Island County Sheriff's Office
Mission Statement:
It is the mission of the Island County Sheriff's Office to provide unbiased, community oriented police services in order to maintain and enhance Island County's reputation as a safe, thriving community where residents and visitors can safely live, work and visit.
Core Values:
Service- We are committed to the concept that our primary purpose is to provide excellence in public safety and community service.
Professionalism- We are committed to adhering to the highest professional standards in all aspects of our chosen profession.
Accountability- All of our actions will be measured with the rule of our mission statement, core values, policy and the law. We will hold ourselves accountable to these principles at all times.
ISLAND COUNTY FIRE MARSHAL
NEWS RELEASE
Due to the increase in fuel moisture levels and a return to more typical seasonal weather patterns, the Fire Marshal will lift the ban on outdoor burning in Island County as of midnight tonight (September 30, 2021).
It is important to remember that residential yard debris and land-clearing burning are permanently banned in Coupeville, Freeland, Langley, and Oak Harbor (and their urban grown areas).
All yard debris and land-clearing burning will require a permit where open burning is allowed. All written burn permits will be issued through the Island County Health Department.
To obtain a verbal permit for residential fires less than 4 feet in diameter, call either 360-240-5526 and listen to the required conditions or call Northwest Clean Air Agency at 360-428-1617, EXT 4.
To obtain a written permit for fires over 4 feet in diameter, call 360-679-7350 (North and Central Whidbey), 360-321-5111 EXT 7350 (South Whidbey) and 360-387-3443 EXT 228 (Camano Island).
Visit https://www.islandcountywa.gov/Health/EH/Burning/Pages/Home.aspx for additional permit information.
Recreational fires less than 3 feet in diameter and 2 feet high do not require a permit.
As always burning garbage and the use of burn barrels is illegal STATE WIDE and subject to fines than can exceed $1,000.00.
If your property falls under the jurisdiction of the Department of Natural Resources, please call 360-856-3500 for burn permit information.
For air quality issues call the Northwest Clean Air Agency at 360-428-1617.
Current Office Business Hours:
The Coupeville Office is open Monday - Friday between 8:00am and 4:30pm.
The Freeland ICSO office is open Monday 9:00am to 5:00pm and Tuesday thru Friday 9:00am to 1:00pm.
The Camano Island Office is open on the second and fourth Monday of each month from 10:00am to 3:00pm. Adjustments will be made for holidays falling on Mondays.
APPLY ONLINE for Fingerprint appointment and Concealed Pistol Licenses or at the following Locations:
Coupeville
- CPL applications submitted online will include a small convenience fee however Kiosks are available at our locations if needed (no service fee).
- Fingerprinting is taken on a walk in basis, Tuesday – Friday between 9:00am and 3:00pm (socially distanced) with the last walk-in taken by 3:00pm or you may schedule an appointment online.
Freeland
- New applications for Concealed Pistol License applications and fingerprinting are NOT available at this location, but can be obtained at the Coupeville office.
- CPL Renewals can be completed at the office during business hours or submitted online (to include a small convenience fee).
Camano Island
- New applications for Concealed Pistol License applications and fingerprinting are done BY APPOINTMENT ONLY. You may schedule an appointment online or by calling 360.678.4422 opt 5.
- CPL Renewals can be done on a walk in basis on the second and fourth Mondays when a clerk is present to assist you or submitted online (to include a small convenience fee).
In lieu of a single day for drug take backs Island County maintains a drop box in the lobby of the Annex Building at 1 NE 6th Street, Coupeville, WA. The hours for drop off are Monday – Friday 8:00 AM to 4:30 PM, excluding holidays . *NO SHARPS, NO LIQUIDS* - PLEASE EMPTY PILLS INTO ZIPLOCK BAG BEFORE DISPOSAL*
ATTENTION REGISTERED SEX OFFENDERS:
If you are new to the county and need to register, you must contact Sgt Peabody within 3 days of moving into the county. He will instruct you on when you can come to the office to finish your processing. You can reach him at 360-679-7320 or c.peabody@islandcountywa.gov
If you are moving inside the county and need to update your change of address, please fill out this form and mail it via Certified Mail to:
Island County Sheriff's Office – Attention Sgt Peabody, PO Box 5000, Coupeville, WA 98239.
