June 3, 2021 La Center – On June 3, 2021, at approximately 7:15 PM, Washington State Patrol troopers observed a passenger vehicle traveling south on Interstate 5 near milepost 39. The…
June 3, 2021 Washington – The Washington State Patrol (WSP) will participate in the National Secure Your Load Day on June 7th, 2021. During this day, Troopers and Commercial Vehicle Enforcement…
June 2, 2021 Olympia – According to data from the National Center for Fatality Review and Prevention, there were 1,479 child deaths due to accidental fires from 2004-2016. Of those deaths,…
June 1, 2021 PORT TOWNSEND – A Washington State Patrol (WSP) Commercial Vehicle Enforcement Officer (CVEO) conducting a traffic stop was struck by the impaired driver of a stolen pickup truck…
June 1, 2021 Chewelah, WA – May 30, 2021 at 7:10pm, police officers from the Chewelah Police Department and deputy’s from the Stevens County Sheriff’s Office (SCSO) responded to a 911…
May 31, 2021 The Washington State Patrol’s twenty-eighth member to die in the line of duty was Trooper Sean M. O’Connell Jr. Trooper O’Connell died from injuries sustained in a motorcycle…
May 27, 2021 Olympia, WA - Pursuant to arrest warrants stemming from criminal charges by the state’s Office of the Attorney General, the Washington State Patrol has arrested three individuals in…
May 26, 2021 Olympia, WA - The Washington State Patrol (WSP) has signed on to the 30x30 Pledge – a series of low- and no-cost actions policing agencies can take to…
May 26, 2021
Thomas James Hanlin
Commissioned – August 17, 1937
End of Watch – May 26, 1945
The Washington State Patrol’s ninth fallen officer succumbed to medical complications after being involved in…
May 24, 2021 OLYMPIA, Wash. – Today, the Washington Department of Ecology launched a new statewide safety and litter prevention campaign with its partners from the Washington State Patrol, the Washington…