"Tim Brenton" News

Fellow Officers are fighting for Jason McKissak and other officers catastrophically injured in the line of duty get full medical benefits. Last year McKissak (in Superman shirt) stopped several teenagers fighting in West Seattle. Then the teens turned on him - leaving him with permanent brain...more damage. He gets dizzy spells, can't be left alone and can't walk without a cane. Last week Seattle Police fired him and the State dropped his medical insurance. There are 6 other first responders just like him and some lawmakers want to change that. A Bill in the House would provide funds for medical coverage - but at some tax-payer expense. A similar bill introduced last year failed. More than a hundred cops, the wife of fallen Officer Tim Brenton and Brenton's partner, Britt Sweeney.

Renee Maher’s husband was a Federal Way police officer who died in the line of duty in August 2003. Her son Nicholas was just five years old at the time. This year, in the wake of the deaths of five police officers in the area, he wrote an essay for school about his experiences then and in the...more intervening years since his step-father passed away. His mom, now executive director of the Council of Metropolitan Police and Sheriff’s, has been prominent in the media this past few months and passed along Nicholas’ essay.  "This I Believe" By Nicholas "We have recently had four police officers be murdered (five if you count Tim Brenton) even though my step father was not one of those four officers, he was an officer who was killed in the line of duty.  He was Patrick Maher the officer who was killed six years ago on August 2, 2003. Even though my step father was killed six years ago, I still remember when it was me who had a stepfather die.  I was a depressed 5 year old that had just moved to

The location of one of the city's most sad events will re-open for business this Saturday, December 12 at 8:14 a.m The Forza Coffee Company at 11410 Steele Street South, was the site of the massacre of four Lakewood police officers on November 29 at 8:14 a.m. Lakewood police and families of the...more slain officers have expressed a desire to have the shop re-open to show that hate cannot win. Forza Coffee knows that it will forever be tied to the horrific incident that Sunday morning.  With that in mind, the company has determined that the memories of the fallen officers should always be a part of their stores, both existing and future. Plaques will be placed at all stores in memory of the four Lakewood officers and a brother police officer from Seattle, Officer Tim Brenton. Every new Forza location in the United States in the future will always open for business on the first day at exactly 8:14 a.m. The first beverage and first customer will be a representative of the local law enforcement

Christopher Monfort, the accused shooter of Seattle police officer Tim Brenton, has been released from Harborview Medical Center. He had been there since being shot by apprehending officers on Nov. 13. He was discharged this afternoon.  The Tukwila resident has been moved to the King County Jail and awaits arraignment Monday.

Cars were cruising for a cause Saturday in an unusual tribute to the five police officers shot and killed in Parkland and Seattle within a month's time.About 40 Ford Mustangs filled the parking lot at Forza Coffee Co. - where the four Lakewood officers were killed. It's also the spot where this car...more club used to meet. It was their way of remembering the fallen officers, as they slowly drove in procession to the site, engines revving."I hope this shows there is strength in this community. We stand united behind the Lakewood police," says Justin Stoicovy, who helped organize the event."Thank you for your courageous service and sacrifice to the friends and family of our fallen officers. They will be missed," he adds.The car club brought a memorial plaque and placed it with all the other mementoes to the fallen officers that are accumulating outside the coffee shop."They should be thanked every day - not just for a tragedy - but for every day they're out there on patrol," says Ryan Elkins,

The Brenton family has asked the Seattle Police Department to release the following statement in light of the four Lakewood police officers killed in the line of duty: Our hearts ache for the families of Sergeant Mark Renninger, Officer Tina Griswold, Officer Ronald Owens and Officer Gregory...more Richards.  We pray that they will be granted strength during this time of unbearable grief.  Our thoughts are also with the officers of the Lakewood Police Department who continue to provide public safety services to the citizens of Lakewood.  Their families are painfully aware of the risks that are inherent in their loved ones’ chosen profession. We remain hopeful for the swift capture of the monster who robbed them of their husband, wife, father, mother, son and daughter. Our family has been comforted by the citizens of Seattle, the Pacific Northwest and beyond who have offered their prayers and support over the past weeks.  For this, we are thankful. We will ask for one thing more.  Please