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Kent police cite life‑saving actions, report crime declines and new patrol tech
Summary
Kent Police honored four officers for life‑saving interventions, reported early‑year declines in several crime categories, and announced deployment of dash cameras, automatic license‑plate readers and upgraded TASER 10 devices.
Kent City Council heard a public safety update April 15 that included awards for four Kent Police Department officers, preliminary 2025 crime statistics showing drops in several categories compared with 2024, and descriptions of new patrol technology being put into service.
Chief Padilla told the council that officers Cody Blowers and Ryan Husby received life‑saving medals for responding to a Dec. 22, 2024, shooting at the Action Sports Bar on Second Place Southeast. "Officer Blowers applied a tourniquet" and Husby applied a second tourniquet when the first proved insufficient, Padilla said, and medics later reported the victim’s survival “would not have been feasible without the swift and decisive actions of officers Blowers and Husby.”
Padilla also described a second Dec. 22 incident in which Officers Matthew Litke and James Critichet entered an apartment at the Boulevard…
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