WA: new Olympic Peninsula chief p.d.

A Gonzaga law school grad and good guy in general has been picked to lead the p.d.'s of Port Angeles:

A 15-year veteran of the Clallam Public Defenders office has been tapped to lead the group of lawyers tasked with giving legal representation to poor people accused of everything from drunken driving to murder.

Harry Gasnick, 48, was selected last week to fill the position of executive director.

"I'm looking forward to the challenges that this presents," Gasnick, of Sequim, said Saturday. "I hope I'm up to meeting those challenges," he added with a smile.

Here's what happened last year when Gasnick caught a Washington State trooper "pre-completing" his DUI arrest reports.