March 9, 2023 Olympia – Daylight Savings Time begins on Sunday, March 12, 2023 at 2:00 a.m. The Washington State Fire Marshal’s Office wants to remind everyone that when changing your clocks, remember to test your smoke alarm at the same time. Working smoke alarms are a critical element of home fire safety by giving you…
March 6, 2023 PULLMAN, Wash. – The Washington State Patrol (WSP) will be conducting emphasis patrols starting March 9 through March 19, 2023, as Washington State University (WSU) students travel across the state for Spring Break. District 4 troopers in Spokane, Whitman, and Adams counties and District 6 troopers in Grant and Kittitas counties will be…
March 6, 2023 OLYMPIA, Wash. – The Washington State Patrol (WSP) is partnering with the Washington State Department of Transportation (WSDOT), the Towing and Recovery Association of Washington (TRAW), and the Washington Traffic Safety Commission (WTSC) to conduct a “Move Over, Slow Down” campaign beginning this weekend and continuing through April. Emphasis patrols will be conducted throughout…
March 2, 2023 King County: At approximately 12:30am on March 2, 2023, Washington State Patrol (WSP) communications received a call from the Seattle Police Department (SPD) that they were at Northwest Hospital with a victim of a shooting that they determined to have occurred on SB I-5. SPD also advised that they had located the victim’s vehicle…
March 1, 2023 King County: At approximately 3:00 am on February 26, 2023, Washington State Patrol (WSP) communications received a 9-1-1 call reporting a multiple vehicle collision SB I-5 near the West Seattle Freeway. Further reports indicated that two individuals were unresponsive and another individual was laying on the roadway. Once on scene troopers were able to determine…
February 17, 2023 KENT, Wash. – The Washington State Patrol (WSP) is seeking witnesses of a hit-and-run collision that occurred at approximately 6 a.m. on state Route 516 at Interstate 5 near Kent. A young female was struck by a white newer 4-door pickup truck, described as possibly a Chevy Silverado, as she was walking westbound on…
February 16, 2023 TACOMA, Wash. – The Washington State Patrol (WSP) is seeking witnesses of a shooting that occurred on State Route 16 between Sprague and Union Avenues on Thursday evening. A silver Honda Accord was traveling westbound on SR 16 between Sprague Avenue and Union Avenue at around 5:20 p.m. when the driver of a red…
February 13, 2023 Bremerton, Wash. – The Washington State Patrol (WSP), Bremerton Police Department (BPD), Kitsap County Sheriff’s Office (KCSO), Bainbridge Island Police Department (BIPD), and Port Orchard Police Department (POPD) will conduct a 24 hour Traffic Safety/DUI emphasis patrol on Friday, Feb. 17, 2023 starting at 0600 hours. The focus area includes all state routes…
February 13, 2023 Olympia – Often referred to as the invisible killer, carbon monoxide is an odorless, colorless gas produced from the incomplete combustion of fuels such as propane, natural gas, and wood. Heating and cooking equipment that use such fuels can be sources of carbon monoxide. The Washington State Fire Marshal’s Office wants to encourage…
February 11, 2023 King County: The Super Bowl has arrived once again! This Sunday there will be extra patrols out looking for impaired drivers and keeping the roadways safe. The Mobile Impaired Driving Unit (MIDU) will be strategically deployed to assist in processing suspected impaired drivers that are arrested. It will be staffed to process those that…