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FRIDAY, JULY 6, 2012
COMMUNITY | Emerald Heights opens new fitness and wellness center [10]
Sprucing up Viewpoint Park
TEAM OF THE YEAR | Seniors led the way for Overlake boys’soccer championship season [11]
Police officer reprimanded for violating RPD standards
Citizens have the right to record officers in public view BILL CHRISTIANSON bchristianson@redmond-reporter.com
Melissa Shogren and son James clear ivy and blackberry bushes from the wooded area at Viewpoint Neighborhood Park during last Saturday’s Green Redmond event. Melissa and James, who live next to the park, said they use the park every day. Next month’s event will be Aug. 25 at Farrel-McWhirter Farm Park, 19545 Redmond Rd. Photo courtesy of Christopher Bien
DERBY DAYS SUMMER FESTIVAL: JULY 13-15
Special events to highlight city’s centennial Samantha Pak spak@redmond-reporter.com
In honor of Redmond’s 100th birthday, the 72nd Annual Derby Days Summer Festival will feature a number of special activities to celebrate the city’s centennial. This year’s festival will be from July 13-15 at Redmond City Hall Campus at 15670 N.E. 85th St. downtown and Lisa Rhodes,
events and marketing administrator for the city, said the biggest item on the agenda they will have this year is a third day of activities. “This is the first year in decades, many decades, that we’ve had all three days (of the weekend),” she said. Rhodes said the festival’s Derby Dash 5K run/walk along the Sammamish River Trail, which benefits the Pancreatic Cancer Action Network, has been held on Sunday
the past two years but that has been the extent of the day’s activities. This year, there will be a Sunday Concert in the Park event at Downtown Park, located at 16101 Redmond Way. The concert will be from 4-8 p.m. and feature local “X Factor” finalist, LeRoy Bell. Rhodes said in addition to closing Derby Days, the concert will kick [ more DERBY DAYS page 5 ]
An internal Redmond Police Department (RPD) investigation revealed Tuesday that an officer violated department standards when he stopped a cyclist in downtown Redmond and threatened to arrest the cyclist for using a cell phone to record the traffic stop. Officer Bill Corson told the cyclist, Stephen Kent of Seattle, that he was violating state law by recording their interaction and that he would arrest him if he didn’t immediately turn off the recording. But according to the RPD investigation, Corson wrongly interpreted the state law and violated a department standard that requires all officers to “maintain a working knowledge of laws and ordinances which apply to their job function.” State law, RCW 9.73.030, does restrict the recording of private communication when the parties have not given consent, but the law does not apply to recording police officers in public places, according to a Tuesday statement issued by Redmond Police Chief Ron Gibson. Gibson said Corson’s statements to Kent were “not consistent with Washington state law and Federal court rulings concerning the video and audio recordings of officers conducting their duties in public.” Gibson went on to say that “the Redmond Police Department acknowledges the public has a right to record the activities of their police and that we are subject to public scrutiny as we carry out our duties to the citizens of Redmond.” Gibson also said Corson acted outside of the law — a second violation of the RPD’s Manual of Standards. [ more INVESTIGATION page 3 ]
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