On February 23rd, a section of SR-16 was renamed Trooper Tony Radulescu Memorial Highway, to honor “Trooper Tony” who was killed on the highway four years earlier.
On March 25th, Governor Jay Inslee signed a bill giving WSP Troopers a raise, in hopes to curb the number of troopers leaving the agency.
The Fire Preparedness and Fire Prevention Divisions combined into one new Prevention Division.