Episode 30 Retired Boise Police Department Detective Skip Nakashima

Years of Service: 1967-2001

Skip became a Boise Police Department officer in 1967 when Boise had a population of about 67,000 people and when nights consisted of 4 patrol cars. As the population grew, Skip stopped working patrol and began working in one of the first-ever narcotics units in the area. Skip eventually began working as a detective in the major crimes unit where he handled cases involving rape, robbery, and murder. During this time Skip would read crime bulletins and books related to evidence processing and could be considered one of the first CSIs in Boise, Idaho. With Skip’s vast knowledge, he soon became a training officer and one year became the only training officer to ever train an entire graduating class of Boise Police Department officers. Skip is often still stopped in public by people who remember him for the kind way he treated them and helped others.