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SHERIFF'S OFFICE
Priorities and Performance
Operational YearS 2021-22 through 2025-26
A data -informed briefing on workload, enforcement, service demand, staffing,
and community impact.
Operational Years are calculated from July of each year
through June of the next year to allow for impacts of
calendar -year budget changes and adjusted operational
stances.
Report focus
KCSO Divisions and Elements
A snapshot of major divisions and functions
What to know
• The Sheriff's Office is a multi -
division public -safety and law
enforcement agency, not just patrol
and jail.
• This report focuses on Sheriff's
Sheriff's Administrative Assistant Chie#Civil De Deputy r Office activity related to criminal
p y Superintendent
justice and public safety.
inspector J Emergency Management r
Operations
Professional Standards Fire Marshal's office r
Administration I Takeaway
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Public Information
Chief Operations Deputy
The charts that follow are one
Chief Administrative Deputy window into a much broader
Finance Patrol
organization.
Investigations
Records
LF Special operations
Kittitas County Sheriff's Office Priorities & Performance • Operational years 2021-22 through 2025-26 2
KCSO's Operational Priorities
The ruler for the work measured in this report
0 Public Safety First
Justice for Victims &Accountability for Offenders
0 Protect the Quality of Life in Kittitas County
0 Professional, Personal Community Service
Kittitas County Sheriff's Office Priorities & Performance
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Crime n the U.S., Washington,
and Our Region
Public safety context for KCSO workload and performance
State and national context
WA vs. U.S. Violent Crime Rates, 2019-2025
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2019 2020
2021
2022 2023
Washington remained below the U.S. violent -crime rate in every year shown.
Source; Crimelndex.org; National Incident -Based Reporting System (NIBRS)
2024 2025
U.S. 3.3
WA 2.8
What to know
• NIBRS data is for calendar
years, not operational years, and
Lags because of nationwide
reporting timelines.
• Violent Crimes are narrowly
defined in NIBRS data: Homicide,
Robbery, Kidnapping, forcible
sexual assaults, and other
aggravated/felony assaults.
Takeaway
Violent Crime in Washington
tracks close to national rates
throughout these six years.
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State and national context
WA vs. U.S. Prot)ertv Crime Rates. 2019-2025
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2019 2020 2021 2022 2023
Washington averaged 48% above the U.S. property -crime rate over this period.
Source: Crimelndex.org; National Incident -Based Reporting System (NIBRS)
t United States Washington
2024 2025
What to know
• Property crimes are much more
common that violent crimes;
numbers are larger and data is
more stable and reliable.
• The `COVID surge' and recovery
from 2020 forward is the main
WA 19.7 criminological story of this
U.S. 15.3
period.
Takeaway
Property Crime in Washington
remained on average 48% above
national average rates over
these six years.
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Unincorporated counties and statewide comparison
Violent Crime Rates in Unincorporated Counties: 2019-2025
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➢ Overall State Rate
➢ Unincorporated
WA 3.11 County Rates
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I'* Yakima 2.08
ti King 1.49
0.0 Chelan 1.31
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2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025
Sources: WASPC Crime in Washington reports, 2019-2025. County lines reflect Sheriff's Office rates for unincorporated county populations; WA is statewide.
➢ King County has
announced
corrections for
24/25
Takeaway
Violent Crime in Kittitas
County remains well
below the statewide
average and most
neighboring counties.
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Property -crime context
Property Crime Rates in Unincorporated Counties: 2019-2025
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15. Yakima 14.08
Grant 13.05
9 King 12.43
Kittitas 10.89
2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025
Sources: WASPC Crime in Washington reports, 2019-2025. County lines reflect Sheriff's Office rates for unincorporated county populations; WA is statewide.
Chelan 5.2
What to know
These are REPORTED
crimes;
reporting rates mean
real differences
between rural and
urban areas are
probably larger
King County rates have
been adjusted upward
since publication
Takeaway
Crime rates in Kittitas
County are well below
most comparison
benchmarks and
trending down.
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What do deputies do?.,
Calls for service:
public-service demand and proactive activity
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Workload overview
CAD Calls: Dispatched and Deputy -Generated
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Operational years 2021-22 through 2025-26
Deputy -generated calls
rose by 3,668 (+47%) 11,534
7,188 7,037
7,002 6,908 6,977
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What to know
Total calls rose 25% from 14,868 to
18,511 over five operational years.
Population in unincorporated
Kittitas County grew 9.3%, from
20,530 to 22,445 in this period.
