Bring your old bills, bank statements, and other sensitive documents to our Free Shred Event Saturday, October 18, from 10:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. (or until the truck is full) behind Sumner City Hall (1104 Maple St).

♻️ Limit: Up to 3 shopping bags of paper per household.
🚫 Reminder: Shredded paper isn’t accepted in your curbside recycling bin.

Safely dispose of your personal documents and help keep our community clutter-free. See you there!

Stewart Road in Sumner will be closed two nights this week to deliver and install the new girders across the river. Closures will be 10/9 at 8 pm to 10/10 at 5 am 10/10 at 8 pm to 10/11 at 6 am Use the detour route around the closure. We know that there are lots of bridges and routes closed around this project and apologize for further impacts to your routes. If anything, it reinforces how important it is for us to replace this bridge crossing, and we’re working to minimize the closures throughout construction.

We are proud to share that Deputy Chief Andy McCurdy has graduated from the Northwestern University Center for Public Safety’s School of Police Staff and Command in Evanston, Illinois.

This 22-week program provides upper-level leadership and management education for law enforcement professionals. Coursework covers areas such as leadership, organizational behavior, human resources, budgeting, and policy development—all designed to strengthen strategic decision-making in police leadership which coincides with our department’s initiative to educate and train its officers to meet the demands of modern policing.

We’re excited to see how Deputy Chief McCurdy’s experience will enhance our department as well as the Sumner community.

The West Valley Hwy is closed in Sumner due to a tree across the road in the 3500 blk. Local access only between 24th St and Sumner Heights. All thru traffic use an alt route. We know there’s lots of construction/closed routes in our area and will work to get this one back open.

10-4, Good Buddy! On Oct 4, Come Walk With Me will close Cannery Way Bridge, Main Street and other adjacent routes from approximately 8-11 am. Please plan accordingly to avoid frustrations.

Yesterday we were able to do something rare — get our entire department together in one place for our Annual Meeting & Training. These moments are special, and we made the most of it!

We caught up on department updates, learned about new laws, heard from MultiCare about Crisis Services, welcomed a guest from Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD) who honored two of our officers for their work keeping impaired drivers off the road and presented our annual department awards.

Yesterday’s awards are officially our 2024 recognitions — it took us a while to coordinate a date when every member of the department could attend and another agency could cover our calls so we could all be in the same room. The wait was worth it!

Please join us in congratulating this year’s award recipients:

5 Years of Sustained Service
• Officer Brandon Anderson
• Officer Brittanie Miller

10 Years of Sustained Service
• Chaplain Bob Ihler
• Police Records Coordinator Dan Medina

20 Years of Sustained Service
• Police Records Specialist Sherrie Duggan
• Officer Ken Patten

25 Years of Sustained Service
• Animal Control Officer/Supervisor Nikki Thawsh (our longest-tenured Metro Animal Shelter employee in history!)
• Sergeant Joe Boulay

Officer of the Year – 2024
Officer Geoff Boone — recognized by his peers for his professionalism, dedication, and hard work.

Employee of the Year – 2024
Professional Standards Officer Bree Cowdrey — nominated by her peers for her many contributions and commitment.

Guiding Principles Award – 2024
Officer Lucas Devore — for living out our department’s values every day.

Marksman Recognition – 2024
Detective Jerry Schliesman — for his top-scoring skills on the range.

We’re so proud of our team and thankful for the work they do every day to keep Sumner safe.