In a story on kitsapsun.com today, you may have read about the troubles the Bainbridge Island Police Department is having in securing a functional, “ant-free” station.
Sure, they’ve got a $600,000+ police boat (at right, with deputy chief Mark Duncan at the helm), but what about a sally port?
We have a few of these ports in the county — the jail, juvenile detention center and Bremerton police station — which provide a locked space between two areas.
Matt Haney, Bainbridge’s Police chief, is concerned when suspects
on the island — which as the population grows are also becoming
more numerous — are brought “downtown.” Winslow, far from Port
Orchard, can also serve as a place to process suspects for DUI and
other crimes rather driving you-know-how-far to Port Orchard.
But now, with the possibility of a Bainbridge criminal justice center combining the cops and courts — located where their current police station is — the sally port may not work out.
Let’s not forget that Bainbridge holds its muni-court in a former storage facilty unit — thus the idea of a crime and justice facility is not so far fetched.
