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Washington officers who died from COVID-19 included on state law enforcement memorial Five law enforcement officers died from COVID-19 in 2020. Their names are now part of the Peace Officers Memorial on the state Capitol campus in Olympia. Author: Drew Mikkelsen Updated: 5:53 PM PDT June 4, 2021 OLYMPIA, Wash. — The list of law enforcement officers killed while serving the state of Washington now includes the names of five officers who died from COVID-19 in 2020. State correctional officers David Christensen and Berisford Morse, Yakima Corrections Officer Dan...
It was as a boy that Christopher Ylagan picked up guitar through lessons from his father. A love for The Beatles came too. Over the years, Christopher would become a Beatles fiend: He'd grow a collection of anthologies, pick up magazines and merchandise. He’d name his son after John Lennon. When Paul McCartney’s Freshen Up tour brought him to Vancouver in 2019, Christopher’s wife, Glend, bought tickets as a surprise. “When Paul came out to the stage the first time, (Christopher) cried and said, ‘Oh my goodness,’” she recalled. The two were to celebrate their 10th wedding annive...
× Seattle officers didn’t violate policies by wearing black bands on badges or keeping cameras off, OPA review finds By Sara Jean Green, The Seattle Times Published: December 24, 2020, 9:30am Share: SEATTLE — Seattle police officers didn’t violate any policies when they wore badges with black bands and kept their body-worn cameras turned off during protests this spring and summer, the Office of Police Accountability determined in new reports released Wednesday. Particularly during the earliest Seattle protests this year in the wake of George Floyd’s death at the hands ...