PKS Police Dept.
Where's the Chief?
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Congratulations to Sergeant Ethan Hazard and his wife,
Pat on the birth of their second son "Logan". All is well
on the home front -just a little less sleep for everyone!
On a sad note we send our heart felt sympathy to
Reserve Officer Kerry Curtis and his family on the death
of his father "Bill" Curtis. Bill was a constant source of a
smile and a pat on the back for this department. I don't
thinl I ever saw Bill when he wasn't smiling. His wife
Kathryn and their family are in our thoughts.
Unfortunately we had another case of a rabid raccoon in
PKS. This one bit a dog on Holly Road and chased
several residents. Luckily the dog was up-to-date on his
shots and only had to receive a booster shot. After a
lengthy "chase" the raccoon was finally located in the
wooded area near Hwy. 58 and Laurel Court. Animal
control officer Jim Earp did report the next day that the
animal had tested positive. PLEASE remember to keep
your pets' shots up-to-date and report any raccoons that
flp are acting in a suspicious manner. Also, please
remember NOT TO FEED these raccoons!
Totals for the year 2000 are as follows:
II Calls: 2849
^ Arrests: 80 - resulting in 200 charges
m Domestics: 18
II Citations: 397 (492 charges)
^ Warnings: 237
Civil D sorders/fights: 18
S Property Checks: 4051
Assist fIre/rescue: 159
Town Ordinance violations: 38
^ Missing persons/runaways: 8
55 Accidents: 25
W Felony drug arrests: 29
Misd. Drug arrests: 27
Is Arson: 4
H Breaking and Entering & Larcenies: 51
S Aggravated assaults: 5 (2 involved officers)
S Rape: 1
S DWIs: 47
H Weapons Violations: 5 (CCW, convicted felons w/
weapon, poss. of stolen firearm, etc. - these
weapons were discovered on the perpetrator. 1
weapon discovered in vehicle during vehicle stop.
The Chief will be taking a 2 week vacation (?) and
trying to summit the almost 20000' Mt. Kilimanjaro
in Africa!
]an 7 Depart USA for Nairobi, Kenya
Jan 8 in transit via Europe
]an 9 Arrive Nairobi. Meet climbing team.
• ]an 10 Shuttle to Arusha, Tanzania. Final gear
checks.
• Jan 11 Climb begins in the rainforest. Climb
approximately 5 hours to reach 9000' (Machame
Camp)
• Jan 12 Climb through the moor lands Into Shira
Plateau. Spend the night at Shira Camp (12,300')
• Jan 13 Short day - trying to acclimatize. Climb to
15,000' and then we will cross a technical portion
"Breach Wall" and drop back to 12,800' to sleep
at Great Barranco.
• Jan 14 Climb up and over Great Barranco,
topping out at 14,500' before dropping again to
sleep at 12,800'. We also encounter the largest
ice and rock faces in Africa, "The Icicle".
• Jan 15 Climb 6 hours and only go about 3000' to
reach our high camp at 15,700'. This is the
Barafu Hut camp. We check gear, again, and
prepare for summit day which starts at 0200
hours (Ray, that's 2:00 in the morning)!
• Jan 16 This is it summit day! We awake at
midnight and prepare (recheck gear, lines etc.).
We leave wearing our headlamps until the
predawn light reflects off the African Plains. We
cross the technical portion at the crater's rim,
traverse along this rim to the main summit,
Uhuru Peak at almost 20,000'. From here we go
to the Bismarck Towers, rock pinnacles along the
crater's rim and the hanging Reb Glaciers.
• After we enjoy the summit we descend to Cosolo
pack camp and traverse down the Mweka route
to the southern side of the mountain. We set
camp at Mweka.
• Jan 17 we continue "down" - summit day is
LONG - 8 hours up and 6 down. We make camp
and up early for the last of our adventure. Back
in Arusha.
Jan 18 Hopefully, I'm heading back to the USA!
Jan 19 Back home!
Submitted by: Police Chief Mary l^lulilig