[Vision2020] Kerfuffle

[Jennifer McFarland]

Dear Chas and J Ford,

I do not know what was/is going on at Winco.  Since we don't share a
building or a Dispatch center with MPD, we don't have a very good system for
letting each other know what is going on within our separate agencies.

Insofar as whether or not they are looking for a "wanted" person and why
that would not have been released to the general public: It is often easier
(for law enforcement types) to find a suspect when he/she is not tipped off
that we are looking for him/her.  The decision as to what to release and
when is based on a totality of circumstances of the facts of the case.  We
weigh public safety with case integrity (and other factors) and do what we
think is best.  Sometimes we are wrong, but it is never because of lack of
care or (often painful and heated) deliberation.

Note to J Ford--I posted a follow-up regarding the Hergert case as soon as
the arrest came to my attention.  That post was sent to Vision2020 on
6/13/2006 at 13:18.  Please check on things like this in the future before
publicly asserting that we did not follow-up on our duties.

--Jennifer

PIO Jennifer L. McFarland
Latah County Sheriff's Office
Public Information Officer
PO Box 8068
Moscow, Idaho 83843
(208) 882-2216
Fax (208) 883-2281
http://www.latah.id.us/Dept/Sheriff_Main.htm

Truth is the summit of being; justice is the application of it to affairs.
***Ralph Waldo Emerson

  


-----Original Message-----
From: vision2020-bounces at moscow.com [mailto:vision2020-bounces at moscow.com]
On Behalf Of J Ford
Sent: Friday, June 16, 2006 11:41
To: vision2020 at moscow.com
Subject: RE: [Vision2020] Kerfuffle

They were there yesterday as well, slowly going through the parking lot, 
checking the license plates out...do we have another "wanted/warrented" 
person on our midst and if so, why are'nt we being told?  The last one was 
caught a few days ago and I still haven't seen that on this listserve, even 
though members of the community spotted him and reported his where-abouts to

the MPD.

J  :]




>From: Chasuk <chasuk at gmail.com>
>To: Vision2020 <vision2020 at moscow.com>
>Subject: [Vision2020] Kerfuffle
>Date: Fri, 16 Jun 2006 11:33:28 -0700
>
>There was some some of a kerfuffle outside/inside Winco this morning
>(still ongoing at the time of this post, actually), involving three
>police cars, several police officers, and two food bank volunteers.
>Of course, I'm not counting the miscreant(s), as he/she/they were
>nowhere in sight, presumably the object(s) of the officer's harried
>reconnaissance.
>
>What was I witnessing, Jennifer?
>
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