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The Sheriff admits to lying about the situation but blames everyone else for what he did.
In a recorded conversation about the response to Troyer’s report about Altheimer, on the evening after it occurred, a South Sound 911 dispatcher told the Tacoma officer who wrote the police report that the massive response was made “inappropriately” due to the sheriff’s vague description of the alleged threats against him.
“And that’s kind of a common practice with him — of not getting information out of him,” the dispatcher said.
As a result, dispatchers issued the “Priority 0 Officer Needs Help” alert, which was broadcast to all law enforcement agencies countywide and triggered 42 units to rush toward the scene before being called off.
“And if we would’ve been, like, able to get any answers, I would’ve probably put it out like a Priority 2 Prowler … and then we would’ve found out it’s just a newspaper person,” the dispatcher said.
Pierce County Sheriff Ed Troyer faces calls for resignation over confrontation with Black newspaper carrier
The guy couldn't even do his job without getting harassed and getting 42 police units called on him.
In a recorded conversation about the response to Troyer’s report about Altheimer, on the evening after it occurred, a South Sound 911 dispatcher told the Tacoma officer who wrote the police report that the massive response was made “inappropriately” due to the sheriff’s vague description of the alleged threats against him.
“And that’s kind of a common practice with him — of not getting information out of him,” the dispatcher said.
As a result, dispatchers issued the “Priority 0 Officer Needs Help” alert, which was broadcast to all law enforcement agencies countywide and triggered 42 units to rush toward the scene before being called off.
“And if we would’ve been, like, able to get any answers, I would’ve probably put it out like a Priority 2 Prowler … and then we would’ve found out it’s just a newspaper person,” the dispatcher said.
Pierce County Sheriff Ed Troyer faces calls for resignation over confrontation with Black newspaper carrier
The guy couldn't even do his job without getting harassed and getting 42 police units called on him.