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Dallas: Authorities
find drugs, ammo
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A subsequent search of Anderson’s home located both
methamphetamine and .45-caliber ammunition consis-
tent with the gun he used to shoot Hatchell, according to
reports from the DA’s office.
All three officers will remain on paid administrative
leave pending an internal Dallas Police Department re-
view of the shooting, said Lt. Jerry Mott.
“This is to determine if policy governing their response
with force was followed,” Mott said. “I am hoping to com-
plete the review this week and make a determination and
recommendation to Chief (Tom) Simpson based on the
available facts.”
Mott said he isn’t sure when Hatchell will be able to re-
turn.
“Sgt. Hatchell's injuries were significant,” Mott said. “He
was shot in the upper and lower left leg. He is working to
recover from his injuries.
The Oregon State Police conducted the investigation.
The Polk County District Attorney’s Office presented the
evidence to the grand jury.
The grand jury heard testimony from the three involved
Dallas officers. Also testifying were detectives and troopers
from OSP and five citizen witnesses.
The grand jury also reviewed a scene diagram, a report
of the Oregon State Medical Examiner’s Office, as well as
dash camera and body camera video.
VSO: Community
outreach is key
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“I plan to do a lot of outreach to those smaller commu-
nities because I know that travel is often a barrier to serv-
ice,” she said. “I will be going out to those smaller commu-
nities myself to help the veterans out there.”
McCandless said a secondary, but critical, function of
the office is referring veterans to where they can get help
for other needs, such as housing, utility bill assistance and
emergency food.
“Part of our job is going to be to connect those veterans
coming in for help with disability claims to resources here
in the community, get them connected to the support
groups here,” McCandless said.
She added the office has gotten several calls from peo-
ple and organizations wanting to help them get started.
“Us, being new here, they are really sharing as many re-
sources as they know with our veterans, so we make sure
that everybody is getting what they need,” McCandless
said.
Osgood’s first big community event will be next week’s
Polk Community Connect, an event providing help to peo-
ple and families who are homeless or in danger of becom-
ing homeless.
“We are going to take it on, and we are going to see if we
can help as many people as possible that day,” she said.
Polk County Itemizer-Observer • January 18, 2017 7A
Rec coordinator to remain unfilled
By Lukas Eggen
The Itemizer-Observer
DALLAS — The city of
Dallas’ recreation leagues
are on hold.
Former recreation coordi-
nator David Brautigam left
the position in December
and now works as a trucking
manager for Open Road
Trucking.
The city council decided
during a Jan. 9 meeting that
the par t-time position
would remain unfilled until
the city’s goal-setting meet-
ing in March.
“From the city’s stand-
point, there won’t be any-
b o d y w o r k i n g o n ( re c
leagues),” city manager Ron
Foggin said. “Anything that
the sports coordinator was
doing prior to leaving, all
that is on hold.”
In recent years, the city
had offered a variety of
recreation opportunities —
including an increase in
adult rec leagues, including
basketball, softball and a
glow run.
The council inquired
about whether an employee
from the parks department
could take over the recre-
ation coordinator’s duties.
“If the recreation coordi-
nator’s duties were going to
be handed to the parks de-
partment, we’d have to put
another employee in there,”
Foggin said. “We’d still have
the expense no matter
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The Glow Run, held in October, attracted more than 500 participants.
where you pay for it.”
Many adult recreation
leagues had seen growth,
including the basketball
league, which grew from
eight to 16 teams during its
lifetime.
The position’s fate could
be decided during the city’s
goal setting meetings, when
a third-party facilitator talks
with each council member,
Foggin and his senior man-
agement team about what
their short-term and long-
term priorities are for the
city, Foggin said. Then, they
gather to discuss and priori-
tize those goals.
“In the past, recreation has
been, I would say, within the
top 10 goals for the council
the last three or four years,”
Foggin said. “It has been
something that is important
to the council to provide
these recreation opportuni-
ties for the citizens. I don’t
know this year how that will
boil out, but if (recreation
programs) continue to be
something the council wants
to see, I would expect some-
one to be working toward
that whether they’re in that
department or not.”
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