Pete Crum Quotations

There are two lessons to learn: Don't let your children play with guns. Always treat a gun as though it's loaded.

He did have a felony warrant for parole violation. One of the original charges was auto theft. We also recovered a large bottle of alcohol, and we will be pursuing an investigation into whether or not he was drinking as well.

It could have been much more tragic had the child shot himself or hit the woman in a more vital area.

That became our main objective, getting her out.

St. Paul is involved with state and federal agencies on homeland security issues in the metropolitan area, and his degree will be a great asset to those tasks, as well as being applicable to traditional policing that relies on collaboration with other organizations.

This is a policy violation. It is not a legal violation.

It's one thing to deny and not want to believe it. It's another thing to take action and interfere and assist that person. The point for parents to get involved is when they're young and when it's minor offenses.

In today's environment, we clearly take a report about a man with explosives on a bus very seriously.

The department takes these sorts of complaints very seriously, as can be seen in this case, where the chief initiated this internal investigation. A thorough investigation has been completed, and we are in the process of imposing discipline.