WITH
WITH ALL
WITH ALL OF KYLE'S INVESTIGATIVE WORK.
WORK.
WORK. >>>
WORK. >>> IT'S HARD TO REALLY KNOW
WHERE TO BEGIN WITH THIS NEXT
STORY BECAUSE FRANKLY IT IS
INFURIATING.
INFURIATING. I THINK IT'S DISGUSTING,
COMPLICATED.
COMPLICATED. IT'S GOING TO LEAVE YOU WITH A
LOT OF QUESTIONS.
IT'S ABOUT THE FORMER CHIEF OF
WEST LINN'S POLICE DEPARTMENT
TERRY TIMEUS
TERRY TIMEUS IN A REPORT THAT CLAIMS WHILE HE
WAS A POLICE OFFICER HE SLEPT
WITH A DRUG INFORMANT, HE ASKED
TO BE INVITED TO LIVE SEX SHOWS
BETWEEN FEMALE DETAINEES, AND
THE LIST GOES ON AND ON.
WE'LL TOUCH ON ALL OF IT.
TIMEUS, HIS NAME PROBABLY AT
THIS POINT SOUNDS FAMILIAR TO
YOU.
YOU.
YOU. IT
YOU. IT WAS IN THE NEWS LATELY.
WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT IT HERE
ON THE STORY.
WE TOLD YOU ABOUT HOW BACK IN
2017, TIMEUS AND HIS POLICE
BUDDIES ARRESTED A GUY ON MADE
UP CHARGES.
UP CHARGES. THEY WERE DOING IT AS A FAVOR
FOR A FRIEND APPARENTLY.
THE GUY THEY ARRESTED JUST
SETTLED WITH THE CITY OF WEST
LINN FOR $600,000.
THAT SITUATION GOT PEOPLE SO
FIRED UP THAT ALL KIND OF STUFF
STARTED COMING OUT, BUBBLING TO
THE SURFACE LIKE THIS REPORT.
THIS REPORT IS FILLED WITH
ACCUSATIONS FROM TIMEUS'S TIME
AS AN OFFICER IN LAKE OSWEGO.
THIS IS BEFORE HE GOT THE CHIEF
JOB IN WEST LINN.
THE TIMELINE GETS A LITTLE
COMPLICATED.
COMPLICATED. TIMEUS WORKED AS A POLICE
OFFICER IN LAKE O FOR 18 YEARS.
THEN IN 2005, WEST LINN HIRED
HIM FOR THE CHIEF JOB.
THEN THREE YEARS AFTER THAT,
2008, A FORMER COLLEAGUE, A LAKE
O COP COMES FORWARD WITH THESE
ACCUSATIONS OF SEX ON THE JOB
AND OTHER THINGS.
SO WEST LINN HIRED AN
INVESTIGATOR TO DO THIS REPORT.
LET'S BRING IN KRISTEN.
YOU
YOU
YOU TOOK
YOU TOOK A LOOK AT THIS REPORT.
LET'S START WITH THE BASICS.
WHAT'S IN IT?
>> A LOT.
>> A LOT.
>> A LOT. A 100-PAGE REPORT.
THERE ARE 17 ALLEGATIONS.
SO WEST LINN HIRED THIS FORMER
POLICE CHIEF OF McMINNVILLE TO
DO THE REPORT.
HE LISTS THE ALLEGATIONS AS
SUSTAINED, MEANING HE THINKS
THEY HAPPENED.
THEY HAPPENED. PARTIALLY SUSTAINED, MEANING
HALF TRUTHS IN THERE.
THEN SOMETHING WHERE YES, HE
BELIEVES IT HAPPENED, BUT HE
DOESN'T BELIEVE IT'S IMPROPER.
AND THEN UNFOUNDED.
>> LET'S TALK ABOUT WHAT HE
THINKS IS TRUE.
>> THERE'S SO MUCH IN THIS
REPORT BUT THE ONE THING THE
INVESTIGATOR SAYS HAPPENED IS
THESE TWO LAKE OSWEGO POLICE
OFFICERS PULLED OVER TWO WOMEN
FOR A DUI.
THE TWO WOMEN, THEY START
HOOKING UP.
HOOKING UP. THE POLICE OFFICERS CALL TIMEUS
AND SAY COME HERE.
YOU HAVE TO SEE THIS.
HE'S NOT AVAILABLE.
LATER ON HE SAYS IF THAT EVER
HAPPENS AGAIN AND YOU DON'T GET
AHOLD OF ME TO COME, I'M GOING
TO MAKE SURE YOU'RE FIRED.
