Jeff Myers
City of Hoquiam Chief of Police
Phone: (360) 532-0892

Allow me to welcome you to the police department's official city homepage. I hope that you find the information posted on this site to be useful and interesting. It is important to our mission that the citizens we serve understand what the men and women of our department do every day to serve you. On this page, you will find links to our monthly and annual statistical reports; these reports give you a snapshot of the regular activities of the department.

You may also want to check-out our page on www.crimereports.com to see a local map with the actual calls and incidents posted by location, date and time.

Serious Crime Rate Down
I am glad to report over the past few years, overall serious crime was down in Hoquiam. The 2008 crime statistics reflected a drop not witnessed in Hoquiam in almost ten years; I believe this may be the low-water mark for us, and for many departments in the nation.

Through 2009 and 2010, overall crime remained relatively low. I can certainly attribute this positive trend to the hard work of our citizens and the men and women of this department. At the same time however, crime trends often reflect demographic issues, such as the age of the population and the economic stability in the community and in the nation.

The stark reality is that the root of most property and violent crime is also set within substance abuse (alcohol and drugs). As the economy continues to struggle toward recovery, I would anticipate crime rates to fluctuate.
Whatever happens in the future, we will continue with due diligence to take a unified stance with citizens against crime, violence, disorder and disregard for the law.

Crime Watch & Explorer Post Volunteers
I am also very proud of our senior volunteers who comprise our CRIME WATCH group. CRIME WATCH conducts residential and business vacation/ security checks, they volunteer at the station doing office work, abate graffiti on public spaces, act as security at community events and help with other public service functions.

So far, our CRIME WATCH volunteers have donated thousands hours of community service since the program started in November 2007 ...[visit webpage]

The department is also sponsoring a Learning for Life Police Explorer Post. This program targets youth between 16 and 20 years of age and allows them to learn about police work. Explorers undergo general training and are issued uniforms so they can ride along with officers and assist with security at events, traffic control and other community service functions....[ visit webpage]

This combination of senior and youth volunteers has brought an exciting vitality to the day-to-day operations of the department.

The Future
We continue to look forward to advancing our community policing objectives by tackling drug houses/ locations, enforcing traffic safety laws and targeting chronic public nuisances- such as abandoned vehicles and code violations.

I encourage you to take a few moments to read our monthly and annual reports, as well as view the additional web pages related to the police department and the city. I am very proud of the men and women of this department and what we have been able to accomplish together with our community.