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Sheriff asks Cowlitz County commissioners to add two decommissioned patrol cars for PIT training

Cowlitz County Board of Commissioners · April 14, 2026
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The sheriff's office asked commissioners to permit the conversion of two decommissioned patrol vehicles for use in pursuit-intervention (PIT) training during emergency vehicle operations courses; staff said the conversion cost would be minimal and the board signaled informal approval.

Mark Johnson, an administrative-services supervisor with the sheriff's office, asked the Cowlitz County Board of Commissioners to approve adding two decommissioned patrol vehicles to the department's EVOC (emergency vehicle operations course) fleet for PIT (pursuit intervention technique) training. "RCW requires us to have training in emergency vehicle operations every 2 years to be state compliant," Johnson said, and the office holds the…

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