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Vol. 102, No. 10
By EVAN PAPPAS Staff Reporter
Tent City 4, the roaming homeless encampment that was recently in Preston, has moved just off of Exit 20 on I-90 in the Echo Lake area of Snoqualmie on July 11. More than 30 residents are part of Tent City 4 and have moved with the group to the King Countyowned land in the Snoqualmie Valley. S H A R E / PERRY DEBELL WHEEL, the largest homeless shelter network in the county, sets up and operates Tent City 4 and provides a safe space for campers to live. Location is an important consideration in any Tent City move. Sam Roberson, camp adviser for Tent
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City knew some of new hire’s troubles By CAROL LADWIG Editor
Snoqualmie officials have no plans to discipline or dismiss Police Officer Nick Hogan.
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Tents lined up at the new location for Tent City 4 so far house fewer than 40 people. The encampment is expected to stay at its current location until early November. City 4, explained that churches are a good place to stay because their in-town locations allow the Tent City residents easier access to work and schools. If they don’t move to an area within a town, they look for bus stops to make sure transportation is readily accessible to the residents. Roberson said they can stay on a property for 120 days. So when they have a date, they make sure to move
They say they have no reason to do so, based on his performance with the city of Snoqualmie since his hiring, Feb. 10, 2014. As for some recently surfaced claims of Hogan using excessive force, those occurred during his tenure with another city’s police department. “I can’t reprimand him or terminate him for something that happened in Tukwila,” Snoqualmie Mayor Matt Larson said
out in a timely fashion. Roberson said they have never overstayed. When Tent City 4 moves, they try to get permits to stay in the locations they find. Their permit request to move from Skyway to Issaquah was denied earlier this year, but their time was up and they moved on. Camp supervisor Perry Debell said they sent a check and a permit request to King County but the county isn’t being responsive.
Monday. “And the bottom line is we’ve been very satisfied with his performance, and have gotten very positive feedback from his dealings with organizations in the community.” Hogan has been the subject of a recent series of Seattle Times stories on lawsuits, settled in 2013 and 2014 by the city of Tukwila. In both suits, plaintiffs claimed Hogan used excessive force while arresting them, causing injuries.
“They’ve cashed the check, but they’ve never given us the physical permit,” Debell said. “SHARE and Tent City hold their word, we want to know why they don’t hold up their part of the bargain.” John Starbard, Director of Permitting and Environmental Review, said that Tent City 4 has not submitted a permit request yet.
Hogan was later terminated from the Tukwila department, the stories report, and turned down for employment at other agencies before finding a position with Snoqualmie. Police Chief Steve McCulley noted that Hogan has received “glowing military records and accolades,” and Mayor Larson noted that Hogan was thoroughly investigated during the application process, as are all candidates.
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“I can’t reprimand him or terminate him for something that happened in Tukwila.” Matt Larson, Snoqualmie Mayor Further, Larson said that he personally reviews all police officer applications, SEE OFFICER, 2
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