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Van Wert Fire Department promotes Ankney, Miller Information submitted Saturday, January 9, 2021 12:00 AM Brian Ankney is sworn in as Fire Captain of the Van Wert Fire Department by Mayor Ken Markward. (Photo submitted) Austin Miller is sworn in as Lieutenant of the Van Wert Fire Department by Mayor Ken Markward. (Photo submitted) • • VAN WERT – On Jan. 7, 2021, Brian Ankney was promoted to Fire Captain and Austin Miller was promoted to Fire Lieutenant at the Van Wert Fire Department. Brian Ankney entere...

>> tom, you were a police officer for many years. maybe you can provide that perspective in this. you have a lot of people looking at this and say this was a kid. these police officers rolled up very close to this child. how did they not give him a little more latitude as they approached him? do you say? >> some of the things are not really fair to the officer. i'm not saying did cu gsaying, shooting yet. the officers don't know he was. we have gang members on the street shooting each other that are 14, 15 years old. they have no trouble pulling the trigger, either getting a gun and using it t...

We're being a little too overzealous? >> i did. >> reporter: jones thought she needed help and she brought in her fire instructor, paul, a senior special agent with the forest service. >> we were going to need an expert witness and he's expert and with it being the biggest fire in colorado, there is just -- my -- >> reporter: did you think you would get picked apart? >> absolutely. >> kim is a very seasoned investigator but very inexperienced with fire investigations. >> reporter: he has more than 35 years of experience and is known to be one of the best in the fire investigation business. >> ...

Starts their fire and threw the match off to the side. >> they couldn't have been flung because i found three within an inch and a half of each other. >> reporter: at that moment jones knew she wasn't looking for a careless camper but evidence to lead her to an arsonist. did you start to think maybe we're being a little too overzealous? >> i did. >> reporter: jones thought she needed help and she brought in her fire instructor, paul, a senior special agent with the forest service. >> we were going to need an expert witness and he's expert and with it being the biggest fire in colorado, there i...