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Presentation from Sheriff's Office
Special Meeting
Wednesday September 30, 2026 - 11 :00 AM
Commissioners' Auditorium
265 West 5th Room 109 -Ellensburg
1.Call to Order
2.Citizen Comments(1 min.time limit)
3. Priorities & Performance Report for Kittitas County Sheriff's Office
4. Other Business -No Action to be taken
5. Concluded
Created on 9/16/2026 1:05:10 PM
KITTITAS COUNTY
SHERIFF'S OFFICE
. .
Priorities and P
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.
Administration A Operations-� • This report focuses on Sheriff's
Sheriff's Administrative Assistant Chief Civil Deputy Superintendent
i Office activity related to criminal
justice and public safety.
Inspector Emergency Management
Operations
Professional Standards Fire Marshal's Office — -
Administration Takeaway
Public Information
Chief Operations Deputy
The charts that follow are one
Chief Administrative Deputy —L_Patrol window into a much broader
Finance organization.
Investigations
Records
Special Operations
Kittitas County Sheriff's Office Priorities&Performance•Operational years 2021-22 through 2025-26 2
Crime in the U .S. , Washington ,
and Our Region
Public safety context for KCSO workload and performance
1
KcSO's operational- Priorities
The ruler for the work measured in this report
0 Public Safety First
0 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
State and national context
VITA Vs, U.S. Violent Crime Rates, 2019-2025
Calendar-year rates•2019-2025 �0--- United States t Washington
What to know
5
• NIBRS data is for calendar
years, not operational years, and
4 lags because of nationwide
U.S. 3.3
reporting timelines.
N
3 • Violent Crimes are narrowly
defined in NIBRS data: Homicide,
a Robbery, Kidnapping, forcible
y 2 sexual assaults, and other
aggravated/felony assaults.
Violent Crime in Washington
tracks close to national rates
° throughout these six ears.
2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 g y
Washington remained below the U.S.violent-crime rate in every year shown.
Source:Crimelndex.org:National Incident-Based Reporting System(NIBRS)
Kittitas County Sheriff's Office Priorities&Performance•Operational years 2021-22 through 2025-26 5
State and national context
WA vs. U.S. Property Crime Rates, 2019-2025
Calendar-year rates•2019-2025 �— United States Washington What to know
35 • Property crimes are much more
common that violent crimes;
30 numbers are larger and data is
more stable and reliable.
25
• The`COVID surge' and recovery
qD
g 20 from 2020 forward is the main
VVA 1y.1 criminological story of this
a U.S. 15.3
C 15 period.
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Property Crime in Washington
5 remained on average 48% above
national average rates over
0 these six years.
2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025
Washington averaged 48%above the U.S.property-crime rate over this period.
Source:Crimelndex.org;National Incident-Based Reporting System(NIBRS)
Kittitas County Sheriff's Office Priorities&Performance•Operational years 2021-22 through 2025-26 6
Unincorporated counties and statewide comparison
Violent Crime Rates in Unincorporated Counties: 2019-2025
What to know
4 ➢ Overall State Rate
o ➢ Unincorporated
4� WA 3.11 County Rates
D 3
o -
Q- Grant 2.61 ➢ King County has
0
0 announced
0
r i Yakima 2.08
2_ corrections for
Q 1.62 24/25
N 1.38 King 1.49
M
0.98 Chelan 1.31 Takeaway
1 .85 0.8
0•7 Kittitas 0.8
0.5 Violent Crime in Kittitas
County remains well
below the statewide
0 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 average and most
Sources:WASPC Crime in Washington reports,2019-2025.County lines reflect Sheriff's Office rates for unincorporated county populations;WA is statewide neighboring counties.
Kittitas County Sheriff's Office Priorities&Performance•Operational years 2021-22 through 2025-26 7
Property-crime context
Property Crime Rates in Unincorporated Counties: 2019-2025
50 What to know
These are REPORTED
crimes;
reporting rates mean
0 40 real differences
4-1
f0 between rural and
a 0 urban areas are
0 30 WA 3 0.3 3 probably larger
0
C
King County rates have
L
0-20: 18.5 18.49 been adjusted upward
°J since publication
15• Yakima 14.08 p
10� Grant 13.05
9 King 12.43
10
Kittitas 10.89
Chelan 5.2 Crime rates in Kittitas
County are well below
° most comparison
2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 p
benchmarks and
Sources:WASPC Crime in Washington reports,2019-2025.County lines reflect Sheriffs Office rates for unincorporated county populations;WA is statewide. trending down.
