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Tacoma Crime Statistics

Year Population Violent Crime Murder Rape Robbery Assault Property Crime Burglary Theft Car Theft Arson
2008 196,851 1,995 15 142 622 1,216 15,071 2,890 9,463 2,718 75
2006 N/A 996 12 66 335 583 8,292 1,775 4,912 1,605 58
2005 198,748 2,014 13 120 690 1,191 16,802 3,255 9,989 3,558 101
 

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5 Killed in a Week in Washington Police Encounters
Tue, 07 Sep 2010 17:12:28 -0700
SEATTLE (AP) -- A deadly week in the Puget Sound area continued Saturday with the death of a 25-year-old Sultan man in a confrontation with Snohomish County sheriff's deputies.

3 officers fatally shoot armed man in Vancouver, Wash.
Tue, 07 Sep 2010 15:32:01 -0700
A man who refused to put down a gun was shot and killed by three officers early Tuesday in Vancouver. It was the seventh officer-involved killing in Washington in less than three weeks.

3 officers shoot armed man in Vancouver, Wash.
Tue, 07 Sep 2010 13:37:51 -0700
A man who refused to put down a gun was shot and killed by three officers early Tuesday in Vancouver.

Brown asks the U.S. Supreme Court to stay his execution
Tue, 07 Sep 2010 13:25:49 -0700
Lawyers for condemned killer Cal Coburn Brown on Tuesday filed two petitions with the U.S. Supreme Court asking the high court to stay his execution.

Officers Kill Suspect In Vancouver: 6th Deadly Police Confrontation in 8 Days
Tue, 07 Sep 2010 10:41:00 -0700
Another deadly officer-involved shooting is being reported in our state, this one in Vancouver. Another deadly officer-involved shooting is being reported in our state. It is the sixth fatal shooting involving Washington state police officers in eight days.

Police kill armed man in Fruit Valley
Tue, 07 Sep 2010 07:04:33 -0700
One man is believed dead after an officer-involved shooting overnight near the intersection of Fruit Valley Road and Fourth Plain Boulevard.

BRIEFLY METRO
Mon, 06 Sep 2010 00:37:02 -0700
Laser incident lands Eugene man in jail A 26-year-old Eugene man was arrested and lodged at the Lane County Jail late Saturday night after allegedly pointing a laser at a Eugene police officer. Police said a man was observed in the 500 block of Pearl Street at about 10:30 p.m. …

BAE lays keel for Thai patrol vessel
Sun, 05 Sep 2010 21:37:34 -0700
Bangkok (UPI) Sep 3, 2010 BAE Systems Surface Ships and its Thai partner Bangkok Dock laid the keel of what will be the country's most advanced offshore patrol ship. The 295-foot, helicopter-capable corvette is based on the BAE Systems three Port of Spain-class vessels built for the Trinidad and Tobago coast guard. The Thai ships will increase the navy's ability to monitor and protect its ...

Cops, psychologist give insight on shootings, tasings
Sun, 05 Sep 2010 11:12:33 -0700
LYNNWOOD, Wash. -- As law enforcement agencies across the region deal with a weeklong string of officer-involved incidents, most of them fatal, counselors and cops give some perspective.  "On an individual officer, it's going to get their intention," said Dr. Norman Mar, a psychologist who works with police. "How often do they use levels of force, how often do they escalate, how does it fit into ...

Change of careers: Profiles of 8 people who took a risk and followed their dreams
Sun, 05 Sep 2010 02:42:54 -0700
A car salesman becomes an electrician. A contractor becomes an explosives disposal expert. A priest becomes a nurse, and a professional soccer star becomes an English teacher. Jobs change and lives change. • AUDIO SLIDE SHOW: Workers talk about their experiences • BILL VIRGIN: Labor's tenuous future • LABOR DAY: Holiday closures list

Wash. man dies under deputy's Taser
Sat, 04 Sep 2010 17:38:51 -0700
A 25-year-old northern Washington man died early Saturday morning after being "tased" in the town of Gold Bar. This is the second Taser death this week in the Puget Sound region.

