Pocatello Police Officer Lauren Herrick trains others; fights crime stemming from drugs and mental health issues
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Pocatello PD Officer Lauren Herrick sits in her police cruiser in front of the Pocatello Regional Airport on Tuesday, April 20, 2021. Herrick has been an officer with PPD since June, 2011. | Kalama Hines, EastIdahoNews.com
POCATELLO Since she first allowed herself to be tangled up in the tales of Agatha Christie, Officer Lauren Herrick has dreamed of a career in law enforcement.
Herrick grew up in Pocatello, reading the investigative works of the British author and watching similar TV shows and movies. The idea of investigating crimes and piecing together clues has been an interest of hers since.
WATCH: An inside look at the FBI bomb explosive investigator school
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SALT LAKE CITY Near the Salt Lake City Airport, explosives are going off, police are everywhere and bomb-sniffing dogs are on the prowl.
Fortunately, this is all a drill in an empty lot, and part of a post-blast investigator school being run by the FBI Salt Lake City Field Office.
Special Agent Kajetan Groicher has been a bomb technician with the bureau for the past eight years. He’s teaching the week-long seminar that includes law enforcement officers from several areas.
Officers from several agencies participated in the FBI post-blast investigator school in Salt Lake City from May 3 to 7, 2021. | Nate Eaton, EastIdahoNews.com
Portneuf Medical Center breaks ground on new 20,000-square-foot facility
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Dignitaries representing the Portneuf Medical Center, Portneuf Health Trust, the cities of Chubbuck and Pocatello and Bannock County, among others, take part in a ceremonial groundbreaking at the site of the Portneuf Medical Plaza at Northgate on Wednesday, May 5. The medical plaza is expected to be completed in late summer of 2022. | Kalama Hines, EastIdahoNews.com
POCATELLO Ten years to the month after the grand opening of the Portneuf Medical Center main hospital, ground was broken at the development site of a new Portneuf medical plaza.
PMC CEO Jordan Hergert says the 20,000-square-foot building at Northgate will offer primary care, urgent care and occupational medicine.
UPDATE: Police clear scene at Pocatello middle school; no threat to students eastidahonews.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from eastidahonews.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
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The Pocatello Police Department, in conjunction with several other agencies including the Idaho Falls Police Bomb Squad, have determined that a suspected improvised explosive device was not actually an explosive.
Authorities say the school district received threats Monday, which led to the precautions taken Tuesday, according to a Pocatello Police news release. Police worked to identify persons of interest and interviewed them on Monday, the release says.
The suspected device was found Tuesday morning and the school was evacuated by school district staff, school resource officers and patrol division officers.
Agencies involved in the investigation included Pocatello Police K-9 units, street crimes unit and detective divisions. The Pocatello Fire Department, Bannock County Search and Rescue and Idaho Falls Police Bomb Squad also assisted. The FBI is also involved, the release says.