Kittitas County Sheriff's Office Priorities&Performance-Operational years 2021-22 through 2025-26 6
o
Whatdodeput'ies .
Calls for service:
public-service demand and proactive activity
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Workload overview
CAD CaLLS: Dispatched and Deputy-Generated
Operational years 2021-22 through 2025-26
What to know
12000 Deputy-generated calls Total calls rose 25%from 14,868 to
rose by 3,668(+47%) 11,534
18,511 over five operational years.
11000 10,712 Population in unincorporated
10,208 Kittitas County grew 9.3%, from
20,530 to 22,445 in this period.
y 10000
Dispatched calls come through
Kittcom by 911,- a non-emergency
Line, or agency assist requests.
U 9000
Deputy—generated calls are
7,866 7,915 initiated by a deputy's observations
8000 Dispatched calls essentially flat and action, such as a traffic stop.
remained
7000 Growth is primarily deputy-
7,002 6,908 7,188 7,037 6,977 generated rather than dispatched
demand.
2021-22 2022-23 2023-24 2024-25 2025-26
Source:KCSO CAD data
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Community-generated work
Most Common Dispatched Call Types
Operational year 2025-26 What to know
Citizen Assist or Request 675 Most dispatched calls are not
for Information clear reports of crimes.
Animal Complaint or 482 • Dispatched work includes many
Concern diverse call types.
Dispatched work is spread across a
Check Welfare or broad range of community requests and ■ They are often questions, safety
440 concerns.These six categories account concerns for people or animals,
Attempt to Locate for 2,567 of 6,977 dispatched CAD p p
calls in 2025-26(37%). suspicious circumstances, and
disputes.
Driving Complaint or 432
Traffic Hazard
Suspicious Person or. 280
Circumstance
Dispatched workload is broad
public service, not simply
Civil Dispute 258 reported crime.
Source:KCSO CAD data
0 200 400 600 800 1000
Calls
Kittitas County Sheriff's Office Priorities&Performance•Operational years 2021-22 through 2025-26 11
High-volume community service calls over time
Stable Public-Service Demand
Citizen Assists Welfare/ATL/ Missing Animal Problems Traffic Hazards
s0o 40a
720 500- 471 462 700 651 347 351 350
700 675 449 440 350
625 635 600 561 318 314
L596
600 400 •3�9 534 300
■T k69
500 500 438 250
300 400
400 200
300 200 300 150
200 200 100
100
100 100 50
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
• 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
Kittitas County Sheriff's Office Priorities&Performance•Operational years 2021-22through 2025-26 12
Proactive work
Most Common Deputy-initiated Call Types
What to know
Operational year 2025-26
• Deputies contact people in many
Traffic Stop 5,822 kinds of circumstances
Parking Violation gL 1,251 *There are fewer types of deputy-
initiated calls than dispatched
calls. These six call types make up
Social Contact 765 80% of deputy-generated calls in
2025-26
Civil Process Service 764
(or attempt)0
Suspicious Person or 302 Proactive work is strongly
Circumstance
concentrated in traffic safety.
