On May 17th, KING-5 ran a story about how the Tacoma Police Department mishandled more than 71 cases of serious violence against people.
The story showed how some of the suspects that went free as the result of the mishandled cases are still a danger to the community. In one case, an accused rapist went on to allegedly rape another woman.
The report also showed how the derelict cases eluded the attention of Tacoma Police supervisors for about 4 years.
No one from the Police Department would comment.
Digging out information wasn't easy.
So...
How did we get the story?
How did we prove it?
How could it happen?
In a first ever for the KING-5 South Bureau, we decided to produce a video blog as we shot the story.
It's a behind the scenes look at how we put the story together.
Enjoy...and comment! Click here to see the video blog.

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