Oakley's story was posted online just before midnight Thursday. About an hour later, his wife woke him to say a police officer was at the door, Oakley said. He thought at the time that something might have happened to his sister, who lives nearby.
Sgt. Mary C. Kusmiss, who regularly works with the media, was apologetic about her visit, Oakley said. She told him the chief took issue with the story's characterization of an apology he made during the community meeting.
"My first reaction was more mortified that I got something wrong on a big story," Oakley said. "But something deeper down just started bothering me. My wife and I were both thinking, 'This is really inappropriate and unprofessional and scary.'"
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