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Slain Female Cop Stickler For Safety

Before joining the Lakewood Police Department, Tina Griswold earned a reputation as a hard-charging, well-liked officer in Lacey who never let things slide when it came to officer safety. When she would make stops, she would use her flashlight the right way and approach cars correctly. When she would go to a disturbance call, she would go by all the appropriate tactics taught at the academy," said Lacey police Cmdr. John Suessman, who knew Griswold during her days on patrol in the city of 39,000 outside Olympia. "She was one of those officers you never had to remind. She had excellent survival skills and that's why it is so hard for me to believe that someone could ambush her," he said/Scott Gutierrez, Seattle P-I. More here.



D.F. Oliveria
D.F. (Dave) Oliveria joined The Spokesman-Review in 1984. He currently is a columnist and compiles the Huckleberries Online blog and writes about North Idaho in his Huckleberries column.

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