‘Absolutely demoralizing’: 2 lawsuits allege toxic work environment at Redmond PD
REDMOND, Ore. (KTVZ) Two lawsuits against the city of Redmond were filed recently by former and current police officers, alleging toxic workplace behavior by two supervisor lieutenants, Eric Beckwith and Jesse Petersen.
Officer Hannah Copeland has been with the Redmond police force for more than 20 years.
She alleges Beckwith created a toxic environment in part by threats of physical violence, sexually demeaning comments, jokes about intercourse with other employees wives, racial harassment and verbal berating for no cause.
Her attorney, Dan Thenell, spoke Friday to NewsChannel 21. Efforts at police reform and police accountability are not being appropriately being directed at management the way that they should be, at these supervising officers, the command staff, the chiefs, the city managers that are in control, Thenell said.
Eide Hyundai is expected to close on Dec. 31, according to Nick Nelson, sales manager. 3:08 pm, Dec. 22, 2020 ×
A long-running Grand Forks car dealership will soon close its doors.
Eide Hyundai, at 1300 S. Washington St., is set to close on Dec. 31, according to Nick Nelson, sales manager. Nelson declined to give a reason for closing and referred the Herald to the dealership’s owner Jesse Peterson, in Bismarck, for comment. A message left for Peterson went unreturned prior to this story’s publication.
According to Bismarck-based Eide Chrysler’s website, the company opened its first dealership in Grand Forks in 1974. The company expanded to Bismarck in 1981, when it opened Eide Ford, followed by Eide Chrysler in 2016.
Redmond PD update: Missing Redmond man found safe at hotel in Bend
Oregon DMV/Redmond Police Dept.
Ronald Norman Olson
(Update: More details on finding Olson at Bend hotel)
REDMOND, Ore. (KTVZ) – Redmond police early Saturday evening said a missing 67-year-old Redmond man had been found safe in Bend. Earlier, they sought the public s help finding the man, noting a medical condition which prompted concern for his safety.
Ronald Norman Olson was last seen around 8:30 a.m. Saturday, walking away from his home, located near Southwest 23
rd Street and Pumice Avenue, Lt. Jesse Petersen said.
“Mr. Olson’s disappearance isn’t suspicious,” Petersen said in an initial news release. “However, he suffers from an underlying medical condition which causes concern for his safety.”
But the 28-year-old Lake Oswego man couldnât pay his bail.
Two days later he was found unresponsive in his cell, the subject of an apparent ânon-suspicious suicide,â according to the initial law enforcement investigation.
This week, Deschutes County District Attorney John Hummel confirmed Baksisâ identity, though the investigation into his cause of death continues. Hummel said he expects to release the findings from the investigation next week.
âHe was in the governmentâs custody and the family and the public deserve to know why he died,â Hummel said. âIt seems like itâs death by suicide but Iâm not going to make my final decision on that until the investigation is completely over.â