Dispatched calls come through
Kittcom by 911, a non -emergency
line, or agency assist requests.
Deputy -generated calls are
initiated by a deputy's observations
and action, such as a traffic stop.
Takeaway
Growth is primarily deputy -
generated rather than dispatched
demand.
Source: KCSO CAD data
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Community -generated work
Most Common Dispatched Call Types
Operational year 2025-26
Citizen Assist or Request
for Information
Animal Complaint or
Concern
Check Welfare or
Attempt to Locate
Driving Complaint or
Traffic Hazard
Suspicious Person or
Circumstance
Civil Dispute
0 200 400 600 800 1000
Calls
What to know
• Most dispatched calls are not
clear reports of crimes.
• Dispatched work includes many
diverse call types.
• They are often questions, safety
concerns for people or animals,
suspicious circumstances, and
disputes.
Takeaway
Dispatched workload is broad
public service, not simply
reported crime.
Source: KCSO CAD data
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High -volume community service calls over time
Stable Public -Service Demand
Citizen Assists
Welfare 1 ATL 1 Missing
Animal Problems
800
700
720 500 471 462 700 651
675 449 440
625 635 �� 600 561
596 534
600 400 35
500 469
438
500
300 400
400
300
300 200
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100 100
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2021-22 2022-23 2023-24 2024-25 2025-26 2021-22 2022-23 2023-24 2024-25 2025-26 2021-22 2022-23 2023-24 2024-25 2025-26
• The most common dispatched call types remain durable parts of the workload.
• Year-to-year changes exist, but the public-service mix is stable.
• The office must staff for steady service demand even when enforcement activity changes.
Source: KCSO CAD data
Traffic Hazards
400
347 351 350
350318 314
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250
200
150
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2021-22 2022-23 2023-24 2024-25 2025-26
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Proactive work
Most Common Deputy- Initiated Call Types
Operational year 2025-26
Traffic Stop
Parking Violation
Social Contact
Civil Process Service
(or attempt)
Suspicious Person or
Circumstance
Warrant Service
0 2000 4000 6000 8000
Calls
What to know
• Deputies contact people in many
kinds of circumstances
*There are fewer types of deputy -
initiated calls than dispatched
calls. These six call types make up
80% of deputy -generated calls in
2025-26
Takeaway
Proactive work is strongly
concentrated in traffic safety.
Source: KCSO CAD data
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Selected deputy -initiated clearance codes
Traffic Safety Activi
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Noncriminal Traffic Stops
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2021-22 2022-23 2023-24 2024-25 2025-26
DUI
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2021-22 2022-23 2023-24 2024-25 2025-26
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2021-22 2022-23 2023-24 2024-25 2025-26
• Overall calls per -year / per -patrol -deputy went from 459-500.
• Workload growth reflects operational posture, not population or call -for -service growth.
Source: KCSO CAD data
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Selected deputy -initiated clearance codes
Other Proactive Call Types
Other proactive activity, operational years 2021-22 through 2025-26
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Social Contacts
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473
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2022-23 2023-24 2024-25 2025-26
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2021-22 2022-23 2023-24 2024-25 2025-26
• Social Contacts include contacts that are investigative in nature but do not result in detention or arrest.
• Warrant Service calls include both warrant service attempts and those completed, resulting in 95 physical arrests.
Source: KCSO CAD data
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Raw volume by geography
CAD Calls by Area, 2025-2026
Deputy -initiated and dispatched
activity
% deputy -
Total
initiated
Ellensburg 5,640 3,096
8,736
65%
Cie Elum 583 1,703
4,286
60%
Easton 370
810
54%
Ronald 296
719
59%
Thorp 68
572
53%
Kittitas City
370
39%
Snoqualmie Pass
289
37%
(non -parking)
South Cie Elum
256
55%
Roslyn
191
67%
Vantage
110
35%
Yakima
72
83%
0 2000 4000 6000
8000
10000
CAD calls
Deputy -initiated � Dispatched
➢ Dispatched and deputy -generated calls concentrate in populated areas.
➢ That doesn't mean deputies never go to lower -volume communities.
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Population -adjusted activity
Calls per 100 Residents by Area, 2025-26
Population -adjusted annual rates, not raw call totals
Ellensburg (pop.13,419)* 65
Cle Elum (pap. 4,660)*
Ronald (pop. 933)
Easton (pop. 608)
South Cie Elum (pop. 574)
Snoqualmie Pass (pop. 530)
Thorp (pop. 488)
Vantage (pop. 209)
45
53
77
92
M 100
108
0 20 40 60 80 100 120
Calls per 100 residents
Dispatched Deputy -initiated
*For Ellensburg and Cie Elum, official city population was subtracted from the U.S. Census 71P Code Tabulation Area population to estimate the
unincorporated service -area population.