>> AND HE'S THE BOSS.
>> HE IS.
>> HE IS.
>> HE IS. >> THIS IS TRUE.
THE INVESTIGATOR FOUND THIS TO
BE SOMETHING THAT HAPPENED.
>> HE SAID TIMEUS SHOULD HAVE
REPRIMANDED THOSE OFFICERS.
>> LET'S TALK ABOUT HALF TRUTHS
OR MAYBE THINGS THE INVESTIGATOR
FOUND TO BE TRUE BUT NOT
IMPROPER.
IMPROPER.
IMPROPER. >> THESE ARE THINGS THE
INVESTIGATOR SAID WERE TRUE BUT
NOT IMPROPER.
NOT IMPROPER. HE SAID TIMEUS HAD A
RELATIONSHIP WITH ANOTHER LAKE
OSWEGO CITY EMPLOYEE.
HE ALSO SAID TIMEUS AND OTHER
OFFICERS WERE ACCUSED OF USING
VERY DEROGATORY TERMS.
>> LIKE RACIST TYPE STUFF.
>> THEN THE STUFF THAT WASN'T
SUSTAINED.
SUSTAINED. HE COULDN'T TELL IF IT WAS TRUE
OR NOT TRUE.
>> A LOT OF INTERVIEWS.
READING THE FULL REPORT, SO MANY
PEOPLE WERE INTERVIEWED FOR THIS
STORY AND THIS ONE WAS TIMEUS
SHOWING UP AT A DOWNTOWN
PORTLAND HOTEL WITH AN INFORMANT
HE WAS SLEEPING WITH AND HE GETS
IN THIS BIG CONFRONTATION WITH A
PORTLAND HOTEL EMPLOYEE.
>> WHAT ARE WE TO MAKE OF ALL
THIS?
THIS?
THIS? THIS REPORT IS MORE THAN A
DECADE OLD.
DECADE OLD. >> IT WAS DONE IN 2008.
THE INVESTIGATORS SEND IT TO
WEST LINN.
WEST LINN. WRITES A MEMO TO THE OFFICIAL
SAYING YOU HAVE TO READ THIS.
THEY NEVER DID.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.
AGAIN, WE DO WANT TO HIGHLIGHT
THE FACT THAT WE CAN THANK LOCAL
JOURNALISM FOR BUSTING THIS
STORY RIGHT OPEN BECAUSE BACK IN
2009, A FREELANCE JOURNALIST
NAMED LEE HEARD ABOUT THIS
REPORT AND REQUESTED IT.
AT THE TIME THE CITY CLAIMED
ATTORNEY-CLIENT PRIVILEGE.
ATTORNEY-CLIENT PRIVILEGE. AS KRISTEN JUST SAID, THEY NEVER
READ IT.
READ IT.
READ IT. ONLY CITY ATTORNEY DID.
THANKS TO THIS MOUNTING PRESSURE
AND GOOD OLD FASHIONED
REPORTING, THAT REPORT IS NOW
PUBLIC AND EVEN VANDER VU NEVER
THOUGHT THE CONTENTS WOULD BE
THIS BAD.
THIS BAD.
THIS BAD. >> I'M STILL TRYING TO GET OVER
THE SHOCK OF FINALLY READING
THIS THING.
THIS THING. IT WAS FAR WORSE THAN I EVER
IMAGINED.
IMAGINED.
IMAGINED. I CAN'T BELIEVE THAT THIS
PERSISTS FOR SO LONG WHEN THIS
CONDUCT WAS SO VISIBLE TO THE
PEOPLE THAT REPORTED IT AND
CERTAINLY THE PEOPLE THAT SAW
THIS INVESTIGATION AND THE
INVESTIGATOR.
INVESTIGATOR. >> IT'S A 100-PAGE REPORT.
IT'S BEEN BOILED DOWN TO
DIFFERENT TYPES OF JOURNALISM.
YOU'VE GOT THE PORTLAND TRIBUNE
VERSION AS WELL.
THE ENTIRE STORY IS REALLY WORTH
YOUR TIME.
YOUR TIME. LEE TEAMED UP WITH NICK BUDNICK
AT THE PORTLAND TRIBUNE AND THEY
DID SOME INCREDIBLE JOURNALISM
AND THEY HELPED BLOW THIS STORY
WIDE OPEN SO WE'RE GOING TO
SHARE THIS ON OUR WEBSITE.
HOPEFULLY YOU