Gig Harbor Now reporters stay alert to crimes and emergencies and relay information that allows readers to understand and react to incidents.
Gig Harbor Police Chief Kelly Busey will retire on June 23, the city announced Thursday, March 27. Busey, 60, joined the force as an entry-level officer in 1991 and worked his way up to chief in 2014. “The city has treated me very fairly, graciously,” Busey said Thursday morning. “I had a series of opportunities.”
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Public comment was overwhelmingly against license-plate reading cameras, and the council voted 5-2 against installing them.
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The 100-pound Doberman tumbled over a cliff late Sunday, and its person went down after it. Firefighters helped get them back on high ground.
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One person described the sound as the equivalent of 10 to 15 M80s fireworks going off at once.
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Also in this week’s blotter: A rude DUI suspect, lewd conduct in a park and an accidental firearm discharge in a hotel.
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Homeowners insurance costs could be reduced now that a newly remodeled Station 53 will be staffed on most days.
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“Sense of Emergency,” filmed partly at GHFMO’s Station 51, focuses on how CPR can save a life — and on the trauma paramedics and other responders face.
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Editor’s note: The Blotter is written based on information provided by Gig Harbor Police , Gig Harbor Fire & Medic One and the Pierce County Sheriff’s Office. Gig Harbor Police cited a 52-year-old man for obstructing an investigation after he refused to answer questions or exit his vehicle on the morning of Feb. 8. An officer spotted the man driving on Kimball
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The 16-year-old suspect lives in Federal Way and is also suspected of other robberies in Bellevue and King County.
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Corrections officers die by suicide at higher rates than police, yet have largely been excluded from expansions in mental health treatment for first responders.
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