East Wenatchee Police Department achieved a major milestone.

Chief Rick Johnson said his department became an accredited agency last week at the Washington Association of Sheriffs & Police Chiefs (WASPC) Fall Conference in Kennewick.

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What the Accreditation Process Required

"It's something that has been a work in progress since I took over in June of 2020," Chief Johnson said. "We were convinced that we were doing things in best practice after making a lot of changes, but when you have a third party coming in like WASPC, it provides affirmation that you are doing things best practice as an agency."

In April 2019, the East Wenatchee Police Department underwent a review of the Loaned Executive Management Assistance Program, w

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