous animal.”

The Lynnwood Police Department reviewed the city’s current Municipal Code, working with nearby Bothell PD as an outside opinion, and, after some presentations to council and multiple deliberations, returned

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