G.R.I.T.'s SULTAN POLICE MAIN PAGE
Above:
Chief Fred Walser accepting Snohomish County
DUI Taskforce's 10th Annual Gayle Whitsell Award, April 20, 2007.
Citizens hold Sultan Police Department Appreciation BBQ Saturday, May 19, 2007. People come and go from 11 a.m. to 3:30 PM; estimates are that between 125-200 people attended, which included 39th Rep. Kirk Pearson.
Sultan Councilmen Jim Flower, John Seehuus and Ron Wiediger attend. Sultan councilmembers Derek Boyd, Kristina Blair, Bruce Champeaux and Steve Slawson are "no-shows." (Mayor Tolson sent apologies, as he was out of town that day.)
(in chronological order; most recent, last).
- Audio of January 30, 2007 Town Meeting (Approx. 120 residents attended)
- Audio of February 10, 2007 Sultan Council Retreat - Sheriff's Dept. presentation to Council at the Monroe Library
- Audio - March 8, 2007 - Sheriff's Slide Show presentation to Sultan Council during their council meeting (residents were not allowed to ask questions)
- Audio of March 15, 2007 - Sultan Town Meeting at Sultan's Middle School re Police: All police staff were present, and voiced their views. (Approx. 150 residents attended)
- A City Staff-Sheriff's Dept. Negotation Meeting was held early April, 2007: The public was not advised of this meeting, much less invited to attend. It was a "city staff working" meeting, the purpose of which was to iron out the details of the sheriff's contract proposal to obtain a true "apples to apples" cost comparison of the city's current police service with the Sheriff's proposed costs before the city's scheduled 4/26/07 public meeting. As of May 28, 2007, citizens and council are still waiting for that A-to-A comparison....)
- Audio
of April 26, 2007 Presentation & Council Meeting (Sultan
Middle School; 200-plus residents attended). This was advertised as
-- finally -- a meeting where the true Apples-to-Apples comparison would
be presented.
- Sheriff's full-blown presentation and slide show , council questions, and questions from the Assembly. The Sheriff's Department was amply represented by four upper-level public officials. Also on hand to offer testimonials of their satisfaction with their own Sheriff's Dept.contracts, was Mayor Jones of Darrington and Mayor Crystal Hill of Gold Bar.
- Council Meeting (followed presentation) Most residents did not remain for the council meeting.
OTHER SULTAN POLICE-RELATED WEBPAGES:
- Chief Walser and the Sultan Police have always been "Fair Game" to the anti-police (mostly in-power) faction in Sultan.
- Links to history of Chief Walser/SPD's rocky history in Sultan.
- Accusations
against SPD employee Carole Pepperill
COMING:
Chief Walser Spinning straw into gold - Cleaning up Sultan's Skykomish "Briar Patch" (i.e., "homeless) community so it can become a recreation/fishing park.
Older articles/G.R.I.T. info:
Sultan Crime Updates (old), Reports & Press Releases
G.R.I.T. Article: Sultan Suicide Bomber (2003)