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Kitsap County Sheriff Candidates Debate Budget Crisis

Summary by Hoodline
Kitsap County voters choosing a new sheriff this fall are weighing two very different résumés against the same grim backdrop: a projected $9 million budget gap, and a sheriff's office with 125 deputies, roughly half the statewide average of 237. Brandon Myers, the department's current chief of patrol, and Rick Kuss, a King County deputy sheriff and Navy veteran, are both running to replace former Sheriff John Gese, who resigned effective June 29…
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Hoodline broke the news in San Francisco, United States on Friday, October 2, 2026.
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