The man told officers at the scene that he was an off-duty Edmonds officer, but in reality was a security guard. BREMERTON, Wash. — A man who was passing himself off as an off-duty detective was arrested after showing up to an active crime scene in Bremerton with a vehicle featuring blue police lights. The Bremerton Police Department (BPD) says the man arrived in an unmarked Ford Explorer and identified himself as an off-duty Edmonds detective. He had body armor with "POLICE" and "SWAT" logos and a metallic Edmonds Police badge.  The man turned out to be a security guard for a nearby business and he "had been committing law enforcement acts in the downtown corridor." Officers determined that the man was a convicted felon who was illegally possessing a firearm. He also was in possession of a large amount of police equipment when he was arrested, BPD says. The man was booked into the Kitsap County Jail on suspicion of criminal impersonation and unlawful possession of a firearm in the second degree. Anyone who may have had an encounter with the man is asked to call Bremerton police at 360-473-5220 and reference case number B25-004726.

Let's Go Washington, the backers of the 2024 initiatives, is looking for signatures again. OLYMPIA, Wash. — Let's Go Washington is back in the initiative game. The organization, founded by Brian Heywood, sponsored several initiatives in 2024 changing state law. Heywood announced Monday signatures are being gathered to submit two initiatives to the 2026 state Legislature or potentially voters. The initiatives relate to parental rights and trans youth athletes. Heywood's organization achieved significant victories last year when voters supported initiatives restricting natural gas use and overturning state laws limiting police pursuits. The state Legislature also passed Let's Go Washington-backed measures banning income taxes and guaranteeing parental rights to access school records. The success came after Heywood invested more than $5 million of his own money into seven initiatives. "Someone has to stand up and fight back. And what I think I've done is given the voice. I've given voice to 1.2 million people who signed at least one of our initiatives," Heywood said. However, the organization faced a setback earlier this year when Gov. Bob Ferguson signed legislation overhauling the "parents bill of rights" initiative.  "It stripped all the parts about parental notification or parental access to information," Heywood said. In response, Let's Go Washington is now gathering signatures for two new campaigns. The first seeks to overturn Ferguson's recent law, restoring their original parental rights initiative. The second would require physicians to assign genders to youth athletes during physicals, prohibiting those considered males from competing against females. "Allowing biological males to compete in girls sports is a blatant, a flagrant violation of Title IX, I would argue, and also extremely unfair to girls who've worked really hard to get in a position to be top athletes," Heywood said. Despite failing to pass initiatives targeting the state's climate law, long-term care savings program, and capital gains tax in 2024, Heywood remains optimistic about his organization's impact.  "Four out of seven, I'm pretty, pretty happy with what we did, and we're not done," he said. If the organization can collect enough signatures by the end of the year, the issues would be submitted to the state Legislature. Lawmakers could either pass the initiatives or let voters decide in November 2026.