A busy news week:
Seattle Times-
It’s full speed ahead for SAFE Boats in the law-and-order market
Marine Log-
SAFE Boats International makes milestone delivery
Q13 Fox-
‘We need that power’: New Interceptor vessels designed to stop smugglers built in Puget Sound
Local company builds interceptor boats for U.S. Customs
KPUG-
Smugglers beware: new patrol boats are coming
Instead of showing up to ask any questions- Newspeople play the role of federal public affairs personnel.
What role do coastal patrol boats play in keeping heroin out of the Puget Sound area?
Same busy news week-
Nearly nine pounds of heroin get past Homeland Security coastal patrol boats & into Snohomish:
Police, agents haul in 9 pounds of heroin potentially worth millions
Snohomish again:
Local law enforcement agencies may benefit when the US Dept. of Homeland Security fails to keep heroin out of the US-
Seattle media:
Heroin busts could finance police construction in Snohomish
Port Angeles heroin-
Question for newspeople:
What role do 1,200-horsepower Border Patrol Interceptor boats play in keeping heroin away from the Puget Sound area?
2011-
2013-
Heroin epidemic gripping Port Angeles
2015-
Port Angeles residents fed up with heroin problem
PA police to carry heroin overdose antidote
Clallam commissioners asked to consider heroin problem in next year’s budget
“Clallam County’s death rate from prescription opioid and heroin overdose was 29 per 100,000 in 2013, nearly twice the state’s overdose death rate of 14.8 per 100,000, health officials have said.”
Frequent updates here.
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US Border Patrol, Port Angeles, WA- News tip/story idea
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