Suspect in crime spree charged
Sat, 04 Sep 2010 08:27:14 -0700
Pierce County prosecutors on Friday charged a 24-year-old man with rape and sexual assault in an attack that last year was believed to be connected to a series of robberies in which two men posing as police targeted fast food managers after they closed their restaurants.

Spanaway, WA child molester sentenced to over 22 years in prison
Fri, 03 Sep 2010 18:24:40 -0700
TACOMA, WASHINGTON : A Spanaway, Washington child molester on Friday was sentenced to over 22 years in prison following his conviction on aggravated abuse of a minor, prosecutors said.

Man with knife shot, killed by Tacoma police
Fri, 03 Sep 2010 15:55:14 -0700
TACOMA, Wash. – A man who allegedly approached officers with a knife was shot and killed Friday afternoon by Tacoma police officers. But at least one witness says there was no knife. It happened around 3 p.m. at a bus stop in the 6100 block of Sixth Avenue, a couple blocks from Tacoma Community College. Tacoma police say the suspect went into a Dollar Tree store and bought a knife. He then went ...

Lakewood man charged in robbery, sexual assault of fast-food employee
Fri, 03 Sep 2010 14:34:46 -0700
Pierce County prosecutors have charged a 24-year-old man in the robbery and sexual assault of a woman last year, an incident that at the time was believed to be connected to a series of robberies in which two men posing as cops targeted fast-food managers after they closed down their restaurants.

Spanaway man gets more than 22 years for molesting girl in Lewis-McChord woods
Fri, 03 Sep 2010 12:53:23 -0700
A 37-year-old Spanaway man was sentenced in U.S. Court in Tacoma today to more than 22 years in prison for sexual child abuse. According to court records, Jeffrey Richard Smiley had molested the seven-year-old girl multiple times including at a make-shift camp on the woods of Joint Base Lewis-McChord in July of 2009.

5 activists indicted in Bangor base break-in
Fri, 03 Sep 2010 09:15:48 -0700
Five peace activists -- identified by federal prosecutors as the "Bangor 5" -- have been indicted on allegations that they broke into a Kitsap County submarine base.

Arsenic: Victorians' secret
Fri, 03 Sep 2010 02:16:11 -0700
UW medical historian Dr. James C. Whorton explains how arsenic poisoned 19th-century Britain, as the government regulators looked the other way. Even Darwin partook.

Rock throwing incidents from overpasses surging
Thu, 02 Sep 2010 12:42:32 -0700
SPANAWAY, Wash. -- The Washington State Patrol is issuing an alert for drivers to be careful under overpasses. They're investigating a recent surge in rock throwing incidents.     So far, there've been six in Pierce County alone last night, three in Lakewood, and three in Tacoma. Joanna Bailey was on her way home in Tacoma when out of nowhere a rock hit her car. "I heard a big crunch and my ...

Rape victim hopes to change how Wash. sex offenders are classified, monitored
Wed, 01 Sep 2010 17:57:36 -0700
SEATTLE – Sabrina Rasmussen has filed a lawsuit to change the way sex offenders are classified and monitored in Washington state. The man who attacked her later kidnapped and murdered another young girl in Tacoma. It's hard to tell, but beneath her sunny demeanor, Sabrina Rasmussen is still haunted by a dark chapter in her life. "Every other girl he has gotten he killed except for me," she said ...

