Washington State Patrol

SPD rifle flap punctures public perception about cops as gun safety experts

The on-going flap over a semiautomatic AR-15 type rifle left unattended on the trunk of a Seattle police car Monday night just may become the pin...

WSP begins enforcing the Emergency Zone Law

(Olympia) -- For the first 90 days since the Emergency Zone Law went into effect on January 1, 2011, the main focus for the Washington State Patrol...

UPDATE: WSP insists no gun registry intended; no specific suspect in gun loss

Washington State Patrol spokesman Bob Calkins admitted today that the agency has plenty of egg on its face over the letter one of its detectives...

Lawmakers riled up over WSP gun probe, but questions remain

Yesterday’s mea culpa from the Washington State Patrol to Evergreen State gun dealers who werealarmed by a letter asking for details on every...

WSP jars gun dealers, sets off firestorm, ATF ‘not consulted’

A detective with the Washington State Patrol ignited a firestorm yesterday when licensed gun dealers across the Evergreen State received a letter...

Renton road rage shooting: How stupid is that?

A road rage incident on I-405 in Renton that left a Maple Valley man in jail, detailed in this morning’s on-line Seattle Post-Intelligencer,...

Suspected trooper-taunter nabbed after high speed chase (video)

A motorcyclist pulled over earlier this month after a high-speed chase from Pierce County to Bellevue is one of the suspects the Washington State...

Breath tests can be used again in prosecuting DUI cases

A three-judge DistrictCourt panel issued a ruling late yesterday saying that it isokay for King County prosecutors to admit Driving Under the...

How drunk do you have to be to hit a state trooper?

In case you haven't heard already, statistics released by the Washington State Patrol on Tuesday revealed that more drunk drivers are hitting state...