I believe that there is an integral relationship between law enforcement and the local media at play during an incident as critical and timely as the shooting that took place at the Lund Boat factory in New York Mills last Thursday.
It’s obviously law enforcement’s responsibility to assure the safety of the community, which all of the agencies involved demonstrated with aplomb last week.
And, it is the job of local media to communicate breaking news such as this shooting event in an accurate, clear and timely manner, which also contributes to public safety. I certainly am biased, but I also congratulate our entire team for their efforts to report the story quickly and accurately.
I believe that what took place over the course of the day last Thursday was an example of how the relationship between law enforcement and local media is supposed to play out.
Law enforcement from multiple agencies were quick to respond to the early morning incident, and not long after the Otter Tail County Sheriff’s Office was quick to disseminate the facts that the public needed to know. From then on, the Sheriff’s Office continued to feed us timely updates throughout the day until the complete set of details about the incident were known so that we could continue to perform our job as well.
I especially commend Otter Tail Sheriff Barry Fitzgibbons and New York Mills Police Chief Bobby Berndt for taking the time to give us a five minute interview on the scene when I’m sure there were still a...
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