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Irene Henry

From: Sent: To: Subject: Kevin McFadden Friday, March 07, 2008 2:12 AM Scott Rossmiller Murphy Memo

AttheendofDecember2007,PaulMurphywasscheduledtorotateoutofhispositionasthepatrolinvestigatorin detectives,backtopatrol.HisreplacementwasDeputySteveRoff. Aspartoftheorientationprocess,ImetwithPaulandSteveconcerninganorderlytransferofinformationoncasesPaul wascurrentlyworkingthatwouldnowbeassignedtoSteve.Paulhadexpressedaninterestanddesiretocontinue workingontheEHMcaseinvolvingthelocalbailbondscompanies.Itwasoriginallyplannedtotryandaccomplishthis butduetoconflictingscheduleswiththeotheragencyinvolvedwiththiscase,itcouldn'tbedoneinatimelymanner. PaulmetwithmyselfandChiefParksconcerningthelargeamountofdatahehadconcerningthecaseandPaul expressedhisconcernoverthesecurityofthedata.ItwasdecidedatthetimethatPaulwouldturnoverallinfo concerningthecasetoStevewhowouldnowbeassignedastheinvestigator.IfPaulweretobeapproachedwithinfo relatedtotheinvestigation,hewastopassitontoSteveRofformyself.ItwasmadeperfectlyclearthatPaulwastodo nofurtherinvestigationonthecasehimself.TheadministrationalsodecidedthatduetoPaul'sworkandinvestment intothecasetothispoint,effortswouldbemadetoincludehiminthefinalarrestsorconclusionofthecaseifatall possible. IalsodiscussedwithChiefParkstheformathewantedthedatastoredtothispointoftheinvestigation.Allhardcopies weretobegiventoDet.Roffandsecuredbyhim.Theelectronicdatawouldbecopiedtoamediastoragedeviceand securedinthedetectivessafe. ImetwithSteveandPaulandwewentovertogethertheprocesswewantedthechangeovertocover.IinstructedPaul totransferallofthehardcopydataovertoSteveandremovedatafromthesharedrivewhichwedidn'tfeelwassecure enough.WedecidedatthetimetogettwothumbdrivesandcopytheinfofromPaulscomputerandthesharedrive ontotwothumbdrives.OnewastobegiventoSteveasaworkingcopyandtheotherwouldbeplacedinthedetectives safeinmyofficeasabackup.(Ilater(2408)confirmedwithSteveandPaulthattheyrememberedtheconversation) Sgt.KevinMcFadden WhatcomCountySheriff'sDetectiveUnit 311GrandAve Bellingham,WA98225 360.676.6650 360.738.2507fax kmcfadden@whatcomcounty.us

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