| Dec ’09 |
| 12 |
| 6:00 pm |
Advertiser Normandy Park Senior Living is sponsoring a Spaghetti Fundraiser for the Lakewood Police Officers’ Families this Saturday, Dec. 12th from 6pm – 7:30pm at their campus at 16625 1st Ave South in Normandy Park.
Here are the details:
WHAT: Spaghetti Dinner Fundraiser for Lakewood Police Officers’ Families
WHEN: Saturday, Dec. 12th from 6pm – 7:30pm
WHERE: Normandy Park Senior Living, located at 16625 1st Ave South in Normandy Park.
COST: Minimum donation of $10.00 per person
INFO: From a press release:
Normandy Park Senior Living with the assistance of several other agencies including Harlow’s Bus Sales, Starbucks Coffee, Food Service of America, Sam’s Club, Fast Signs and others, will be hosting a spaghetti dinner fundraiser for the Lakewood Police Department’s officers.
All proceeds will go the Lakewood Police Independent Guild (LPIG).
“We tried to think of something that we could do to give our residents, staff and the local community the opportunity to express their support for the families of the three men and one woman that died in this painful and senseless tragedy,” said Executive Director, Pauline Smith. “We have the utmost respect and appreciation for the men and women who protect and help us every day and this is just a small way to thank them and show our support.”
The fundraising dinner will be held Saturday, December 12th from 6pm-7:30pm at Normandy Park Senior Living located at 16625 1st Ave S, Normandy Park, WA 98148.
We are requesting a minimum donation of $10 per person.
There will be entertainment and raffle tickets available for some terrific prizes that will be drawn on Monday, December 14, 2009.
For additional information on how to donate if you cannot attend, please contact Pauline Smith or Kim Parks at 206-241-0821, or via email: psmith@artegan.com.
| Jul ’09 | Jul |
| 1 | 3 |
According to a press release, the Normandy Park Police Department will be taking over Marvista Elementary School for some serious police training between Wed., July 1st and Fri., July 3rd, from 9am to 9pm.
The school grounds will be off limits to all non-police personnel, and the training will be scenario-based for SWAT and Patrol. For the safety of its citizens, Normandy Park Police along with Kassel Construction are temporarily closing the school grounds.
This training is critical for the maintenance of basic and advanced skills. The Coalition of Small Police Agencies (CSPA) has a Special Operations Team (SOT). The team is staffed by members of the coalition.
The City of Normandy Park provides three officers to the SOT. The SOT has approximately 20 team members. The SOT assists CSPA agencies and other outside agencies needing assistance with search warrant service or special event enforcement. During the SOT training on July 1st, the team will be training in Simunitions, Explosive Breaching, Noise Flash Diversionary Devices, CS Gas, Pepperball and smoke familiarization. Team members will also be breaking windows and forcibly opening exterior and interior doors. Residents can expect to hear loud noises similar to that of large fireworks. Residents may also see a number of outside agency police vehicles, to include an armored transport vehicle and possibly a mobile command center. The training will begin at 11:00 A.M. and conclude at 7:00 P.M.
On July 2nd and July 3rd, members of the Normandy Park Police Department and several CSPA agencies will be conducting Active Shooter training inside the soon to be demolished Marvista Elementary. This training will begin at 9:00 A.M. and conclude at 6:00 P.M. This training will utilize Simunitions only.
Simunition rounds are similar to paintballs, but they are fired from realistic type weapons. Safety officers, not participating in the training will be ensuring only simunition rounds are used in the training.
As a result of cooperation from Highline School District and Kassel Construction, the Normandy Park Police, CSPA and the SOT have been given the outstanding opportunity to train in a very realistic environment.
Marvista Elementary is located at 19800 Marine View Drive SW in Normandy Park.
If you have concerns that what you are seeing is not associated with the SOT training, please feel free to call the Normandy Park Police Department at (206) 248-7600.
From the “it could only happen here” police files comes this recent tale of a dumb criminal who robbed an area house, and in his haste to escape, ran right into a police training exercise:
On Thursday, March 26th at about 2:40pm the Washington State Criminal Justice Training Commission Basic Law Enforcement Academy received an unusual visitor on campus: a felon fleeing the Normandy Park police after breaking into a home.
