Officials found Charles Gardiner, the Cowlitz Indian Tribe’s Public Safety Department interim chief, dead inside a parked car ...

Benton County took control of their jail in 2019 during a prolonged fight with Sheriff Jerry Hatcher, who would eventually be ...

The suspect was identified as Interim Chief of the Cowlitz Tribal Public Safety Department, Charles “Rob” Gardiner. Investigators say evidence suggests Gardiner died from a self-inflicted gunshot ...

The Cowlitz Tribal Public Safety Department’s interim chief died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound Wednesday after he allegedly fled a northeast Vancouver residence where a residential burglary was ...

Elected officials in Vancouver and Clark County have made prudent decisions regarding the funding of law enforcement. But being judicious does not solve the problem.

Commissioners cannot take law enforcement duties away from an elected sheriff, but Washington state law ... took over their jails last year. Clark County took over jail operations in 2022.

The Department of Public Safety Standards and Training Board revoked the certifications of six Oregon public safety and ...

The Clark County Sheriff’s Office confirmed Friday that the interim chief of the Cowlitz Tribal Public Safety Department was ...

The Clark County Sheriff's Office has confirmed that Charles Gardiner, the Interim Chief of the Cowlitz Tribal Public Safety ...

Spokane County Sheriff John Nowels has asked county commissioners for a more than $30,000 raise after recent labor ...