Westsoundguide.com's criminal incident map is made up of reports taken by law enforcement officers from the Bainbridge Island Police Department, Bremerton Police Department, Kitsap County Sheriff's Office, Port Orchard Police Department, and Poulsbo Police Department.
The reports made by officers do not reflect actual criminal convictions, only the initial report taken at the scene by a law enforcement officer. Some incidents, such as suicides and rapes, aren't published in adherence to the Kitsap Sun's policies of what is published in the newspaper and on kitsapsun.com.