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District 3· Major Programs & Services

Serious Highway Crime Action Team

Over several years, District 3 has developed a model for deploying canine troopers and line troopers in tandem to focus on serious highway crimes. These teams are called "Serious Highway Crime Action Teams," or SHCAT. District 3's SHCAT program has proven so effective in the detection and apprehension of DUIs, aggressive drivers, and non-driving crimes such as narcotics trafficking and weapons violations, that each district in the Washington State Patrol was directed to develop and implement their own SHCAT program.

East Region Bomb Team

The explosives unit — or bomb squad — was established to provide assistance to agencies and individuals in the rendering safe of identified explosives or suspected explosive devices and materials. Members of the squad provide training in the areas of searching techniques, suspicious letters, packages, devices, and explosives to emergency response personnel and to public and private sector entities.

East Region Bomb Team

Services provided by the East Region Bomb Team include the disposal of:

  • Explosives (homemade and commercial)
  • Ammunition
  • Fireworks
  • Ether

In addition, the bomb team provides:

  • Response to, and rendering safe of, suspected and known explosive devices.
  • Post-blast investigation.
  • Letter and parcel bomb recognition training.
  • Information on how to handle bomb threats and bomb threat search techniques.
  • Incident response to terrorist bombing.
  • Explosive recognition for emergency response personnel.

Hispanic Community Outreach Program

Over the past decade, Eastern Washington has experienced a dramatic increase in the number of fatality and felony collisions involving Hispanic/Latino surnamed drivers. Click here to view the Hispanic Community Outreach Program (El Protector) page.

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