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May 5, 2017 | Cannon Beach Gazette | cannonbeachgazette.com • 3A D E L L I K O ? T WH O H S T O H MR. G DETECTIVE 101 Understanding the tools used to solve a murder lice Department leads the discussion with the crew about what this could mean, introducing Mr. Ghotshot’s girlfriend “Polly Substance” as a character in the narrative. “You want to let the facts drive the investigation, even if you are hy- pothesizing who did it,” Knight said. Knight and Wilbur are members of the Clatsop County Major Crime T eam, which investigates homicides, kidnappings and other serious of- fenses. The team is deployed about 12 times a year, Knight said. The ma- jor crime rate in Clatsop County is relatively low compared to a metro- politan area, but the signifi cance of the work is not lessened by that fact, he said. “These types of crimes are hard to emotionally process,” he said. “You have to have good stress outlets. But I love what I do because I get to give voice to kids or other victims who otherwise wouldn’t be heard.” By Brenna Visser Cannon Beach Gazette O n Monday evening, April 26, the City Council cham- ber in Cannon Beach was a hotel room. Strewn about the fl oor were shell casings, a fake gun and the crash-dummy body of a fi ctional “Mr. Ghotshot” punctured with bul- let wounds. In the room next door, about 20 people sat in the round to learn how to process a crime scene . Lt. Chris Wilbur of the Cannon Beach Police Department stood be- fore them to present preliminary in- formation. “We have Mr. Ghotshot’s name, his license plate and where he lives. How do you start to solve this crime?” Wilbur asked. The exercise was a new addition to Clatsop County’s 10th annual Citizen Police Academy as a way to show another aspect of law enforce- ment work, Cannon Beach Police Chief Jason Schermerhorn said. In the third session out of 10, the class learned how detectives solve a crime from start to fi nish. But before anyone could get out and look at the body, participants were lectured on what makes up a large amount of a detective’s job : paper work. “Do we have probable cause to enter the hotel room?” one person asked. “How does a search warrant work?” “Does anyone else who was in the room with him have a right to privacy?” As the class brainstormed ideas to track down evidence and conduct interviews, Wilbur said the process of cataloging every detail and docu- menting every action is the lesson to be taken out of the exercise. “It’s not like TV, where you can solve a crime in a matter of days. Sometimes it takes years,” he said. “Your best friends are your legal pad, your pen and your recorder. It’s about talking to people.” COLIN MURPHEY/EO MEDIA GROUP Detectives with the Cannon Beach Police Department instruct participants in how to process a crime scene . COLIN MURPHEY/EO MEDIA GROUP COLIN MURPHEY/EO MEDIA GROUP Participants in a C itizen P olice A cademy in Cannon Beach sign in with Offi cer James Jordan, right, before entering a mock crime scene. A marker is placed next to “evidence” at a mock crime scene . Connect with community Wilbur has been a detective with Cannon Beach since 2011, and said while this work isn’t always as glamorous as it is portrayed on TV, it’s important to do these types of workshops to connect with the com- munity. “We’re public servants,” he said. “We want to be a part of our com- munity and to make the community a part of us. Educating people about what we do upholds that idea.” Back at the crime scene, volun- teers started cataloging evidence. Gun? Check. A Red Bull can full of LOCALLY OWNED AND OPERATED FAMILY & FRIENDS THREE DAYS ONLY! EXTRA EXTRA OR F RANK S PENCE . 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He signed up for the class to learn more about law enforcement in light of police offi cer-involved shootings of black men that have recently at- tracted national media attention. “This is a hot topic in my com- munity,” said Boelter, who is black . “Being fully educated is important.” What he found was a possible new career in criminal justice down the road. “In this process, I learned most of law enforcement, at least around here, are people doing the best of their ability in respectable posi- tions,” he said. “I’m looking forward to learning more.” As the participants interrogated Polly Substance about the murder of her fi ctional boyfriend, Knight told participants about what he thought was the heart of police work: cus- tomer service. “The customer isn’t always right, and sometimes we have to arrest them. But you treat everyone with respect,” he said. “There are very few truly bad people out there.” So who killed Mr. Ghotshot? It was Polly Substance, the girlfriend. 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