PORT OF SEATTLE 
MEMORANDUM 
COMMISSION AGENDA               Item No.       4b 
Date of Meeting     June 5, 2012 
DATE:    May 25, 2012 
TO:     Tay Yoshitani, Chief Executive Officer 
FROM:    Colleen Wilson, Port of Seattle Police Chief 
SUBJECT:  Special Order of Business  Reserve Sailor of the Year: Sergeant Doug
Newman, Port of Seattle Police Department 
On April 18, 2012, the Chief of Navy Reserve announced his selection of the Navy
Reserve Sailor of the Year during a ceremony at the Fort Meyer Officers' Club in
Virginia. Vice Adm. Dirk J. Debbink announced Master-at-Arms 1st Class (SCW/FMF)
Doug Newman of Navy Reserve Naval Security Forces, Navy Base Kitsap, as this year's
selectee. Newman was one of five finalists after being selected as the Sailor of the Year 
for Navy Region Northwest Reserve Component Command. He was selected from
almost 41,000 qualified members of the Navy Reserve.
Sergeant Doug Newman has been a law enforcement professional for 16 years. He is
currently a member of the Port's Police Department (POSPD), and is assigned to the
Operations Bureau's Patrol Division as a watch commander and patrol supervisor. Doug
created and supervises the POSPD Gang Unit, consisting of Officers and Detectives who
detect and monitor gang activities occurring within the Port's jurisdiction. His past
assignments have included internal affairs supervisor, Police Training Officer supervisor,
training instructor, prison crimes and gang investigator, SWAT operator, narcotics
officer, Field Training Officer, patrol officer and corrections officer.
Doug is a graduate of Northwestern University's School of Police and Staff Command
Class #321. He is an instructor in both civilian law enforcement and in the military. He
instructs in several disciplines to include firearms, gangs, officer safety, communityorientated
policing, internal affairs investigations, public relations, and police ethics.
Doug's primary passion is the study of ethically-based leadership and the continual
improvement of delivering effective and professional public safety service. 
Doug's military background augments his law enforcement duties. Doug is a Master-at-
Arms Chief Petty Officer in the U.S. Navy Reserves. He is currently the Senior Enlisted
Leader for Naval Security Forces, Navy Base Kitsap. He is a qualified Fleet Marine
Force and Seabee Combat Warfare Specialist. In 2005 he mobilized and completed a
combat deployment to Fallujah, Iraq, with the 30th Naval Construction Regiment,
attached to the 2nd Marine Expeditionary Force. He served as the Regimental Master-At-
Arms, Force Protection/Antiterrorism and Protective Security Detail Lead Petty Officer.

COMMISSION AGENDA 
Tay Yoshitani, Chief Executive Officer 
May 25, 2012 
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Doug lives in Gig Harbor with his wife Michele, his daughter Maddie, and his new son
Ron.
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