During a special workshop on March 24, U.P. Police Department Community Outreach Officer Cory Shears and a representative from the Pierce County Sheriff’s Office invited local business owners to share their challenges with shoplifting and learn some of the best techniques for how to prevent the crime.
By sharing their experiences and questions, the attendees were able to learn from others’ experiences while also connecting directly with UPPD officers, including the department’s investigator, who were also on hand for the event.
“We want to help open the lines of communication between our business owners and our patrol officers so that they know us and we know them,” said Shears.
“UPPD takes shoplifting seriously and we want to work with the business community to track trends and repeat offenders so we can shut it down quickly.”
University Place is fortunate to have U.P. Police Department Community Outreach Officer Cory Shears working the city.
Before retiring from the Pierce County Sheriff’s Department about 12 years ago, I worked with Cory. I found him to be honorable, intelligent, industrious, effective, hard working, and dedicated.
University Place has been important to me for over 50 years for a number of reasons including the fact that I started my law enforcement career in University Place before cityhood.
If I were to start a life of crime, now that I am in retirement and looking for something to do, I would not commit any criminal acts in U.P. while Cory Shears is serving the people of University Place.
In closing I wish to leave an insider’s tip for criminals. If you can’t behave yourself, get out and stay out of University Place.
Joseph Boyle – Formerly Unit #333 AKA “Triple Threat”
Thank you for your years in LE. I retired in Ca. in 1988 from the Sunnyvale DPS 27+ years.
I have lived in UP long enough to see it grow and develop into a fine city. The system they chose in having PC Sheriff deputys providing police services and West Pierce fire district handling that important job, has served very well.
Here’s an idea that might be tried: How about holding the thieves accountable for their deeds? Kids, and older individuals, know that stealing is wrong; stealing is not an “accident.” There should be appropriate punishment for thievery.