Please note that this is no longer the official Blog of the MRPD Chief or the MRPD. The acting chief would have no clue how to use it and whoever is appointed the new chief will certainly want to create his/her own forms of communication about public safety in Mount Rainier. I created this Blog back in 2006 and contributed to it almost daily until my forced retirement last April. So, I consider it my property and will continue to use it to occasionally offer useful commentary. Yesterday, October 10, 2018, Route 1 reporter Michael Theis requested my reaction or comment on the release of the report of the financial investigation into the Mount Rainier Police Department. I responded to him via e-mail today but it was too long to include in a Facebook post so I'll use this old Blog instead and post a link to it on Facebook. Also note that I reserve the right to respond to comments, or not. With that said, here is my response to Mr. Theis: " My first reaction to the repo
At about 12pm on March 29th MRPD officers took reports on four cases of vandalism/theft from vehicles parked in the Thomas Stone Elementary School parking lot. During their investigation they reviewed the school's security camera footage. The footage showed that a black SUV drove into the parking lot at about 11:30am and 38 seconds later it is seen fleeing the scene. During that 38 seconds someone in the SUV broke into the four vehicles and stole property from inside three of them. The video was not detailed enough to help identify the SUV or the suspects.