We caught up with her again recently. Schendel has worked patrol in Bellevue for about five months. On a recent night, one of her first stops is a burglary scene. The resident tells her his rifle and pistol have been stolen.
“If you could do your best to track down serial numbers — if we have them it’ll make it easier if they try to resell them or if they pop up later in a crime,” she tells him.
Schendel said she sees a lot of burglaries where the focus is guns, jewelry and the medicine cabinet. – READ MORE