Warrant Service 278
Source:KCSO CAD data
0 2000 4000 6000 8000
Calls
Kittitas County Sheriff's Office Priorities&Performance•Operational years 2021-22through 2025-26 13
Selected deputy-initiated clearance codes
Traffic Safety Activity: 5 Operational Years
Noncriminal Traffic Stops DUI Criminal Traffic
1so
6000 5,822 165 254
160 250
0 LA
5000 140 ° 200
U U 123 U
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v 4000 3,690 3,7.0 E E 150
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3000� 80 _ 70 100 78 9
2,49 66 64
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60 50
2000
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
• 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
Kittitas County Sheriff's Office Priorities&Performance•Operational years 2021-22through 2025-26 14
Selected deputy-initiated clearance codes
Other Proactive Call Types _
Other proactive activity, operational years 2021-22 through 2025-26
Social Contacts Warrant Service
800 765 300 278
750
250
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c 700 C
0 0
185
650- 625 `6 200 17
0 0 162
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v 600-
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0 0
U 550 w
100
500 468 482 473 52
450 50
2021-22 2022-23 2023-24 2024-25 2025-26 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:KCSCCAD data
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are act'i've
Volume., area rates, and local variability
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Raw volume by geography
CAD Calls by Area, 2025-2626
Deputy-initiated and dispatched activity %deputy-
Total initiated
Ellensburg 3.096 8,736 65%
Cie Elum 1,703 4,286 60%
Easton 370 810 54%
Ronald S6 719 59%
Thorp 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.
Kittitas County Sheriff's Office Priorities&Performance•Operational years 2021-22 through 2025-26 17
Population-adjusted activity
Calls per 100 Residents by Area, 2025-25
Population-adjusted annual rates, not raw call totals v
Ellensburg(pop.13,419)* 65
Cie Elum(pop.4,660)* 92
Ronald(pop.933) 77
Easton(pop.608) 100
South Cie Elum(pop.574) �� 45
Snoqualmie Pass(pop.530) 55
Thorp(pop.488) 108
Vantage(pop.209) 53
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.5 Census ZIP 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.
Kittitas County Sheriff's Office Priorities&Performance•Operational years 2021-22 through 2025-26 18
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Seasonal and local workload
Parking Enforcement: 5 Operational Years
What to know
• Parking enforcement is a unique,
z000 1,999 seasonal, and local call group.
1,sz� • It is excluded from most of the
lsoo area and workload analysis that
follows.
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M 1400 This workload matters, but it
1,30
behaves differently from most
a 251
other call categories.
1200 1
2021-22 2022-23 2023-24 2024-25 2025-26
Source:Kittitas County Sheriff's Office CAD calls by clearance code
Kittitas County Sheriff's Office Priorities&Performance•Operational years 2021-22 through 2025-26 20
Enforcement activity by level
Enforcement Actions: 5 Operational Years
Infractions
(other than parking) Criminal Citations Physical Arrests
400-
1200
1,169 300 -289 360
350
01000 0 250 0 300 268 2fi�9y
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E 800 732 E 200 174 E 250
ar 677 v
L v 200 186
56 c 150 136 127
w 600 w w
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V42 100 113
400 100� — 100
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
➢ 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
Kittitas County Sheriff's Office Priorities&Performance•Operationalyears 2021-22 through 2025-26 21
Booking workload is broader than arrests
Not Just Fresh Arrests: other Case-Related Bookings
What to know
600
549 • Fresh arrests are only part of the
500 460 puzzle.
428 • Warrants issued and cases litigated
400 later produce additional case-related
191 bookings.
0 300 308 . . ,
m° 222 .
200
, • . 1
269 The enforcement impact of Sheriff's
100 Office work continues beyond the
initial call handling.
0
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 Source:KCSO CAD data+Mbooking data
resulting from earlier KCSO cases.
Kittitas county5heriff's Office Priorities&Performance•Operational years 2021-22through 2025-26 22
Five-year agency comparison
Kittitas County Jail Bookings by Agency
What to know
700 KCSO bookings rose 147%.
621
600 584 549 Other local agency bookings
528 KCS0 549 are comparatively flat over five
500 450 460 years.
�- 428 EPD 465
400 US Marshals bookings impact
tie 336 111111111 316 jail population more than
m° 300 367 ass WSP 316 booking numbers would
221 308 .- ;QQ suggest due to longer average
sentences
200 222
134 190 133
109 Other 133
100 76
116 CEPD 58 Annual KCJ bookings rose
6 69 73 70 58 from 1.060 to over 1.800.
0
2021-22 2022-23 2023-24 2024-25 2025-26
The strongest booking-
KCSO bookings rose from 222 to 549. growth signal is KCSO
Source: Kittitas County Sheriff's Office Spillman RMS booking module. activity.
