SEQUIM — Robert Spinks, former Sequim police chief, has been honored by a regional law enforcement group.
The Olympic Peninsula Law Enforcement Agency Administrators, which is chaired this year by Clallam County Sheriff Bill Benedict, gave Spinks two awards at its recent quarterly meeting.
Benedict presented Spinks, who resigned as police chief in July, with an award from the Clallam County Sheriff’s Office for service to the community for more than half a decade.
“Bob provided leadership in evolving the Sequim Police Department,” Benedict said.
“He was instrumental in enhancing the relationship between our two agencies, training initiatives and in working together on issues including regional communications, sharing crime scene investigation resources and working at the state level on traffic safety efforts.”
Spinks now is a volunteer and adviser to the Sheriff’s Office and will assist with the emergency management program, Benedict said.
Spinks’ involvement in leading traffic safety efforts on the Olympic Peninsula resulted in a plaque of appreciation from State Patrol Chief John Batiste, the Sheriff’s Office said.
The Sequim Police Department was the first agency in Washington to support the State Patrol’s Target Zero program at the local level, and Spinks was involved in a presentation to the state Traffic Safety Commission that resulted in more agencies stepping up efforts to target impaired, aggressive and reckless drivers, the Sheriff’s Office said.
Olympic Peninsula Law Enforcement Agency Administrators is composed of agency executives from all of the local, county, state, federal and tribal law enforcement agencies in a multicounty area who gather to share information, Benedict said.
