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Martial law in Pierce County in the Washington Territory was declared on April 3, 1856, and terminated the following month. It led to a brief, but bloodless, armed conflict between conscripted forces of the Sheriff of Pierce County and the de facto personal army of the territory's leader, Isaac Stevens .
Under the new Pierce County Executive, the Human Services Department which manages and administers the county’s homelessness services and affordable housing programs will be under new direction ...
Robert Glen Carpenter had sought $18 million in damages from Pierce County and Tacoma. After guilty plea, ex-Pierce County sheriff’s sergeant abandons skewed investigation claims Skip to main ...
Mount Rainier from Ricksecker Point, 1932 Tacoma—seat of Pierce County Mount Rainier hazard map. Pierce County is a county in the U.S. state of Washington.As of the 2020 census, the population was 921,130, [1] up from 795,225 in 2010, making it the second-most populous county in Washington, behind King County, and the 59th-most populous in the United States.
He was the first Pierce County sheriff in the history of the department to rise through the ranks from a deputy, according to TNT archives. Former Pierce sheriff who left ‘heck of a legacy ...
Troyer has served with the Pierce County Sheriff's Department since 1985. His previous assignments include patrol deputy in Lakewood , University Place , and the Peninsula Detachment. He held many special assignments as part of the Community Support Team, Crime Stoppers, Burglary Reduction Team, and the FBI Gang Task Force, where he received ...
The Sheriff’s Department SWAT team that arrested Carpenter responded after his girlfriend called 911 at about 5:19 a.m. to report the ... ex-Pierce County sheriff’s sergeant abandons skewed ...
County voters approved the adoption of a home-rule charter for Pierce County on November 4, 1980, creating the position of a county executive and a seven-member county council. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] Prior to the adoption, the county government was led by three commissioners elected at-large . [ 4 ]