Get Full Government Meeting Transcripts, Videos, & Alerts Forever!
McKinney police honor investigators and first responders after elder-fraud probe, child rescue
Summary
Police Chief Ellenberg recognized a year-long financial-abuse investigation that led to arrests in an elder-fraud scheme and praised officers who cared for an autistic child found alone at Winterford Park.
Chief Ellenberg told the City Council during the Sept. 16 work session that the McKinney Police Department will present awards to officers and staff for two recent incidents: a nearly year-long investigation into a financial-abuse scheme targeting older residents and the August response to a young child found alone at Winterford Park.
The chief opened by invoking the department motto — "do the right thing, do the best you can do, and treat others the way you'd wanna be treated" — and described Sergeant Tina Mallinckfant's work on the financial-abuse investigation. Ellenberg said Mallinckfant "spearheaded this investigation with professionalism and persistence and dedicated hundreds…
Already have an account? Log in
Subscribe to keep reading
Unlock the rest of this article — and every article on Citizen Portal.
- Unlimited articles
- AI-powered breakdowns of topics, speakers, decisions, and budgets
- Instant alerts when your location has a new meeting
- Follow topics and more locations
- 1,000 AI Insights / month, plus AI Chat