Unfortunately for the suspect, the academy staff and senior class were participating in what are known as “Patrol Beat Mock Scenes”, a daylong exercise in which recruits patrol the campus facility in marked academy police cars responding to simulated calls for service. The man was later caught by academy staff in the neighborhood bordering the campus after interrupting a training scene on campus. He had committed two residential burglaries, escaping the second one by diving out of a closed window injuring his hand.
Recruits and an instructor working the simulated crime scene were contacted by an on-duty officer from the Normandy Park Police Department who came to the academy campus searching for the felon last seen on foot in the area. The officer stopped to tell them about the situation and asked them to call 911 if they saw the suspect. The instructor, a Kirkland Police Corporal, used his radio to alert other members of the staff who were involved in training scenarios around the facility.
A few minutes later, the suspect, a 21-year old man, walked out of a wooded area of the campus past a group of recruits who reported his presence. The suspect fled back into the woods pursued by a Des Moines Police Officer who tailed him until he crossed 192nd Ave South where he was seen dumping stolen property by a Washington State Patrol Corporal. A Seattle Police Officer and Renton Police Officer recovered the stolen property which included a handgun. The suspect jumped several fences across backyards in an attempt to escape. A short time later the man was taken into custody by a Des Moines Police Officer, U.S. Forest Service Officer and Renton Police Officer.
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From our sister site The B-Town Blog comes this news:
Thursday morning (2/12/09) around 10:45am, the Burien Key Bank located at 655 SW 152nd was robbed by this man, described as a white male, late 20s, medium height, slim build, brown hair, with a goatee:
According to police, he entered the bank, gave a teller a note, got his loot and took off.
No weapons were displayed and there were no injuries.
If this bad guy looks familiar, you are asked to contact the Seattle FBI immediately at (206) 622-0460 (you can also call 911).
1/6/09 UPDATE: The victim of Monday night’s (1/5/09) fatal Burien car crash has been identified as Normandy Park resident Terrence P. Mueller, 57.
According to The Seattle Times, Mueller was killed Monday night around 7pm when his car, a Toyota Prius, hit a guardrail on Highway 509 near South 160th Street and left the road.
The State Patrol said Mueller was found dead on the scene.
More info from KOMO News:
They said he skimmed the guardrail to his left before veering to his right, off the road and into a tree.
Investigators suspect a medical emergency as it appears the driver never attempted to slow down or stop the car.
No alcohol was found inside the car.
According to The Seattle Times, a federal jury awarded $60,000 to a 53-year-old accountant who got tasered by our own Normandy Park police after he tried to talk to the police chief about being treated “rudely.”
The victim, an accountant named Kevin Bonner, was tasered by Normandy Park Detective John Lievero, who, according to the decision, used “excessive force” as well as conduct considered “malicious, oppressive, or in reckless disregard” of his civil rights at the Normandy Park police station in April 2005.
This begs the question, and we don’t mean to make fun of this situation as we know how dangerous tasers are (feel free to respond in Comments below or email us):
Would you willingly be tasered if the reward was $60K?
The full story is here.
WHITE CENTER – The 16-year old boy who fatally shot a White Center man during a burglary attempt last fall plead guilty this morning to second-degree murder.
Jonathan Newman was originally charged with first-degree murder in juvenile court shortly after the slaying of Craig Hoffman, 46. But the case was remanded to adult court Monday after King County prosecutors agreed to charge the boy with second-degree murder in exchange for the guilty plea.
Sentencing was scheduled for June 13. Prosecutors plan to seek a sentence of up to 23 years in prison.
Andrea Mathison, Hoffman’s sister, was in court this morning when Newman pleaded guilty. She said she was pleased the teen’s plea meant the case would not go to trial.
“He admitted what he did was wrong,” said Hoffman, of Lakewood, Pierce County. “That part is very comforting.”
According to charging papers, Newman, who was 15 at time, and two other teens saw Hoffman drive away from his home the morning of Oct. 19. Newman entered the house through an open garage and then let the other two boys in through the front door. When Hoffman returned a short time later the boys raced out of the house with stolen items in hand, court documents said.
Deputy Prosecutor Amy Montgomery said Newman shot Hoffman as the homeowner was chasing the teens off his property.
The two other teens have pleaded guilty in juvenile court and had agreed to testify against Newman.
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