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SubscribeDecember 28, 2012 at 1:54 PM
Officer shoots pit bull dog near Moclips
The Associated Press
ABERDEEN — Grays Harbor sheriff’s detectives and Hoquiam police were serving arrest warrants on a couple Thursday near Moclips when the woman’s pit bull attacked a Hoquiam officer, and the officer shot the dog.
The dog suffered a serious wound and was taken to an Aberdeen veterinary clinic.
KXRO reports the dog had been declared potentially dangerous after complaints in 2009 and 2010 in Hoquiam.
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February 22, 2012 at 12:15 PM
Spokane police officer fired for DUI may regain job, back pay
The Associated Press
SPOKANE — A Spokane police officer fired in 2009 after driving drunk while off duty, hitting a pickup with his truck and leaving the scene of the collision is likely to be rehired and get more than two years of back pay — totaling about $275,000.
The Spokesman Review reports that in a settlement mediated by the Washington State Human Rights Commission, Brad Thoma will be rehired March 1 in a demoted position of detective — if the Spokane City Council agrees to the deal on Monday.
Prior to his firing in December 2009, Thoma was a sergeant.
Under the agreement, the city will also pay his attorney $15,000. Thoma’s attorney, Bob Dunn, argues that job-related stress led Thoma to alcoholism and should be regarded as a disability.
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