05/30/2026
This week has been, well, odd.
First we have a full crew now, soon I will introduce you to the four, yes, FOUR new members of the department. We got new patrol room desks so the space is an anxiety causing nightmare of just schtuff everywhere until the officers reorganize themselves. š³
We had a search and rescue last night; 10:15 pm the call came in to Capt George about an overdue small boat with two tribal members aboard that no one could get in touch with and was more than four hours over due. With the weather roughing up it didnāt take long for SPD to move; we banged our rings together, someone yelled āactivateā and off we went! Capt George created a detail with Kitsap911 who did some cell phone trace action for us, the Navy got involved, Coast Guard Station Seattle put boats in the area, Tulalip PD stepped in as did both Everett PD and Snohomish County Sheriffās Office and the search began. DC Nance, Capt George and I staffed our SPD boat and left Kingston about 11:30 headed North when we got the word the two had been accounted for. I think itās amazing how everyone knew what do do, everyone came together and the plan, created on the fly because we donāt have a standing āover due and possibly lost boat in the Everett areaā policy in place, that plan worked.
Why do I think this week was off? Well, the new furniture and chaos that remains, that on Tuesday we had several false alarm telematics crash indicators along with actual car crashes. In my years here Iāve not heard of one false alarm for the auto-911 feature in cars, let alone two, within 30 minutes of each-other AND two real crashes at the same time. Someone fed it after midnight for sure. Hereās something else, I have had Student Officer Brealan-Bayes in my patrol car exactly four times and, exactly the four times she was with me I have had to use lights and sirens to scoot along. Is she the departments new āeventā magnet? (You cops reading said the real word didnāt you?)
We are ramping up to step in along side the Seattle Police Department to assist with the upcoming FIFA games in downtown Seattle, the ancestral lands of the Suquamish Tribe. Six games and we plan to be at each one. SPD, the other one, SPD Chief Barnes came to our office a few months ago to personally establish the communications and begin an inter-local agreement for support.
And, we finally got clear word that our two rookies will be attending a first of its kind basic police academy in Devils Lake, North Dakota.
The Suquamish Elementary School Vocabulary Parade was today and from what I hear, the kids didnāt disappoint! We look forward to next year.
This next Thursday at 6:30 pm is the Suquamish Citizens Advisory Panel at the church on Division. Iāll be there and I do suggest you give it a try, thereās a lot of information provided and itās usually a chance to engage with county government directly.
Lastly, we have the the Chief Kitsap Academy graduating class BBQ lined up; this is a small event where we here at SPD are doing what we do well to add to the celebration of this milestone for our kids. Sorry, this oneās isnāt a general invite, itās special and for the kids. We will have another feed for the community soon.
Thatās about all thatās fit to print, Iām sure thereās more but here we are, thatās all yaā get for the moment.
Iāve thrown in some generational icon references here; hope someone picks them up.
Have a GREAT weekend.
-Chief
