OOPS! The Anchorage Police Department Forgot One

The Anchorage Police Department is so committed to full, unbiased, disclosure that they provide a list of Press Releases on their web site for the general public to review.  Here is the list of the most recent Press Releases, from the Anchorage Police Department web site,  including one from yesterday regarding Officer Rollins who was convicted of having committed rape on four separate occasions while on duty.

02/23/2011  Chief Mew’s Statement on the Anthony Rollins Conviction 02/09/2011 SROs Help Nab Robbery Suspects 02/04/2011 Suspect Arrested in Genevieve Tetpon Homicide 02/04/2011 Dad and Officers Rescue Hypothermic Hiker 01/31/2011 Weekend Marred by Two Home Invasions 01/28/2011 Bartender Convicted in Over-Serving Trial 01/25/2011 Car Prowler Arrested 01/24/2011 New Year’s Eve Death Deemed Accidental 01/21/2011 Shooting Victim Dies 01/20/2011 Two found Deceased in Garaged Car – Names Released 01/19/2011 Two found Deceased in Garaged Car 01/19/2011 APD Investigates Shooting of Male 01/15/2011 Operation Gangbusters 01/13/2011 Branson In Custody 01/13/2011 Sexual Assault Suspect Arrested 01/12/2011 Public Assistance Needed to Locate Wanted Person 01/10/2011 Arrests Made in Vacation Burglaries 01/06/2011 Fraud Suspect Arrested 01/05/2011 SCAM ALERT – Special Press Release 01/05/2011 Two Men Stabbed in Late Night Brawl

OOPS!  They forgot to list the press release they issued to the National Enquirer!  That one was sent out on 1-25-11.  However the only one listed on the 25^th of January is the “Car Prowler Arrested.”  That one didn’t relate to Sarah Palin, Todd Palin, or Shailey Tripp.  It was a typical press release relating to an arrest made and a person charged with a crime. It did not comment on the suggestion that the husband of a celebrity who used to be the Governor might have been involved sexually with a woman charged with prostitution.  There was a “Sexual Assault Suspect Arrested” listed on 1-13-11, but that wasn’t Todd either.  Maybe Officer Parker has been so busy with the Rollins rape press releases, that he hasn’t had time to update his list of press releases or issue a retraction.  In an effort to be of assistance, I drafted a retraction that he might want to use today:

Press Release:

Retraction and Modification of Press Release to the National Enquirer of 1-25-11.

Shailey Tripp Investigation APD #10-1823

The Anchorage Police Department investigation and arrest of Shailey Tripp has recently been accurately characterized in internet blogs and in a National Enquirer article. Several errors regarding the investigation and arrest were reported by us in our press release to the Enquirer dated 1-25-11.

The police did NOT examine ALL of the evidence seized.  In particular we did not check the cell phones and computers.  If those items of evidence implicated Todd Palin or any other government official we wouldn’t be aware of that.  If the cell phones and computers are returned in the future, with information erased,…we don’t know anything about that.  We have had those items of evidence for almost one year, and a lot can happen in one year.  They could have been accidentally erased by police officers while having sex in the evidence room.

*The investigation of the prostitution operation was NOT initiated by Anchorage Police Department’s Vice Unit responding to internet advertisements.  Instead it WAS specifically the result of information developed from a tip from a specific person, William Fortier.

“Bloggers” have had no access to the evidence seized.  However the police records are public records so reference by those rabid bloggers to police records, is just plain embarrassing for the APD.