Officers from WWU University Police to attend memorial for Deputy Mundell in Tacoma

Police officers from the University Police Department will be joining fellow officers from Whatcom County, around the country and Canada at the memorial service for Pierce County Deputy Kent Mundell on Tuesday, Jan. 5, in Tacoma.

Once again, there is a Western connection to the fallen officer, said Randy Stegmeier, the director and chief of police with University Police. Deputy Mundell was a classmate of University Police Sgt. Bianca Smith when they attended the state law enforcement academy. Deputy Mundell is the sixth officer killed in the line of duty in Western Washington in the last sixty days.