➢ Ellensburg's 60% of our unincorporated population generates 47% of total calls. Cle Elum's 21 % generates 23% of calls.
➢ Small -population areas may show higher rates because impact population activity moves the numerator more easily.
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Enforcement Activity
From proactive contact to infractions, citations, arrests, and
beyond
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Seasonal and local workload
Parking Enforcement: 5 Operational Years
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2021-22 2022-23 2023-24 2024-25 2025-26
Source: Kittitas County Sheriff's Office CAD calls by clearance code.
What to know
• Parking enforcement is a unique,
seasonal, and local call group.
• It is excluded from most of the
area and workload analysis that
follows.
Takeaway
This workload matters, but it
behaves differently from most
other call categories.
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Enforcement activity by level
Enforcement Actions: 5 Operational Years
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Infractions
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Criminal Citations
300
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2021-22 2022-23 2023-24 2024-25 2025-26
Physical Arrests
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2021-22 2022-23 2023-24 2024-25 2025-26
➢ Increased deputy proactivity produced increased enforcement at every level.
➢ Traffic stops are the main, but not the only, driver of growth across enforcement categories.
Source: KCSO CAD data
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Booking workload is broader than arrests
Not Just Fresh Arrests: Other Case -Related Bookings
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200
100
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2021-22 2022-23 2023-24 2024-25 2025-26
® Fresh arrests M Other case -related bookings
Note: Other case -related bookings include court -ordered surrenders and other bookings
resulting from earlier KCSO cases.
What to know
• Fresh arrests are only part of the
puzzle.
• Warrants issued and cases litigated
later produce additional case -related
bookings.
Takeaway
The enforcement impact of Sheriff's
Office work continues beyond the
initial call handling.
Source: KCSO CAD data + KCJ booking data
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Five-year agency comparison
Kittitas County Jail Bookings
700
600
500
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200
100
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621
2022-23
109
by Agency
190
73 70
2023-24
2024-25
KCSO bookings rose from 222 to 549.
Source: Kittitas County Sheriff's Office Spillman RMS booking module.
What to know
KCSO bookings rose 147%.
9 Other local agency bookings
KCS0 549 are comparatively flat over five
years.
EPD 465
US Marshals bookings impact
jail population more than
WSP 316 booking numbers would
USM 286 suggest due to longer average
sentences
3 Other 133
Takeaway
--� CEPD 58 Annual KCJ bookings rose
58 from 1,060 to over 1,800.
2025-26
The strongest booking -
growth signal is KCSO
activity.
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Impact Population
A steady influence on our community and our work
A durable non-resident impact
KCSO Bookings: Residents and Non-residents
600 549
500 460
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200
100
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2021-22 2022-23 2023-24 2024-25 2025-26
■ Residents (count) Non-residents (count)
Source: Kittitas County Sheriff's Office Spillman RMS Booking Module;
residency based on the address reported by the inmate upon booking.
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• A large non-resident
impact population is a long-
term, identified operational
factor.
Over 5 years, non-residents
accounted for an average of
44% of bookings in Sheriff's
Office criminal cases.
Takeaway
The Sheriff's Office serves
both our resident
community and a large and
steady impact population.
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Selected activity types
Non-resident Impact Beyond Arrests: Select call types, 2025-26
KCSO Bookings 55% 45% 45% non-resident
4W n=549
Traffic Stops 47% 53% 53% non-resident
sample of 100 records
Traffic Infractions 30% 70% 70% non-resident
sample of 100 records
SAR Missions 15% 70% 70% non-resident
n=40
Marine Incidents 19% 70% 70% non-resident
n=27
0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80% 90% 100%
Share of activity
llllllllllll■ Resident Non-resident Unknown
These are selected activity types where non-resident impact is especially noteworthy; they do not represent the total non-resident impact on KCSO workload.
Traffic -stop and traffic -infraction figures are based on samples of 100 records each.
➢ Non-resident impact is not limited to jail bookings.
➢ Some operational areas are mostly about non-resident activity, especially traffic infractions and selected rescue/incident types.
➢ The county's geography, recreational opportunities, and travel corridors shape Sheriff's Office workload.
