http://tacoma.komonews.com/news/lawsuit-claims-sleeping-officer-delayed-amber-alert/635935A lawsuit against Tacoma police over the abduction and killing of a 12-year-old girl says an Amber alert was delayed because an officer fell asleep.
Court documents say a detective made the request to department spokesman Mark Fulghum at 4 a.m. on July 5, 2007, but Fulghum fell back asleep because he had taken an over-the-counter painkiller, sleep aid. The Amber alert for Zina Linnik wasn't issued until 10 a.m.