Facing a staffing crisis in the jail in 2023, Pierce County officials hired people for corrections jobs who had admitted to domestic violence, had disqualifying prior drug use or had a poor driving record, a Clark County investigator has found.
One of the new hires, Cameron Boucher, was arrested after he allegedly backed his pickup over his ex-girlfriend’s head while intoxicated in downtown Tacoma on New Year’s Day 2025.
At the request of Pierce County Sheriff Keith Swank, the Clark County Sheriff’s Office last fall conducted an independent review of an internal investigation in the Pierce County Sheriff’s Office. The internal investigation looked at hiring practices in the Corrections Bureau between 2023 and 2025…