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Richland police chief outlines 2024 staffing, enforcement and investigative activity
Summary
Chief Marty Pilcher presented the Richland Police Department’s 2024 annual report, including staffing changes, hires, use-of-force and traffic-enforcement data, and highlighted programs such as the traffic unit, ICAC investigations and regional SWAT.
Chief Marty Pilcher presented the Richland Police Department’s 2024 annual report to City Council on April 15, detailing staffing changes, calls for service, traffic enforcement, investigative activity and departmental programs.
Pilcher said the department hired 14 entry-level officers and two laterals in 2024 and made organizational changes to flatten command staff by replacing a deputy chief’s position and a commander position with lieutenants to develop leadership internally. He acknowledged Interim Chief Craig Bridal and staff who served through the year while leadership changed.
The department reported about 1,917 arrests in 2024; force was used in 25 of those incidents, Pilcher said, with a range of injury reports including abrasions and complaints of pain. He described the most common…
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