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Construction workers stand near Vancouver Police vehicles Friday, Aug. 9, 2024, after being evacuated from their work sites due to a bomb threat in downtown Vancouver.

Vancouver police close streets near waterfront due to a bomb threat; no explosive devices found

Construction workers stand near Vancouver Police vehicles Friday, Aug. 9, 2024, after being evacuated from their work sites due to a bomb threat in downtown Vancouver.

August 9, 2024, 2:20pm Clark County News

Vancouver police closed streets near Columbia at Phil Arnold Way in downtown Vancouver about 11 a.m. due to a bomb threat, according to emergency radio traffic monitored at The Columbian. Read story

Officer Jason Haigwood's K-9 partner Remi recently returned to work after he was wounded in the line of duty June 17.

‘Resilient’ K-9 Remi returns to work with Vancouver police after being shot in the tailvideo icon

Officer Jason Haigwood's K-9 partner Remi recently returned to work after he was wounded in the line of duty June 17.

August 8, 2024, 6:09am Clark County News Subscriber Exclusive

Wounded in the line of duty June 17, Vancouver police K-9 Remi is back on the job. Read story

Monica Alexander, second from right, executive director of the Criminal Justice Training Commission, joins U.S. Rep. Marie Gluesenkamp Perez, D-Skamania, as they watch a mock training exercise of a traffic stop for a suspect with a warrant Wednesday at the law enforcement training academy in Vancouver. Perez heard from those involved about the importance of funding the training of new police officers while touring the facility that opened in January.

A day after primary, Rep. Marie Gluesenkamp Perez visits new Southwest Washington regional police training academy in Vancouver

Monica Alexander, second from right, executive director of the Criminal Justice Training Commission, joins U.S. Rep. Marie Gluesenkamp Perez, D-Skamania, as they watch a mock training exercise of a traffic stop for a suspect with a warrant Wednesday at the law enforcement training academy in Vancouver. Perez heard from those involved about the importance of funding the training of new police officers while touring the facility that opened in January.

August 7, 2024, 5:05pm Clark County News

Fresh off of a primary election win, U.S. Rep. Marie Gluesenkamp Perez spent Wednesday afternoon talking with recruits and instructors at the Southwest Washington regional police training academy in Vancouver. Read story

Former Vancouver Police Officer Keith Kircher appeared in Clark County Superior Court to face charges of perjury on Wednesday.

Former Vancouver police officer in court on perjury charges; investigators say he lied about responding to the Aurora mass shooting

Former Vancouver Police Officer Keith Kircher appeared in Clark County Superior Court to face charges of perjury on Wednesday.

August 7, 2024, 3:16pm Clark County News

A former Vancouver police officer made a first appearance Wednesday in Clark County Superior Court on two first-degree perjury charges after allegedly lying about his job experience when applying for search warrants in some of his assigned cases. Read story

Bystanders embrace as first responders work at the scene after a shooting left two people dead in central Vancouver on Thursday morning, July 25, 2024.

Clark County medical examiner identifies woman, man killed in murder-suicide in central Vancouver

Bystanders embrace as first responders work at the scene after a shooting left two people dead in central Vancouver on Thursday morning, July 25, 2024.

August 2, 2024, 5:16pm Clark County News

The Clark County Medical Examiner’s Office on Friday officially identified the people killed in a central Vancouver murder-suicide last week. Read story

Rebecca "Becca" Baldasare.

Vancouver police seek help finding missing woman last seen in May

Rebecca "Becca" Baldasare.

August 2, 2024, 12:20pm Clark County News Free

Vancouver police are asking for the public's help to find a missing 42-year-old woman who was last seen in May near the Vancouver Mall in central Vancouver. Read story

Baylee Gonzales embraces the daughter of Carissa Larkin Thursday morning as first responders work at the scene of an apparent murder-suicide in central Vancouver that left Larkin dead.

The Vancouver woman killed in a murder-suicide was a mother of three

Baylee Gonzales embraces the daughter of Carissa Larkin Thursday morning as first responders work at the scene of an apparent murder-suicide in central Vancouver that left Larkin dead.

July 31, 2024, 6:02am Clark County News

Family and friends have identified the woman killed in an apparent murder-suicide Thursday in central Vancouver as a mother of three. Read story

Vancouver Police officers stand outside a barricade that hides a body on Tuesday, May 30, 2023, at the site of a fatal shooting in the Heights Shopping Center parking lot.

State agency will take over investigations into police use of deadly force investigations in Clark County

Vancouver Police officers stand outside a barricade that hides a body on Tuesday, May 30, 2023, at the site of a fatal shooting in the Heights Shopping Center parking lot.

July 23, 2024, 9:36am Clark County News

Beginning Dec. 1, fatal police encounters in Clark County will no longer be investigated by regional law enforcement partners. Investigations will be in the hands of a state agency aiming to bring an independent view. Read story

Taken before 1908, this photograph shows early Vancouver policemen &mdash; Winfield Gasaway, Henry Burgy and John Secrist &mdash; wearing their seven-pointed badges and caps with curved olive branches. Burgy and Secrist would go on to serve as Vancouver police chiefs.

Clark County history: Law enforcement in Vancouver started with a single marshal

Taken before 1908, this photograph shows early Vancouver policemen &mdash; Winfield Gasaway, Henry Burgy and John Secrist &mdash; wearing their seven-pointed badges and caps with curved olive branches. Burgy and Secrist would go on to serve as Vancouver police chiefs.

July 20, 2024, 6:08am Clark County Life

There seems to be a gap between Vancouver’s 1857 incorporation and any official call for law enforcement. Policing wasn’t high on the city council’s priority list until after 1880, when the census counted 1,722 inhabitants in town. Read story

(The Columbian files)

Former Vancouver police officer faces perjury charges over claims about job experience

(The Columbian files)

July 19, 2024, 4:53pm Clark County News

Prosecutors have filed perjury charges against a former Vancouver police officer accused of lying about his job experience when applying for search warrants in some of his assigned cases. Read story