Kootenai County, Idaho: The Kootenai County Sheriff’s Office has been informed of recent scam calls within the community. Multiple victims have reported being called from a phone number matching the Kootenai County Sheriff’s Office. The callers claim to Read on...

Harrison, Idaho: Sheriff Robert B. Norris welcomes members of the Harrison community to attend KCSO’s “Coffee with the Sheriff” event October 19, 2023 at 10:00am located at the Harrison Community Ambulance Center. The Sheriff and members of his administra Read on...

Kootenai County, Idaho – On September 16th, 2023, at approximately 4:00 PM, Kootenai County Sheriff Marine Deputies, Coeur d’ Alene Tribal Police, and the Worley Fire Department responded to the Blackrock Marina in Rockford Bay for a reported drowning. Read on...

Between March and August of 2023, the Kootenai County Sheriff’s Office Traffic Unit has investigated nine fatal collisions. Between 2019 and 2022, the KCSO Traffic unit investigated eight fatal collisions. This equates to a 450% increase over the previous Read on...

Starting on August 18th, 2023, the Driver’s License Office located in Coeur d’Alene will be closed on Friday of each week for the near future. The closure is due to current staffing shortages at that location. The Post Falls Office will be open as norm Read on...

On 7/27/23 at approximately 0910 hours, the Kootenai County Central Dispatch Center received a call of a vehicle collision between a van and a John Deere Tractor near the intersection of N Meyer Road and Emmanual Avenue. KCSO Deputies along with members o Read on...

On 7/26/23 at approximately 0730 hours, the Kootenai County Central Dispatch Center received a call of a vehicle collision between a semi-truck and small passenger car at the intersection of W. Hayden Avenue and N. Meyer Road. KCSO Deputies along with mem Read on...

On 7/16/2023 at approximately 4:44 p.m., The Kootenai County Central Dispatch Center received multiple 911 calls regarding an injury collision near the intersection of Hayden Avenue and Greensferry Road. Initial reports indicated a motorcycle struck a pic Read on...

Kootenai County, Idaho –On July 5th, 2023, at around 3:15 PM, Central Dispatch aired a smoke check to local fire units in the area east of Hayden Lake in the Coeur d’Alene National Forest. At the time, the Kootenai County Regional Air Support Unit, ABLE Read on...

Coeur d’ Alene, Idaho: In the afternoon hours of July 1, 2023, Kootenai County Sheriff marine deputies were flagged down on the Coeur d’ Alene river, near North Idaho College Beach, regarding a male who was possibly drowning. A marine deputy entered the Read on...

Post Falls, Idaho- In the early morning hours of 06/21/2023, a Kootenai County Sheriff’s Deputy initiated a traffic stop in the area of Pointe Parkway and Interstate 90. The driver of the vehicle was identified as a 17-year-old juvenile female from Spokan Read on...

On 06/20/2023 at approximately 1840 hours, multiple Kootenai County Sheriff’s Deputies responded to the report of a shooting that just occurred at the Wolf Lodge dumpsters. The victim, who is an adult male local to the area, called 911 and advised that he Read on...

On June 10th, 2023 at approximately 9:45 pm, Deputies with the Kootenai County Sheriff’s Office responded to the Hayden home of Ryan Eric Galliher, and arrested him without incident, for four (4) violations of his Sex Offender Registry. All four (4) of Read on...

Post Falls, Idaho – In the early morning hours of Tuesday, May 23, 2023, a Kootenai County Sheriff’s Deputy observed a suspicious vehicle in the area of 4200 block of Expo Parkway, in Post Falls, Idaho. The deputy observed a vehicle running, but unoccupie Read on...

Please see the corrected press release regarding the fatal collision on Fernan Lake Road. The victim’s name was misspelled in the original release. Coeur d’ Alene, Idaho – On May 21st, 2023 at approximately 3:23 p.m., deputies with the Kootenai County She Read on...

