The Poulsbo city prosecutor resigned in October when the city’s police officers union took a “no confidence vote” in her after she disclosed that a detective filed a document in court containing false information.
“I was expected to cover it up,” Alexis Foster told the Kitsap Sun in an interview.
Foster said the pushback from police officers, which was joined by the mayor and police chief, was meant to punish her for taking official notice of flawed documents signed under the penalty of perjury and filed March 17, 2022 in Kitsap County Superior Court by Detective Erik Peffer.
No major negative consequences arose from the filing, or findings of intentional dishonesty. It was not the kind of error that would typically end a police officer’s career. An investigation found it was likely the result of the department’s social worker adding false information to the court form and inattention on Peffer’s part for not catching it.
Despite the relatively low stakes, the blowback against Foster was strong and sustained, resulting in a veteran law enforcement attorney quitting and the city losing its own prosecutor’s office.
Mayor Becky Erickson and police Chief Ron Harding sided with the police union against Foster, with Harding lobbying Foster to not report Peffer. He later sent Erickson a list of additional tasks he...
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