 

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Law Enforcement Employees by City

Data as of 2008

City Total Law Enforcement Total Officers Total Civilians
Aberdeen 49 37 12
Airway Heights 13 12 1
Algona 9 7 2
Anacortes 31 23 8
Arlington 29 24 5
Asotin 3 3 0
Auburn 135 102 33
Bainbridge Island 28 22 6
Battle Ground 32 26 6
Bellevue 272 182 90
Bellingham 162 111 51
Black Diamond 11 10 1
Blaine 14 11 3
Bonney Lake 33 28 5
Bothell 80 55 25
Bremerton 82 66 16
Brewster 8 6 2
Brier 9 7 2
Buckley 9 9 0
Burien 33 32 1
Burlington 30 24 6
Camas 29 24 5
Castle Rock 6 5 1
Centralia 38 31 7
Chehalis 22 17 5
Cheney 20 14 6
Chewelah 7 6 1
Clarkston 14 13 1
Cle Elum 10 8 2
Clyde Hill 10 9 1
Colfax 6 6 0
College Place 14 11 3
Colton 1 1 0
Colville 14 12 2
Connell 7 7 0
Cosmopolis 6 5 1
Coulee City 1 1 0
Coulee Dam 7 7 0
Coupeville 4 4 0
Covington 13 13 0
Des Moines 57 44 13
Dupont 11 10 1
Duvall 17 15 2
East Wenatchee 24 21 3
Eatonville 7 6 1
Edgewood 11 10 1
Edmonds 66 56 10
Ellensburg 36 27 9
Elma 8 7 1
Enumclaw 29 16 13
Ephrata 18 15 3
Everett 242 198 44
Everson 6 6 0
Federal Way 160 129 31
Ferndale 22 18 4
Fife 53 30 23
Fircrest 10 9 1
Forks 10 6 4
Gig Harbor 20 17 3
Goldendale 10 9 1
Grand Coulee 7 7 0
Grandview 24 18 6
Granger 7 5 2
Granite Falls 9 8 1
Hoquiam 19 17 2
Issaquah 58 32 26
Kalama 5 5 0
Kelso 32 28 4
Kenmore 12 12 0
Kennewick 109 90 19
Kent 185 130 55
Kettle Falls 5 4 1
Kirkland 104 67 37
Kittitas 2 2 0
La Center 11 9 2
Lacey 68 50 18
Lake Forest Park 25 20 5
Lake Stevens 28 23 5
Lakewood 121 102 19
Langley 4 4 0
Liberty Lake 9 9 0
Long Beach 7 6 1
Longview 69 54 15
Lynden 18 14 4
Lynnwood 112 79 33
Mabton 4 4 0
Maple Valley 10 10 0
Marysville 79 52 27
Mattawa 3 3 0
McCleary 3 3 0
Medical Lake 7 6 1
Medina 10 8 2
Mercer Island 32 30 2
Mill Creek 32 24 8
Milton 13 12 1
Monroe 48 37 11
Montesano 10 8 2
Morton 4 3 1
Moses Lake 39 31 8
Mossyrock 1 1 0
Mount Vernon 54 43 11
Mountlake Terrace 42 31 11
Moxee 4 4 0
Mukilteo 31 27 4
Napavine 5 4 1
Newcastle 7 7 0
Normandy Park 15 13 2
North Bend 1 1 0
North Bonneville 1 1 0
Oak Harbor 39 26 13
Oakesdale 1 1 0
Ocean Shores 16 14 2
Odessa 2 2 0
Olympia 94 66 28
Omak 15 12 3
Oroville 5 4 1
Orting 9 9 0
Othello 22 16 6
Pacific 14 12 2
Palouse 3 3 0
Pasco 78 67 11
Port Angeles 54 32 22
Port Orchard 22 20 2
Port Townsend 19 15 4
Poulsbo 22 18 4
Prosser 19 11 8
Pullman 40 28 12
Puyallup 75 56 19
Quincy 13 11 2
Raymond 7 6 1
Reardan 1 1 0
Redmond 120 81 39
Renton 166 121 45
Republic 3 3 0
Richland 67 57 10
Ridgefield 8 7 1
Ritzville 4 4 0
Rosalia 2 2 0
Roy 4 3 1
Royal City 3 3 0
Ruston 4 4 0
Sammamish 22 22 0
SeaTac 42 39 3
Seattle 1825 1318 507
Sedro Woolley 20 14 6
Selah 14 13 1
Sequim 22 19 3
Shelton 32 18 14
Shoreline 48 48 0
Snohomish 26 21 5
Snoqualmie 15 12 3
Soap Lake 4 4 0
South Bend 4 3 1
Spokane 413 296 117
Spokane Valley 102 101 1
Springdale 1 1 0
Stanwood 13 11 2
Steilacoom 12 11 1
Sultan 5 5 0
Sumas 6 6 0
Sumner 31 18 13
Sunnyside 41 24 17
Tacoma 428 382 46
Tenino 6 5 1
Tieton 2 2 0
Toledo 1 1 0
Tonasket 5 4 1
Toppenish 20 15 5
Tukwila 82 66 16
Tumwater 31 25 6
Twisp 2 2 0
Union Gap 23 18 5
University Place 25 24 1
Vader 1 1 0
Vancouver 233 201 32
Walla Walla 73 44 29
Wapato 19 11 8
Warden 5 4 1
Washougal 21 19 2
Wenatchee 54 43 11
West Richland 17 14 3
Westport 9 7 2
White Salmon 6 6 0
Wilbur 2 2 0
Winlock 2 2 0
Winthrop 3 3 0
Woodinville 10 10 0
Woodland 12 10 2
Yakima 185 135 50
Yelm 16 14 2
Zillah 8 7 1
   