Hayden, Idaho – In the early morning hours of Thursday, May 4, 2023, Kootenai County Sheriff’s Deputies were notified by the Coeur d’ Alene Police Department of the location of Jesse J. Brebner, a 32-year-old male from St. Maries, Idaho. Brebner had activ Read on...

Coeur d’ Alene, Idaho – In the late hours of Monday, April 24, 2023, a Kootenai County Sheriff’s Deputy initiated a traffic stop in the area of Interstate 90 and exit 14. The Deputy identified the driver as Jade T. Budd, a 28-year-old male from Montana. Read on...

Kootenai County, Idaho –The Kootenai County Sheriff’s Office and Non-Profit Keeping K-9s in Kevlar hope to fund bullet resistant vests for K9 Luuki. Coeur d'Alene, ID: Bullet-resistant vests for K-9s are not in the budget for many law enforcement departm Read on...

Post Falls, Idaho – In the late hours of Tuesday, April 11, 2023, a Kootenai County Sheriff’s Deputy observed a suspicious vehicle in the parking lot of the Stateline Walmart. The deputy observed two males exit the vehicle and enter the store. The deputy Read on...

Post Falls, Idaho- In the late afternoon hours of April 1, 2023, Kootenai County Sheriff’s Deputies responded to the area of Interstate 90 (I90) and Greensferry Road for a reported major injury traffic collision. The Idaho State Police had been involved Read on...

Coeur d’ Alene, Idaho – In the late hours of Sunday, March 19, 2023, a Kootenai County Sheriff’s Deputy observed a suspicious person in a vehicle near the area of Highway 95 and Appleway Avenue in Coeur d’ Alene, Idaho. While approaching the vehicle, a Read on...

Idaho Senate Bill S1081, if passed, will provide a special “Restricted Driver’s License” that a United States Citizen could not have received, but people here illegally could. Sheriff Robert B. Norris stated that municipalities that accommodate people Read on...

Kootenai County, Idaho - On the afternoon of Friday, February 24, 2023 the Kootenai County Sheriff’s Office (KCSO) Special Investigations Unit (SIU) assisted by the Coeur d’Alene Police Department’s Community Action Team (CAT) were conducting a surveillan Read on...

An open letter to the Governor, Lt. Governor, members of the Idaho House and Senate: Stop weakening Idaho Sheriffs and Sheriff Operations in Idaho. While the state of Idaho sits on hundreds of millions of surplus dollars, county sheriffs across this Read on...

Hayden, Idaho- On February 1, 2023 at approximately 10:55 AM, Kootenai County Sheriff’s Special Investigations Unit located Sara E. Beebe, a 41 year old female from Coeur d’ Alene, Idaho. Beebe had active warrants for possession of methamphetamine, Read on...

Hayden, Idaho: On January 2 at approximately 2:32 PM the Kootenai County Sheriff’s Office responded to the Mathews Apartments in Hayden for a weapons offense. An apartment resident called 911 and stated that Josh Cottrell, a 40 year old resident of Hayde Read on...

Kootenai County, Idaho: The Kootenai County Sheriff’s Office has been informed of recent scam calls within the community. Multiple victims have reported being called from a phone number matching the Kootenai County Sheriff’s Office. The callers claim to Read on...

Post Falls Idaho- On October 23rd, 2022 shortly after 11 P.M. Post Falls Emergency Communications Center received a 911 call from a person in the 100 block of South Cedar in Post Falls. The caller stated a person had broken into their home and a physica Read on...

Kootenai County, Idaho: The Driver’s License Office in Coeur d’Alene will be closing on Fridays starting on November 4th, 2022 through January 27th, 2023. Additionally during this time, the availability of walk-in service will be extremely limited and Read on...

Hayden, Idaho: On September 24th, 2022 at approximately 10:14 pm, Central Dispatch received a report of a residential structure fire, located in the 2100 block of W. James Crowe Dr. in the City of Hayden, ID. Kootenai County Sheriff Deputies were first Read on...