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Complex Investigations
Advances in Technological Capability and Investigative Scope
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Complexity and evidence development
Superior Court Warrants Filed
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Calendar years 2022-2026
Projected 2026
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2022 2023 2024 2025 2026
2026 projected from 92 Superior Court warrants filed through June 30, 2026.
Calendar year data provided by Kittitas County Clerk's Office
What to know
• There are not just more
arrests; cases are more
complex.
• More search warrants reflect
more evidence, more devices,
and deeper investigations.
Takeaway
Warrants grew faster than
cases: Law Enforcement has
grown more technical
across the board
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Capacity building and vulnerable victims
Child Assaults
40
35
10
5
0
2021-22
Operational years 2021-22 through 2025-26
2022-23 2023-24 2024-25 2025-26
Capacity building matters
Cases rose from 13 to 36
(+23, +177%)
This reflects deliberate investment in:
• proactive child -assault investigations
• technology -facilitated abuse investigations
• CSAM investigations
• stronger case closure for child victims
What to know
• Child -assault investigations
are a primary example of growth
in complex cases.
• Training, technology, and
creation of a new civilian
investigator position increased
capacity to proactively
investigate and prosecute
cases protecting children.
Takeaway
The increase reflects capacity
to detect, investigate, and
prosecute difficult cases —not
simply more reported
incidents.
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A Brief Glance Beyond Operations
Clerical and Fire Marshal exemplify expansion and growth in other divisions
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Civil process service and attempts
Expanding Civil Division Workload
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Civil Process Served
Operational years 2021-22 through 2025-26
2022-23
2023-24
Source: Kittitas County Sheriff's Office CAD calls by clearance code; operational years.
What to know
• Civil Process Service rose
107% over five years.
487 • The type of process matters:
466 the growth in protection orders
makes the work of this division
more complex and labor -
PI intensive.
2024-25
2025-26
Takeaway
Civil workload is both higher -
volume and more demanding.
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Fire Marshal integration
Fire Investigations: 5 Operational Years
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2021-22 2022-23 2023-24 2024-25 2025-26
Illustrates the increase in fire investigations following incorporation of the Fire Marshal's Office into KCSO.
Source: Kittitas County Sheriff's Office fire investigation records.
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• Incorporating the Fire
Marshal's Office into the
Sheriff's Office increased
effective response and
investigation in fire -related
incidents.
• The chart reflects an
expansion of operational
responsibility and capacity.
Takeaway
Added capability changed
what the office can take on.
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300
200
100
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Completed inspections
2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025
Source: Provided inspection counts. Values represent completed fire life safety inspections.
2024 MILESTONE
First year in County history that all
commercial properties in
unincorporated Kittitas County were
inspected.
2025 TOTAL
347
Completed inspections
6-YEAR TOTAL
1,268
Completed inspections
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Kittitas compared with benchmarks
Commissioned Officers per 1,000 Population
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Kittitas County Sheriff's Office compared with Washington and U.S. benchmarks, 2021-2025
2021
2022 2023
2025 national rate
not yet published
i� United States 2.3 /
KCSO 1.87
WA sheriffs, 10k-25k counties 1.35
Washington total 1.10
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WA sheriffs 0.81
2024
2025
Sources: WASPC, Crime in Washington 2021-2025, full-time law -enforcement employee tables. KCSO rates use corrected KCSO commissioned counts with
published Kittitas SO populations. Washington benchmark rates are calculated from WASPC agency tables. U.S. benchmark: FBI Crime Data Explorer /
UCR national summaries. FBI reports 2.3 officers per 1,000 inhabitants for 2024; the 2025 national employee count has been released, but a
nationwide 2025 rate has not yet been published.
What to know
• An increase in
commissioned deputies
over 5 years has kept
close pace with
population growth.
• The ratio to population
remains below the
national average but
above Washington
sheriff's -office and
overall averages.
Kittitas county has
made a sustained
investment in public
safety capacity.
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Commissioned patrol capacity and the office around it
All KCSO Staffing
Average filled and funded -vacant positions by operational year Dark Blue = filled patrol
deputy positions;
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103.9 103.8 l3.3light blue = vacancies
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Orange = all other
positions; light orangeJA =
vacancies
56.9
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2021/22 2022/23 2023/24 2024/25 2025/26
Annual figures are averages drawn from monthly civil service commission reports
Commissioned deputy
positions increased 10%
over five years; total staff
grew almost 15%.
Added support and
auxiliary positions
accommodate more
enforcement actions,
more complex work, non-
enforcement work, and
added areas of operation.
