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    Kilmer queries first-responder agency leaders about mental health issues
    Kilmer queries first-responder agency leaders about mental health...
    By Bob Smith • December 4, 2019 1:30 am

    Leadership says PTSD has become a ‘retirement disease’

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    Safety emphasis patrols will target paddleboarders Labor Day weekend
    Safety emphasis patrols will target paddleboarders Labor Day...
    By Tyler Shuey • August 29, 2019 1:30 am

    Boards are considered vessels subject to recreational boating laws once they leave a designated area

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    <em>Gary Simpson is running for re-election as Kitsap County sheriff in the 2018 election.</em> KCSO photo
    Sheriff announces bid for re-election
    By Michelle Beahm • May 11, 2018 8:30 am

    KITSAP COUNTY — Kitsap County Sheriff Gary Simpson, who was first elected sheriff in 2014, announced his bid May 2…

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    Steven Strachan, chief of the Bremerton Police Department since 2013, becomes executive director of the Washington Association of Sheriffs and Police Chiefs on Jan. 1.                                Michelle Beahm / Kitsap News Group
    Strachan leaving Bremerton police for new opportunity
    By Michelle Beahm • November 20, 2017 8:30 am

    “I have a really intense interest in working to move law enforcement forward”

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    20 arrested in internet sex sting
    20 arrested in internet sex sting
    By Michelle Beahm • October 18, 2017 1:30 am

    Bremerton PTA officer charged with second-degree attemped child rape

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    Police Chief Steven Strachan
    Mental health issues dominate officers’ work | Police...
    By Steven Strachan • October 13, 2017 1:30 am

    It was very apparent this past week that the full moon was coming.

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    Police Chief Steve Strachan
    Be vewy quiet … I am hunting wabbits|...
    By Steven Strachan • October 6, 2017 1:30 am

    Officer Trevor Donnelly was called to a minivan vs. house crash this past week. The driver was last seen fleeing…

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    Man changes plea in 1987 rape case, faces 144 months
    Man changes plea in 1987 rape case, faces...
    By Richard Walker • September 12, 2017 1:30 am

    PORT ORCHARD — A former Poulsbo man entered an Alford plea on Sept. 6 to a 1987 statutory rape case…

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    Continuing Gavin’s work: Foundation raising money for K-9 units
    Continuing Gavin’s work: Foundation raising money for K-9...
    By Michelle Beahm • September 8, 2017 1:30 am

    BREMERTON — About a year ago, the Gavin Buchanan Memorial Foundation presented a check for $5,780.13 to local K-9 units.

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    Former North Kitsap High School teacher awaits trial for sexual misconduct with a minor
    Former North Kitsap High School teacher awaits trial...
    By Richard Walker • September 7, 2017 1:30 am

    POULSBO — A North Kitsap School District employee is charged with sexual misconduct with a minor and is awaiting trial,…

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    Brandon Greenhill, left, and Derek Ejda are the two full-time bicycle patrol officers for the Bremerton Police Department.                                Michelle Beahm / Kitsap News Group
    Bicycle patrol is ‘proactive,’ not ‘reactive’ policing
    By Michelle Beahm • August 20, 2017 8:30 am

    BREMERTON — In April, the Bremerton Police Department set up a new kind of patrol for the city, one that…

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    Michael Lunn is interviewed by Poulsbo Police Officer Gary Westerfield after the alleged assault at Lunn’s home. Lunn said he swung at the alleged victim after the man entered Lunn’s house; police believe the swinging started outside. (Poulsbo Police Department)
    Assault, or lawful defense? Jury will decide
    By Richard Walker • August 1, 2017 1:30 am

    POULSBO — Michael Lunn said he was asleep on his living room couch at about 1 a.m. on Nov. 23,…

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    Pierce County man found injured in Kitsap Lake Elementary parking lot
    Pierce County man found injured in Kitsap Lake...
    By Michelle Beahm • July 24, 2017 12:00 pm

    Bremerton Police are currently investigating. Call the BPD at 360-473-5220 if you have information.

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    More than 250 tips received in Careaga murder case
    More than 250 tips received in Careaga murder...
    By Richard Walker • July 18, 2017 1:30 am

    Van Gesen: ‘It’s taking a lot of time … but it’s very important we do things right’

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    When driving, keep right except to pass
    When driving, keep right except to pass
    By Michelle Beahm • July 13, 2017 11:30 am

    Washington State Patrol stops 476 left-lane campers in three-day period of emphasis

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    Agreement with county clears way for Suquamish Police to enforce state law
    Agreement with county clears way for Suquamish Police...
    By Richard Walker • June 8, 2017 1:30 am

    SUQUAMISH — Suquamish police officers will soon be able to enforce state law no matter the suspect — non-Native and…

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    Kitsap law enforcement memorial service May 17
    Kitsap law enforcement memorial service May 17
    By Michelle Beahm • May 12, 2017 2:30 pm

    BREMERTON — The Kitsap County Law Enforcement Memorial Service is scheduled for 3 p.m. May 17, at Miller-Woodlawn Memorial Park,…

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    North Kitsap High School, Poulsbo Middle School and Poulsbo Elementary School were placed on lockdown May 2 after a caller reported seeing someone walking near North Kitsap High School “with what looked like a rifle,” Deputy Police Chief Andy Pate said. (Sophie Bonomi/Kitsap News Group)
    Lockdown at Poulsbo schools ends at 11:10 a.m.
    By Richard Walker • May 3, 2017 1:30 am

    POULSBO — The lockdown at North Kitsap High School, Poulsbo Middle School and Poulsbo Elementary School ended at 11:10 a.m….

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    Poulsbo public schools on lockdown after report of gun sighting in neighborhood
    Poulsbo public schools on lockdown after report of...
    By Richard Walker • May 3, 2017 1:30 am

    POULSBO — North Kitsap public schools in Poulsbo are on lockdown this morning, after a caller reported seeing someone walking…

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    Bill would remove statute of limitations on sex crimes, including human trafficking
    Bill would remove statute of limitations on sex...
    By Richard Walker • March 28, 2017 1:30 am

    OLYMPIA — The statute of limitations for most felony sex crimes in Washington state is three years.

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