Gig Harbor police blotter: DUI suspect gets aggressive with EMTs
Apr 15, 2022 | By: Vince DiceInformation taken from Gig Harbor police reports for late March and early April.
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Gig Harbor Fire asks voters to fund station improvements
Apr 12, 2022 | By: Vince DiceThe walls inside the apparatus bay at Gig Harbor Fire and Medic One’s Station 58 on Bujacich Road tell a story. The cinder-block walls inside the poorly-ventilated garage are stained from more than 30 years’ worth of diesel exhaust from fire and aid vehicles. This despite the best efforts of generations of firefighters to scrub
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Suspect in Gig Harbor bank robbery arrested
Apr 12, 2022 | By: Charlee Glock-JacksonGig Harbor police on Monday arrested a 27-year-old man suspected of robbing several Pierce County banks, including one in Gig Harbor. He is being held on suspicion of first-degree robbery and attempted first-degree robbery, according to Gig Harbor Police Chief Kelly Busey. Following questioning by Gig Harbor police, the suspect was transferred to the Pierce
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Police reform laws get mixed marks from Gig Harbor chief
Mar 29, 2022 | By: Charlee Glock-JacksonIn 2021, in response to nationwide protests following the death of George Floyd at the hands of Minneapolis police officers, the Washington Legislature passed several police reform bills. Law enforcement leaders around the state, including the Washington Association of Sheriffs and Police Chiefs and Gig Harbor Police Chief Kelly Busey, raised objections to the 2021
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Gig Harbor Fire & Medic One plans bond measure, seeks comment
Mar 17, 2022 | By: Gig Harbor Now StaffGig Harbor Fire & Medic One commissioners are considering asking voters to approve a bond measure to build a new training facility, replace one fire station and upgrade several others.
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Lawmakers considering bills to clarify when police can use force, make pursuit
Feb 14, 2022 | By: Charlee Glock-JacksonA law passed last year eliminated use of force in a mental health crisis and took away an officer’s ability to forcibly detain anyone without reasonable suspicion.
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Call volumes continue to climb for Gig Harbor Fire & Medic One
Jan 27, 2022 | By: Gig Harbor Now StaffThe fire district will likely ask the community to continue its levy lid lift that helps to fund EMS, and possibly make a bond request to update facilities.
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Gig Harbor man sentenced to second prison term for tax fraud
Jan 18, 2022 | By: Gig Harbor Now StaffJeffrey Zirkle, who had previously been sentenced to 28 months in prison for defrauding his electronic recycling business clients, charged as much as $480,000 in personal expenses on company credit cards.
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Gig Harbor department sending more responders out on fire, medical calls
Jan 04, 2022 | By: Ed FriedrichGig Harbor Fire & Medic One has gradually added staff over the last few years to where it can now man fire engines with three instead of two people.
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Suspect chased and arrested after smashing into patrol car
Dec 20, 2021 | By: Gig Harbor Now StaffA police dog tracked down a 25-year-old Gig Harbor man after he bailed from his burning, stolen car and hid in a trailer.
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