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What drove the increase in Law Enforcement Activity?
Our basic priorities haven't changed, and personnel growth doesn't explain it. What does?
OThe right people: the right number of them, with the right training,
equipment, and support
0 The right supervision —ref. 2023 reorganization
0 Not quotas, and not `goon squads' (use of force down 2023-26)
0 Constant reference to our Mission, Vision, and Values
Kittitas County Sheriff's Office Priorities & Performance
Results
Causation is complicated --but good things are happening
Internal clearance -code evidence
Reduced Property -Crime Activity
Burglary
Theft 1 Stolen Property
Vehicle Prowl
Vehicle Theft
Malicious Mischief
70 100
78 200 184 5D 46 61 87
80 278 58
66 175 165 b0 54 80
61 40
60 150 133 132 50 62
1 60
48 48 125 9 60 56
30
40 40
100 19 30 26 23 43
40
75 20 16
20
20 50
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0 0 0 0 0
2021-22 2022-23 2023-24 2024-25 2025-26 2021-22 2022-23 2023-24 2024-25 2025-26 2021-22 2022-23 2023-24 2024-25 2025-26 2021-22 2022-23 2023-24 2024-25 2025-26 2021-22 2022-23 2023-24 2024-25 2025-26
Source: KCSO CAD calls by clearance code; operational years.
➢ Internal records support reduced conventional property -crime -related activity.
➢ These categories are common signals of property crime pressure.
➢ KCSO data aligns with the broad decline shown earlier in reported property crime.
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Selected dispatched call categories
Select Disorder- related Call Types: 5 Operational Years
Family Disturbance
/ Dispute
120
100
80
U 60
40
20
0
2021-22 2022-23 2023-24 2024-25 2025-26
Civil Issues
and Disputes
400
353 354
350 315
300 280
250 2
U 200
150
100
50
0
2021-22 2022-23 2023-24 2024-25 2025-26
Hit & Run
Collision
60
50 48
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20
10
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2021-22 2022-23 2023-24 2024-25 2025-26
Selected community -generated disorder categories generally declined over the five-year period.
Source: Kittitas County Sheriff's Office CAD calls by clearance code.
➢ Several dispatched call types reflecting conflict and disorder are down.
➢ Law Enforcement can hardly claim credit for reduced family fights —but something noteworthy is
happening.
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KCSO clearance codes and WSDOT totals
Reduced Traffic Collisions
220
- 200
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140
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2021-22
Traffic Accidents Cleared by KCSO
Operational years 2021-22 through 2025-26
Source: KCSO CAD clearance -code data
209
2022-23 2023-24 2024-25
Countywide Traffic Collisions
Calendar years 2021 through 2025
Source: Washington State DOT
1350
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2025-26
2021
2022 2023 2024
These measures track different things, but the state totals generally confirm the direction seen in the KCSO clearance -code data.
The KCSO series reflects agency -cleared traffic -accident calls by operational year; the WSDOT series reflects total countywide collisions on all roads by calendar year.
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➢ Both internal records and state -collected data show significant drops in traffic -collision reports.
➢ We can't claim we're the only cause —but deputies did a lot of planned and sustained work to make traffic
safer, and traffic got safer.
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KCSO's Operational Priorities
Returning to the `ruler' for the work measured in this report:
What's most important can't always be quantified
O Public Safety First
19 Justice for Victims &Accountability for Offenders
0 Protect the Quality of Life in Kittitas County
0 Professional, Personal Community Service
Kittitas County Sheriff's Office Priorities & Performance
Results beyond the spreadsheet
Personal, professional service: the Human Factor
III( Not all impacts can be measured
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Tirne! "Deputy Jen," our county's School Resource
Deputy, is the clearest example of results
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intervention and positive influence through
relationship.
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This kind of community connection and
influence is the aim of every division of the
Sheriff's Office.
Making it happen depends on having the
right people and imparting the right vision of
service.
Known interventions matter.
Unknown influence may matter more.
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Conclusion
The five-year picture and Sheriff's Office operations today:
• Deputies are measurably more proactive.
• Enforcement actions and investigative complexity have increased.
• Commissioned and auxiliary staffing growth facilitated this increased volume
and complexity and supports new, broader operating profile.
• Public-service demand remains diverse and durable.
• Non-resident impacts are significant and consistent.
• Several outcome measures point in positive directions.
Kittitas County chooses to invest in people, capacity, and a culture that supports public safety.
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