Vancouver police sergeant files counter complaint in case over BLM, Patriot Prayer comments
Dueling probes between officer, city attorney continues By Jerzy Shedlock, Columbian Breaking News Reporter
Published: January 8, 2021, 6:05am
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According to emails obtained through a public records request, Sgt. Pat Moore sent the written complaint against Vancouver City Attorney Jonathan Young to the city of Vancouver’s manager and human resources director on Oct. 20. The Columbian recently received the emails after filing its request Nov. 19.
Moore states in the complaint that Young carried out “retaliation, conflicts of interest and ethics violations” in relation to conversations they had about protests in front of the city attorney’s home in late June, and whether the involved groups should face legal consequences for intimidating a p
Top 10 stories of 2020: Pandemic, shootings, wildfires hit Clark County by The Columbian
The SARS-COV-2 virus is incredibly small, but the reverberations of its impact on humanity dominated the events of 2020 and will linger for years.
There was never any question that the novel coronavirus pandemic is The Columbian’s and the world’s top story of 2020.
Clark County’s first case of COVID-19, the disease caused by the virus, was reported on March 7. Since then, it has sickened more than 12,000 people and taken the lives of more than 135 people.
It has shuttered businesses, reinvented learning and upended nearly every aspect of Clark County life.
Radio traffic around fatal police shooting of Kevin Peterson paints chaotic scene By Jessica Prokop, Columbian Assistant Metro Editor
Published: December 24, 2020, 6:00am
Share: The Clark County Sheriff s Office, Vancouver Police Department and Washington State Patrol investigate a shooting in Hazel Dell on Oct. 29. (Courtesy of KOIN 6 News)
Radio traffic from the night of the fatal police shooting of Kevin Peterson Jr. paints a chaotic scene that unfolded in about 10 minutes’ time from when he arrived until authorities approached him as he lay on the ground.
The Clark County Prosecuting Attorney’s Office on Tuesday released the audio from Clark Regional Emergency Services Agency, as the final investigative records in the shooting.
Investigation into Thanksgiving shooting complete
Case sent to the Clark County Prosecuting Attorney s Office for review By Jerzy Shedlock, Columbian Breaking News Reporter
Published: December 23, 2020, 6:04pm
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The Clark County Sheriff’s Office announced Wednesday that regional investigators have finished looking into a Vancouver police shooting on Thanksgiving and released a summary of their findings.
The case has been sent to the Clark County Prosecuting Attorney’s Office for review, according to a sheriff’s office news release. Prosecutor Tony Golik said he will send the case to a prosecutor outside of the county, who will determine whether the Vancouver police officer was legally justified in firing his weapon at Irving Diaz-Rodriguez, 23.
Vancouver police make surprise gift delivery to Longview family By Jessica Prokop, Columbian Assistant Metro Editor
Published: December 18, 2020, 6:23pm
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7 Photos Kevin Hale, background in tan to front, of Longview joins his wife, Lindsay, his daughter, Annabelle, 6, and his son, Sawyer, 4, as they walk out to a porch full of donated gifts on Friday evening. Members of the Vancouver Police Department Domestic Violence Unit delivered the gifts to the family. Kevin Hale has been diagnosed with Stage 4 endocrine cancer, and his wife, Lindsay, works for the Clark County Prosecuting Attorney s Office as a victim advocate with the domestic violence unit. (Amanda Cowan/The Columbian)