If you are transient, please continue to report every Tuesday at the jail.
If you do not comply with the modified registration procedures, you could be arrested or charged with a crime for failing to register.
Evidence/Property
To pick up property from our Evidence Technician Ruby Triana, please call 360-679-7318 for an appointment Tuesday through Friday 8am to 4pm.
SHERIFF RICK FELICI
"I believe strongly in a community that works together with law enforcement to help solve crime and make Island County a safer place to live. In order to commit to this philosophy, I will dedicate myself to answering the needs of the citizens and fostering their trust in the men and women of the Island County Sheriff's Office."
Island County Tip Line
The Island County Tip email is an effort to elicit information from concerned citizens about illegal activity occurring within the confines of Island County, by giving its citizens an ability to communicate with us confidential information.
Anyone wanting to report information or provide tips are encouraged to contact us through our tip email, to include as much precise information as possible such as city, date/time, address, what is occurring, and attachments such as photographs. If you are willing to identify yourself, the information will remain confidential¹ and not available to anyone except restricted Sheriff’s investigators assigned to this email.
The tip emails are used to disseminate information to Sheriff’s investigators, and to local police agencies in an attempt to make our communities in Island County a safer place for all in which to live.
Email tips are gathered during regular business hours. Remember – if you are reporting a crime in progress, please call 9 1 1.
Email: tips@islandcountywa.gov
Washington requests for electronic collision reports or "WRECR"
(Olympia) - Were you recently in a collision and now need a copy of your police traffic collision report for your insurance company? Instead of the four weeks it previously took when mailing in the request, now a few simple clicks of the mouse you can request a copy of your report and receive it in one to five days.
“This new Web site will provide the citizens with an important service that’s faster and easier to use,” said Washington State Patrol Chief John R. Batiste. “From the officer filing the collision report via their laptops in their patrol car to seeing it on the Web site, we could not have completed this program without the support and partnerships of other state agencies.”
The Washington State Patrol (WSP) Collision Records Section partnered with the Department of Revenue, Department of Licensing, Washington State Department of Transportation, Office of the State Treasurer, and Office of Financial Management and received grant funding from the Washington Traffic Safety Commission to build the Washington Requests for Electronic Collision Reports or “WRECR” application.
The goal of the project was to give the public the ability to go online, enter their identifying information, find their collision report, pay the $10.50 fee, and receive their collision report via e-mail, fax, or by mail in one to five days.
“There are still some requirements our collision records technicians need to accomplish to process the online request before it can be sent out,” said Jim Anderson, Collision Records Division Administrator. “Even with these requirements, the online records requests make receiving the collision report weeks faster than the old method.”
The Revised Code of Washington (RCW) 46.52.030 requires all law enforcement agencies to submit their collision reports to the WSP Collision Records repository in a timely manner. Prior to this Web site, an individual looking for a copy of a collision report would have to mail in the request and a $9.50 fee, even if the WSP Collision Records Section had not yet received the collision report.
“This new application allows the individual to find their report online first and then pay the fee for the report,” said Anderson. “If at first you do not find your report, please check back. There is no cost until you actually find your report.”
The WRECR application can be found on the State Patrol’s Web site at
www.wsp.wa.gov/driver/collision-records.
The WRECR Web site has training and other helpful information available to assist requestors with the process. If people still have questions about how to obtain their collision records they are always welcome to contact WSP’s Collision Records Section at (360) 570-2355.
For more information about the WRECR program and how to use it, check out WSP's Good to Know – Collision Reports video.
Fingerprinting Information
Fingerprinting at Camano: Alternating Mondays, BY APPOINTMENT ONLY. To schedule, please call us at 360-678-4422 option #5
Fingerprinting at South Whidbey: not available at this time*
Fingerprinting Coupeville: Tuesday-Friday 9:00am - 3:00pm, walk-in (socially distanced).
*Our Camano and Freeland facilities are currently closed.
*Please note that we cannot make change for large bills*
Washington State Firearms Dealer License applications and Vendor Permits are taken at the Coupeville Office only, Tuesday – Friday.
¹ Despite your expressed preference, your identifying information might be disclosed as required by law or court rule pursuant to RCW 42.56.240(2).
