Lying can be enough to get an officer’s certification revoked, a step that normally prevents someone from being able to work as a cop anywhere in the state. The Legislature recently beefed up the state’s decertification process, giving a state commission greater authority to decertify cops and increasing the number of offenses that can cause officers to lose their jobs.
For Troyer, however, even if he loses his policing license over his alleged falsehoods, that wouldn’t cause him to lose his job as Pierce County’s elected sheriff.
That’s because nothing in state law or county statute requires elected sheriffs to maintain their status as sworn law enforcement officers, according to
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