July 16, 2024 OKANOGAN COUNTY, Wash. - Washington State Patrol (WSP) District 6 is partnering with the Winthrop Marshal’s Office to conduct High Visibility Enforcement (HiVE) patrols, with a shared goal of reducing serious injury and fatality collisions. Our fifth HiVE patrol, out of a series of eight, will take place July 19 to July 21 and…
WSP Trooper Killed in Line of Duty on I-5 N
July 7, 2022 Whitman County – On July 1st, 2022 at approximately 1348 hours, WSP Spokane Communications received a 911 call of an aircraft collision. The location of the collision was initially unknown. District 4 Troopers from the Colfax and Ritzville Detachments began an area search as initial information received indicated the collision occurred somewhere between…
July 5, 2022 King County: At approximately 11:00am yesterday, July 4, 2022, Washington State Patrol (WSP) communications received 9-1-1 calls advising of a serious collision on NB I-5 near 145th. When troopers arrived they observed a 2001 Ford F-350 on the left side of the freeway and a black 2021 Kia Niro in the right lane on…
September 17, 2021 Olympia- WSP IIT is sending out this release as the required update regarding the independent investigation into the death of Mr. Manuel Ellis. Mr. Ellis died while in the custody of Tacoma Police Department on March 03, 2020. The IIT has reconvened at the request of the Attorney General’s (AG) Office, and has completed…
August 18, 2021 The Washington State Patrol’s eleventh fallen officer was Ivan Lye Belka who served over eight years with the agency before his untimely death when his patrol car was struck by another vehicle in Spokane in 1951. Born in Oregon and raised in the Poulsbo area, Patrolman Belka had also served in the Port Angeles…
June 13, 2021 King County: At approximately 11:45pm on June 12, 2021 Washington State Patrol (WSP) troopers responded to a multiple vehicle collision SB I-5 just south of the Spokane St on ramp. This collision was blocking all but the HOV lane with minor injuries involved. This collision caused a lengthy backup and at approximately 1:18am on…
November 17, 2020 - King County: At approximately 2:00 pm on November 13, 2020 Washington State Patrol (WSP) communications received a 9-1-1 call from an individual stating they believed that they were shot at on the freeway. The victim was traveling NB I-5 to NB I-405 and as they were approaching the first overpass on I-405 they…
November 16, 2020
Thomas L. Hendrickson
Commissioned – November 9, 1970
End of Watch – November 17, 1974
Washington State Patrol Trooper Thomas L. Hendrickson died on November 17, 1974, after being struck by a vehicle driven by a 19 year old drunk driver that had crossed the median and was traveling the wrong way. Trooper Hendrickson…
November 13, 2020 Olympia – This is an update to the original Washington State Patrol (WSP) Independent Investigation Team (IIT) press release on July 23, 2020. WSP IIT is sending out this release as the required weekly update regarding the independent investigation into the death of Mr. Manuel Ellis. Mr. Ellis died while in the custody…