The podcast said that both dogs ended up at the gate to PJB's property. I'm just not sure if this was his residence property or the vacant land property at the time that the podcast did say has since been developed
One wonders just how on Earth that is something to not get a warrant for--like cops ever let that get in their way in the cities regarding people they undervalue. I guess part of it's the life in a small town. You don't just risk pissing off the person you brush up against but their whole family and their friends and their friends family--and that can make it so you lose your job as a public servant, or teacher or check-out boy or whatever else. Understand that one for sure. There is no anonymity in a smaller town: unless you are PJB and DG who is from a McCleary "Legacy Family" doesn't know who you are even if you've lived there for a long time. Those two ran in different circles, obviously. Where I come from, not too far away, you can't be considered as belonging in just a couple of decades. People's grandparents have roads named after them...or great grandparents etc...and some brag about that a lot... Anyway, have to also consider the difficulties of being an officer in a small town, the scrutiny, the rumors, the low budget, and also the possible powerlessness of having to guard the fort and keep on the lookout at all times while the actual case is run by the sheriff and the FBI, etc. Who did the dog searchers work with? Was there a lack of communication and regard up and down the chain or was everybody communicative, fair, respectful and on-the-level with each other--a true team? Who worked with the dog handlers, who paid for them, who walked or observed them? Who got or wrote the summary or report on what the dogs did want to continue searching? It's maddening to not be able to help in hindsight, which is just probably so funny and ironic and irritatingly maddening to the law enforcement involved.
Speaking of law enforcement here on the Harbor: seems like each department gave DG a real hassle from town to town from 2009 on, mostly for driving with a suspended license. I mean Elma, McCleary, Aberdeen, Hoquiam, Montesano, Mason County and so forth. The issue was not that he couldn't get his license reinstated, from what I'm seeing: it's because he just hadn't yet. Just one of the many reasons a license in that situation could have been revoked is due to unpaid child support or not paying a traffic ticket. Most of these cases were dismissed. Not to say he was/is innocent of anything beyond DWLS...but he has been observed for sure.
Also regarding law enforcement: what I remember most is that pain in front of the cameras when Sheriff Rick Scott was making the annt about Lindsey's remain being found near Ellensburg. He was the almost the most miserable guy on Earth at that moment. The MOST miserable guy was the other law enforcement guy standing next to/behind him. Seeing that and hearing such horrible news makes me truly loath to say anything truly negative about the efforts they made. It was obviously very personal. They aren't made of stone by far. Knowing we had such guys watching out for us made me feel safer for sure, in general.
Knowing those dogs did so much still makes me irritated that their search was shut down for whatever reasons, however. We can't rely on tech for everything (surveillance cameras, etc). Those dogs do have real ability that was possibly wasted. ):
