Pierce County's Charter Review Commission is considering a proposal that would make the county sheriff an appointed position ...

The Pierce County Charter Review Commission will hold a special meeting on Saturday, June 13 to give the public an opportunity to provide comments on proposed charter amendments ...

About an hour into a Wednesday afternoon media tour of the Pierce County Jail, officials led reporters to a high-security cell block that is the subject of a federal lawsuit over jail conditions, ...

Swank claims the commission is controlled by "leftist radicals." Commission leaders say they're just trying to do their duty.

OLYMPIA, Wash. — The Washington Association of Sheriffs and Police Chiefs is considering expelling Pierce County Sheriff Keith Swank after the organization said comments he made to lawmakers this week ...

Pierce County Sheriff Keith Swank said he has opened an internal investigation into the conduct of several of his deputies who were on the scene of a DUI crash involving a member of his command staff.

KIRO host Gee Scott agrees with the more than 500 people who have signed a petition demanding the Pierce County Library System cancel all future events with Sheriff Keith Swank. Gee and petition ...

PIERCE COUNTY, Wash. — Pierce County Sheriff Keith Swank spoke publicly for the first time Thursday night, after a high-ranking Pierce County detective was formally charged in a DUI crash. Major Chad ...

A former candidate for Pierce County sheriff will not be prosecuted after detectives investigated him for allegedly impersonating a sheriff’s sergeant to file an internal complaint against another ...

PIERCE COUNTY, Wash. — Pierce County Sheriff's Office Major Chad Dickerson was charged with two counts of vehicular assault with a DUI enhancement for an injury crash on July 12. Dickerson will next ...