Becky Dietzel Obituary: The Oregon State Police and the DA’s Office have released the names of the persons involved in Wednesday night’s incident, including the name of the pedestrian, Ms. Becky Dietzel (64 years old, of Salem), who was struck and killed by 47 year old Sean Beck (of Olympia, Washington). Beck is still being treated at the Salem hospital. His charges are forthcoming. I think it’s important to pause and observe that the greatest tragedy in this incident, by far, is the death of Ms. Dietzel. Due to the investigation, I am not at liberty to expound upon her circumstances or their grief. That said, I can tell you that the Keizer Police Department is worn thin.
We’re presently in the process of hiring four officers and we’re now entering a late-planned Keizer Fest week down six more officers, thus each of us who remain are carrying an additional load. Thankfully, every one of our police officers is mentally and emotionally strong, thus our only hurdle is time. Each of the six is anxious to get back to work, but that won’t happen for a week or more as we run through the standard, time-consuming processes, including grand jury and other, statutorily required events.
In time, of course, we’ll speak more plainly about this incident.
In the meantime, it’s notable that we have good, diligent officers, who knowingly entered a dangerous situation and were unexpectedly drawn into a gunfight. The vast majority of police officers serve their whole careers without ever firing a firearm in the course of duty, and for the vast majority of those who have, I’m rather certain that they found it to be surreal, prepared for but nevertheless unexpected. The fact of the matter is that we cops are a lot more like you than we are like whatever stereotype might exist, especially as we hire good, solid, people of character, which all of these men are. Thank you Kevin DeMarco, Scott Keniston, Michael Kowash, Jeremy Darst, Chad Fahey, and Cody Stupfel.
And thank you, residents of Keizer. We are thankful for your support. We are also thankful, by the way, for your criticism: our interest is in working with you to keep Keizer safe.
John Teague
Chief of Police
InsideEko is yet to confirm Becky Dietzel’s cause of death as no health issues or other causes of death have been learned to be associated with the passing.
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