Pullman Police Chief Gary Jenkins is retiring from the police department this year after 12 years of protecting the Pullman community and 45 years of serving in law enforcement.
Before assuming...
Since fifth grade, Marissa Carper knew she wanted to pursue a career in law enforcement — and do “something more” for her community.
“In fifth grade, we were doing a project where we...
Pullman Police Chief Gary Jenkins presented lifesaving awards to a citizen and Moscow officer at Tuesday night’s Pullman City Council meeting.
Kevin Armentrout was awarded for helping save an individual...
Jerry Coker and Ted Weatherly, Pullman Police Department commander and adjutant, presented American Legion Awards honoring first responders at the Pullman City Council meeting Tuesday night.
Whitcom...
The Pullman Police Department will host its second Citizen Academy beginning Feb. 3.
The program was designed in the wake of summer 2020. The department was encouraged to host a Black Lives Matter...
CALLIE GERBER, Evergreen reporter
• December 2, 2021
Pullman Police Department changed to less-lethal techniques after House Bill 1054 went into effect earlier this year.
HB 1054 made it so Washington state police departments now must have less-lethal...
Pullman City Council voted Tuesday night to submit a pre-application for a Federal Emergency Management Agency Flood Mitigation Assistance Grant, which would aid in improving Missouri Flat Creek and removing...
Pullman Police Chief Gary Jenkins will retire later this year after spending 47 years in law enforcement — but policing was not always the future he saw for himself.
“When I was in high school,...
Mike Berney, Palouse River Counseling executive director, spoke to the Pullman Police Advisory Committee on March 8 about the mental health impacts of COVID-19.
Washington is in the bottom third in...
On May 25, George Floyd died at the hands of a police officer. Since then, anti-police and pro-police protests have become prominent in America. As some cities like Seattle move toward abolishing the police,...
LOREN NEGRON, Evergreen editor-in-chief
• July 2, 2020
A local Black Lives Matter group criticized a memo by Pullman Police Chief Gary Jenkins, stating it mischaracterized the organization and discouraged people from attending its march on June 12.
The...
LOREN NEGRON, Evergreen editor-in-chief
• June 16, 2020
In Pullman Police Chief Gary Jenkins' open letter, he wrote that he is committed to holding himself and his department accountable so the tragedy in Minneapolis will not repeat itself in Pullman.
“Condemnation...
