The Mattawa Police Department patrol force is four persons strong, which gives the community at least one officer on patrol 20 hours every day. As soon as recent Police Academy graduate Thomas Williams finishes field training with Cpl. Anthony Valdivia, there will be patrols 24-7. Front row, from left, the MPD members are Williams, Administrative Police Clerk Maybeline Pantaleon and Eastern Washington University intern Santiago Mata. Back row, from left, they are Officer Mik…
June 1, 2013
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June 1, 2013 6:05 a.m.
Mattawa police force nearly complete
MATTAWA - When John Turley took over as police chief of Mattawa on Jan. 1, there was only one officer to patrol the entire community of 6,000.