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Criminal Justice Forum
http://blogs.kitsapsun.com/kitsap/crime/
Interested in the criminal justice spectrum? Especially if you live in Washington state? This blog's got you covered, from the initial arrest to the sentencing, it's an analysis of all things crime and justice.
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FBI No Match for Ned Newlin
Ned Newlin, the Kitsap County Sheriff's Office's chief of corrections, just graduated from the 10-week FBI academy program held in Quantico, Va. He was one of 269 members of the session to graduate the program, which provides "graduate level instru...
See Crime in Your Neck of the Woods
We're finally up and running with a project that's been a long time coming: the Crime Incident Map. At the beginning of this year, I was told by our Interactive Media Department (the gurus behind our Web site) that a "crime map" was a possibility. ...
Gas Theft May be Up (But you Wouldn't Know it From the Stats)
I recently got some statistics from the state's Department of Licensing that I thought would illuminate the trend of increasing fuel theft. I was wrong. Well, wrong that there's been more convictions for motor vehicle theft. A motor vehicle theft...
Here's a Deputy Who Drives on and off Duty
Jon VanGesen (far left, in blue), a Kitsap County Sheriff's deputy, drives a patrol car for a living -- but he also drives in his spare time. And it appears to be quite good at it. At the 2008 Bluewater Wireless Road Course Challenge, held at t...
The Speedy Trial Clock -- How it Works
Unless you're defined as an "unlawful enemy combatant" by the U.S. Government and are on permanent incarcerated holiday at Guantanamo Bay, every American is entitled to his or her Sixth Amendment rights when accused of a crime. Thus is law enforcem...