PORT TOWNSEND — Kurt E. Borggard, a newly minted — and award-winning — State Patrol trooper, has been assigned to work the Port Townsend/Jefferson County area.
Borggard was among 45 new troopers last month sworn in at ceremonies at the Capitol Rotunda in Olympia with state Supreme Court Justice Barbara Madsen, Gov. Christine Gregoire and State Patrol Chief John R. Batiste.
During the ceremony, the Core Values Award was presented to Borggard, a Bremerton native.
The award is presented to a State Patrol training class cadet who most typifies the “training division core values, which include honesty, integrity, team-orientation, attention to detail, adaptability, self-discipline, performance-driven, professionalism, officer safety and sense of urgency,” according to a State Patrol press release.
The recipient of the award is determined by an anonymous vote of classmates and is sponsored by the Washington State Patrol Memorial Foundation to honor the most recent State Patrol employee “to give their life in service to the citizens of the state of Washington,” the press release stated.
Trooper Jim Saunders was killed in the line of duty Oct. 7, 1999. The award was presented to Borggard by Saunders’ widow.
