Police Chief Darin Odegaard returns officer Cruz's handgun to him in order for Cruz to accompany the chief on a possible domestic violence assault call coming in from Okanogan County Dispatch shortly after 1 p.m.
Police Chief Darin Odegaard returns officer Cruz's handgun to him in order for Cruz to accompany the chief on a possible domestic violence assault call coming in from Okanogan County Dispatch shortly after 1 p.m.
TONASKET - John Cruz was reinstated to the Tonasket Police force as a reserve officer shortly before 1 p.m. today, Dec. 20. Police Chief Darin Odegaard returned officer Cruz's handgun to him in order for Cruz to accompany the chief on a possible domestic violence assault call coming in from Okanogan County Dispatch shortly after 1 p.m.
Both Odegaard and Cruz were terminated Monday, Dec. 17, leaving the Tonasket Police Department with sole employee Jose Perez, a 31-year-old lateral transfer from Spokane, hired by Odegaard in November.
Odegaard was reinstated a few hours after his termination on Dec. 17.
The police department is still one officer shy of a full crew.
Keep it Clean. Please avoid obscene, vulgar, lewd,
racist or sexually-oriented language. PLEASE TURN OFF YOUR CAPS LOCK. Don't Threaten. Threats of harming another
person will not be tolerated. Be Truthful. Don't knowingly lie about anyone
or anything. Be Nice. No racism, sexism or any sort of -ism
that is degrading to another person. Be Proactive. Use the 'Report' link on
each comment to let us know of abusive posts. Share with Us. We'd love to hear eyewitness
accounts, the history behind an article.
(0) comments
Welcome to the discussion.
Log In
Keep it Clean. Please avoid obscene, vulgar, lewd, racist or sexually-oriented language.
PLEASE TURN OFF YOUR CAPS LOCK.
Don't Threaten. Threats of harming another person will not be tolerated.
Be Truthful. Don't knowingly lie about anyone or anything.
Be Nice. No racism, sexism or any sort of -ism that is degrading to another person.
Be Proactive. Use the 'Report' link on each comment to let us know of abusive posts.
Share with Us. We'd love to hear eyewitness accounts, the history behind an article.