By Anne Scheck
In the June 1 INDEPENDENT…Fiscal concerns were put front and center in recent city budget meetings, thanks to city councilors who made financial stress a topic of candid inquiry – from the debt level to the economic forecast. You can read about it in the June issue of The Independent, click on this link … http://www.trammartnews.com/the-independent.html
Also in the new Independent: A profile of Don Duncan, co-founder of the Monmouth-Independence Community Foundation, now celebrating its 20th year; An editorial by Jennifer Flores on the pain of a high school graduation like no other; How Covid-19 is causing new poverty; And a new drone to help find Polk County hikers who hit the trail then lose it.
ARMED MAN SURRENDERS SAFELY TO POLICE OFFICERS
An Independence man who reportedly threatened neighbors by pointing a rifle out his window and yelling at them to go back home was taken into custody after a lengthy period of negotiation with police last week. No one was physically harmed. The incident began a week ago, early Monday evening, when the Independence police were called to a mobile home on South Main Street. Officers from the Independence and Monmouth Police departments responded, as well as deputies from the Polk County Sheriff’s Office.
Law enforcement personnel evacuated the surrounding homes and set up a perimeter. An armored vehicle from the Polk County Sheriff’s Office was summoned. With the use of that vehicle’s public address system, the suspect was called out of his home and taken into custody.
[A year ago, in a special issue of The Independent, the Independence Police Department was covered for its community-oriented policing. The approach has shown to be more successful in handling alleged perpetrators and preventing injury during apprehension of them. Trammart News will take a fresh look – with a humorous touch – on how Independence police have demonstrated this ability in simple motorist interactions over the past several years. It will be posted on the Trammart News Facebook Page “Sunday with Someone Special” and on the website trammartnews.com. A link to it will be provided in a future Linking Letter)
In the June 1 INDEPENDENT…Fiscal concerns were put front and center in recent city budget meetings, thanks to city councilors who made financial stress a topic of candid inquiry – from the debt level to the economic forecast. You can read about it in the June issue of The Independent, click on this link … http://www.trammartnews.com/the-independent.html
Also in the new Independent: A profile of Don Duncan, co-founder of the Monmouth-Independence Community Foundation, now celebrating its 20th year; An editorial by Jennifer Flores on the pain of a high school graduation like no other; How Covid-19 is causing new poverty; And a new drone to help find Polk County hikers who hit the trail then lose it.
ARMED MAN SURRENDERS SAFELY TO POLICE OFFICERS
An Independence man who reportedly threatened neighbors by pointing a rifle out his window and yelling at them to go back home was taken into custody after a lengthy period of negotiation with police last week. No one was physically harmed. The incident began a week ago, early Monday evening, when the Independence police were called to a mobile home on South Main Street. Officers from the Independence and Monmouth Police departments responded, as well as deputies from the Polk County Sheriff’s Office.
Law enforcement personnel evacuated the surrounding homes and set up a perimeter. An armored vehicle from the Polk County Sheriff’s Office was summoned. With the use of that vehicle’s public address system, the suspect was called out of his home and taken into custody.
[A year ago, in a special issue of The Independent, the Independence Police Department was covered for its community-oriented policing. The approach has shown to be more successful in handling alleged perpetrators and preventing injury during apprehension of them. Trammart News will take a fresh look – with a humorous touch – on how Independence police have demonstrated this ability in simple motorist interactions over the past several years. It will be posted on the Trammart News Facebook Page “Sunday with Someone Special” and on the website trammartnews.com. A link to it will be provided in a future Linking Letter)
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