Kittitas County Sheriff's Office Pr+oriii a a Parfor man ce-OpefaTiona l yeah&0$%-U rhrvugh 2025-26 23
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A durable non-resident impact
KCSO Bookings: Residents and Non-residents
600 549 What to know
500 460 45% • A large non-resident
428 43 0,L impact population is a long-
,
400 term, identified operational
CIO 6 factor.
c 308
c 300 45% • Over 5 years, non-residents
O0 222 accounted for an average of
200 43% 44% of bookings in Sheriff's
Office criminal cases.
100 it
0 The Sheriff's Office serves
2021-22 2022-23 2023-24 2024-25 2025-26
both our resident
■ Residents(count) Non-residents(count) community and a large and
steady impact population.
Source: Kittitas County Sheriff's Office Spillman RMS Booking Module;
residency based on the address reported by the inmate upon booking.
Kittitas County Sheriff's Office Priorities&Performance-Operational years 2021-22 through 2025-26 25
Selected activity types
Non-resident Impact Beyond Arrests: Select call types, 2025-25
KCSO Bookings 45% 45%non-resident
n=549
Traffic Stops 53% 53%non-resident
sample of 100 records
Traffic Infractions 70% 70%non-resident
sample of 100 records
SAR Missions 7096
� l 70%non-resident
4 n=40
Marine Incidents 70% 70% non-resident
.L*1 n=27
0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80% 90% 100%
Share of activity
l� 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.
Kittitas County Sheriff's Office Priorities&Performance•Operational years 2021-22 through 2025-26 28
Complex Invest*igat'ions
Advances in Technological Capability and Investigative Scope
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Complexity and evidence development
Superior Court Warrants Filed
Calendar years 2022-2026 Projected 2026 What to know
200 ,l
184
•00 There are not just more
175 arrests; cases are more
complex.
150 138 e
i
• More search warrants reflect
125 111 more evidence, more devices,
c and deeper investigations.
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L
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2� 75
Takeaway
48
50
Warrants grew faster than
25 _ cases: Law Enforcement has':
grown more technical
° across the board
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
Kittitas County Sheriff's Office Priorities&Performance•Operational years 2021-22 through 2025-26 28
•BriefBeyond
Clerical and Fire Marshal exernplifij expansion and growth in otter divisions
FIREH}ARS<t0. `
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Capacity building and vulnerable victims
Child Assaults
40 Operational years 2021-22 through 2025-26
36 What to know
35 ■ Child-assault investigations
Capacity building matters are a primary example of growth'
30 28 Cases rose from 13 to 36 in complex cases.
(+23, +177%)
U1
25 This reflects deliberate investment in: • Training, technology, and
0 22 • proactive child-assault investigations
a, • technology-facilitated abuse investigations creation of a new civilian
20 • CSAM investigations
20, • stronger case closure for child victims investigator position increased
capacity to proactively
Ln investigate and prosecute
Ln 15 13 cases protecting children.
U
10
5 The increase reflects capacity;
to detect, investigate, and
'prosecute difficult cases—not;:
02021-22 2022-23 2023-24 2024-25 2025-26 simply more reported
incidents.
Kittitas County Sheriff's Office Priorities&Performance•Operational years 2021-22through 2025-26 29
Fire Marshal integration
Fire Investigations: 5 Operational Years
What to know
30 j
■ Incorporating the Fire
is Marshal's Office into the
25- Sheriff's Office increased
effective response and
20 l investigation in fire-related
o incidents.
i
v 15 13 ■ The chart reflects an
expansion of operational
;� 10 responsibility and capacity.
5 3 4 rakeaway
o Added capability changed
0
2021-22 2022-23 2023-24 2024-25 2025-26 what the office can take on.
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.
Kittitas County Sheriff's Office Priorities&Performance-Operational years 2021-22 through 2025-26 32
Civil process service and attempts
Expanding Civil division Workload
Civil Process Served
Operational years 2021-22 through 2025-26 What to know
• Civil Process Service rose
107% over five years.
500 487 , The type of process matters:
ass ;the growth in protection orders
414 makes the work of this division
400 more complex and labor-
i 339
intensive.
V)
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Ln 300
N
225
a
> 200
u Civil workload is both higher-
volume and more demanding.;
100
0
2021-22 2022-23 2023-24 2024-25 2025-26
Source:Kittitas County Sheriff's Office CAD calls by clearance code;operational years.