 

Active Amber Alerts

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Amber Alerts for Washington
 

Missing Persons for
Tacoma, WA


Endangered Runaway: JENNIFER BLACKSTOCK (WA)
Wed, 01 Sep 2010 12:45:15 EDT


Endangered Runaway: MELISSA FISCHER (WA)
Tue, 31 Aug 2010 11:53:16 EDT


Endangered Runaway: JONNI HAYES (WA)
Mon, 30 Aug 2010 09:30:24 EDT


Endangered Runaway: MICHA CARLSON-SCHMITT (WA)
Thu, 26 Aug 2010 03:06:14 EDT


Endangered Runaway: KIAH MICKELS (WA)
Wed, 25 Aug 2010 02:42:23 EDT


Endangered Runaway: KELSEY SCOTT (WA)
Wed, 25 Aug 2010 12:43:01 EDT


Endangered Runaway: GRACIE COMPTON (WA)
Tue, 24 Aug 2010 11:50:17 EDT


Endangered Runaway: ANGELICA WHITE (WA)
Fri, 06 Aug 2010 11:19:17 EDT


Endangered Runaway: LAUREL BAILEY (WA)
Mon, 02 Aug 2010 02:24:55 EDT


Endangered Runaway: TAMARA KUNTZ (WA)
Thu, 29 Jul 2010 01:22:55 EDT


Endangered Runaway: JESSIKA SVENDGARD (WA)
Thu, 29 Jul 2010 12:06:26 EDT


Endangered Runaway: KARLA ALVARADO-MENDOZA (WA)
Wed, 28 Jul 2010 03:37:41 EDT


Endangered Missing: JEFFREY BRATCHER (WA)
Tue, 27 Jul 2010 09:53:58 EDT


Endangered Runaway: TONYA STATEN (WA)
Fri, 23 Jul 2010 04:50:58 EDT


Endangered Runaway: ANGEL WILSON (WA)
Fri, 23 Jul 2010 11:12:52 EDT


Endangered Runaway: KATRINA MAXWELL (WA)
Mon, 12 Jul 2010 10:01:28 EDT


Endangered Missing: TEEKAH LEWIS (WA)
Fri, 11 Jun 2010 01:05:05 EDT


Missing: CHRISTINA WHITE (WA)
Fri, 26 Feb 2010 01:33:14 EST


Endangered Runaway: CRYSTAL HENINGTON (WA)
Tue, 16 Feb 2010 03:16:45 EST


Endangered Runaway: NICOLE FLORES (WA)
Fri, 11 Dec 2009 03:37:57 EST

     
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