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By NATALIE JOHNSON
natalie@masoncounty,cotn
Since February, resi-
dents of the Timberlakes
development may have no-
ticed an increased police
presence in their commu-
nity.
Timberlake Commu-
nity Club President Jerry
Nelson and Mason County
Sheriff Casey Salisbury
signed an agreement on
Feb. 14, 2012, to provide
the enhanced patrols. Ac-
cording to that agreement,
the service is set to termi-
nate on Feb. 13, 2014.
"Being a community of
our size ... we had numer-
ous break-ins throughout
the community," Nelson
said.
The agreement is for en-
hanced services on an hour-
ly basis amounting to up to
$40,000. Cost for services
will be reimbursed to the
county monthly.
On July 3, the Mason
County Commission voted
to allow the sheriffs office
to use that $40,000 to reim-
burse its officers.
That $40,000 covers the
deputy's hourly wage, ex-
cluding overtime. Accord-
ing to the sheriffs office,
the total cost for a traffic
policing officer, including
salary, benefits, vehicle, op-
erational and tactical sup-
plies is $121,636.
"This Enhanced Deputy
will supplement, but not
the deputy will log all inci-
dents, patrolled areas and
hours spent in the Timber-
lake neighborhood.
Before the agreement
between the two entities,
Timberlakes was quickly
becoming one of the coun-
ty's "hot spots" for criminal
activity, Chief Deputy Dean
Byrd of the Mason County
Sheriffs Office said.
"They wanted to feel saf-
er," he said.
Nelson said the commu-
nity cub discussed hiring a
security guard, but thought
working with the sheriffs
office was the better option.
For years previous to
this agreement, the com-
munity club payed $20,000
a year for a deputy to patrol
the neighborhood for four
hours a week during over-
time hours.
However, crime contin-
ued, and residents wanted
more protection.
"Residents didn't feel
they were getting a bang
for their buck," Nelson said.
After five months of ex-
tra patrolsl Byrd said crim-
inal activity has decreased
in the neighborhood.
"This additional service
within Timberlakes has
had a calming effect on
some of the traffic," he said.
Nelson agreed, saying
that suspicious activity
during the night "seems to
be going away."
While the agreements
have helped the Lake
Cushman and Timberlakes
neighborhoods, Nelson said
some communities would
like the added service but
can't afford it.
"Fortunately, our com-
munity is able to afford
this," he said. "We are
blessed that we are able to."
The Shorecrest and
Harstine Island communb
ties expressed interest in
partnering with Timber-
lakes for the added support,
but Nelson said the Tim-
berlakes Community Club
declined the partnership.
"Maybe some of the com-
munities who can't afford it
can get together,', he said.
Byrd said the depart-
ment has about half as
many officers as it should
have to fully cover the en-
tire population of Mason
County.
"The problem is that
we don't have the amount
of personnel necessary to
cover the entire county as
much as it needs to be cov-
ered all of the time," he
said. "When" you have not
enough officers to go out
and handle the crimes then
the crime goes up. To make
up for those issues we've
got these certain areas in a
private/public partnership
getting the extra coverage."
Byrd said he sees the pri-
vately funded patrols as a
"We've noticed traffic has positive step.
slowed down tremendous- "The good part of it is
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how many pebple have been affected.
Students and staff whose credit and debit
card information was stolen have reported
their card n~mbers being used as far away
as Texas at Stores such as Target.
The incident may not be isolated to the
Bremerton cqmpus, Hayes said.
"I've hear~l from other folks that there
have been reports from Shelton," she said.
The colleg6 issued a release on July 3 on-
devices," according to a release from OC, but
found nothing.
OC has hired a private forensic investi-
gator to assist in the investigation and de-
termine the root of the problem and is also
working with local law enforcement.
Since the fraud was first reported, the
school has stopped using its credit card trans-
action system and is now using a single dial-
up connection for credit card transactions.
as well as manual credit card machines. The
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to make a payment to consider using cash or
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The school has advised those who have
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By N2T~E JOHNSON
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which he as~
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uties before
him.
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total of five o
resident Mar-
:vie was found
irsday on a to-
zharges result-
b. 9 incident in
~aulted several
y Sheriffs dep-
another shot
und guilty on a
rants of assault
stemming from the incident,
one count of attempting to
elude a police officer and
theft in the second degree.
"I think it's obviously the
right verdict." Mason Coun-
ty Prosecutor Mike Dorcy
said on Friday.
Ivie's mother Virginia
Ivie said her son may soon
file an appeal on the convic-
tion.
"My son is not totally
innocent here." she said.
"They could have done
many thing ~o stop him. he
was not armed, he did not
rob a bank, he did not hurt
anyone."
On Feb. 9, a Mason
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conducting surveillance on
the North Dow Ridge Road
above Lake Cushman in
connection with a forest
products theft investiga-
tion.
The deputy observed Ivie
stealing wood, and called for
backup. When that backup
arrived, the deputies at-
tempted to take Ivie into
custody.
According to the sheriffs
office, Ivie did not comply
with the deputies' orders
and attempted to flee the
scene in his pickup truck.
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