After Pierce County Sheriff Keith Swank posted a series of social media posts, including ones that sparked controversy regarding transgender people and gun ownership, the Washington State Criminal Justice Training Commission (WSCJTC) announced it is investigating the sheriff’s office’s social media regulations.

Today I received a complaint from the Criminal Justice Training Commission (WSCJTC) regarding my social media posts that if true can invoke RCW 43.101.105 (decertify me). This is what the left does to shut people up. I won’t be silenced.

— Sheriff Keith Swank (@Swank4America) September 6, 2025

“Here’s the policy: I am the Sheriff, and I can say whatever I want,” Swank wrote on X last week.

Last night, a reporter from KIRO sent an email to my PIO wanting to know our social me

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