Kittitas County Sheriff's Office Priorities&Performance•Operational years 2021-22 through 2025-26 31
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Fire Marshal: Completed Inspections
020 MILESTONE
Completed inspections First year in County history that all
414 commercial properties in
unincorporated Kittitas County were
inspected.
347
2024 PEAK 2025 TOTAL
414 347
215
Conipleted inspectionsCompleted inspections
152
94 Q 6-YEAR TOTAL
46
Completed inspections
2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025
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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;
103.9 103.8 106.0 light blue=vacancies
100 98.4 5.3 4.2 3.3
92.3 6.9 Orange=all other
positions; light orange =
0
80 vacancies
a
60 Commissioned deputy
positions increased 10%
d _ .
over five years; total staff
a 40 3.
- grew almost 15%.
a
20 Added support and
auxiliary positions
accommodate more
°
2021/22 2022123 2023/24 2024/25 2025/26 enforcement actions,
more complex work, non-
enforcement work, and
Annual figures are averages drawn from monthly civil service commission reports added areas of operation.
Kittitas County Sheriff's Office Priorities&Performance•Operational years 2021-22 through 2025-26 36
Kittitas compared with benchmarks
Commissioned Officers per 1 ,000 Population
Kittitas County Sheriff's Office compared with Washington and U.S. benchmarks, 2021-2025
2.5 2025 national rate What to know
r.ot yet published
United States 2.3 / • An increase in
commissioned deputies
2.0 over 5 years has kept
c KCSO 1.87 close pace with
CIL
population growth.
O
0
1.5 The ratio to population
m WA sheriffs, lOk-25k counties 1 remains below the
national average but
c Washington total 1.10 above Washington
l.o sheriff's-office and
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Kittitas county has
o.o 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 made a sustained
investment in public
safety capacity.
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.
Kittitas County Sheriff's Office Priorities&Performance•Operational years 2021-22through 2025-26 35
What drove the increase in Law Enforcement Activity?
Our basic priorities haven't changed, and personnel growth doesn't explain it. What does?
0 The 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 clown 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/Stolen Property Vehicle Prowl Vehicle Theft Malicious Mischief
70 100
78 200 184 50 61 i87
80 78 58
175 166 94 80
66 40
6A 150 50
60 F33 132 1 62 60 56
48 48 125 30 40 9
23 I43
40 100 19 30 26 40
75 20 16
20
20 50 10 20
10
25
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.
Kittitas County Sheriff's Office Priorities&Performance•Operational years 2021-22 through 2025-26 39
Selected dispatched call categories
Select Disorder-related Call Types: 5 operational Years
Family Disturbance Civil Issues Hit & Run
/ Dispute and Disputes Collision
120 - 400 I 60
106 109 353 354 52
350 48
100 94 /0315 50 46
30 280
804 80 77 250 2 40 36
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U 60 U 200• u 30
150
40 20
100
20 10
50
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
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.
Kittitas County Sheriff's Office Priorities&Performance•Operational years 2021-22 through 2025-26 40
KCSO clearance codes and WSDOTtotats
Reduced Traffic CoUisions
Traffic Accidents Cleared by KC50 Countywide Traffic Collisions
Operational years 2021-22 through 2025-26 Calendar years 2021 through 2025
Source: KCSO CAD clearance-code data Source:Washington State DOT
1350
220 1300 1,279 1,282
209
1,250
201 1250
200- 194
m N
0 1200
� 177 1,165
180
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u
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160
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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.
➢ 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
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0 Justice for Victims & Accountability for Offenders
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Kittitas County Sheriff's Office Priorities&Performance
Results beyond the spreadsheet
Personal, professional service: the Human Factor
` 4_, ; Not all impacts can be measured
Listen the Is:-
Time! "Deputy Jen," our county's School Resource
Deputy, is the clearest example of results
that rarely show up in charts—early
_ intervention and positive influence through
s relationship.
This kind of community connection and
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Sheriff's Office.
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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 a 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.
Quest*ions'.>
Protect all people • Keep the peace • Uphold the Constitution
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