Public commenter alleges poisoning and human‑trafficking claims; council record shows no immediate investigative action reported

During the non-agenda public comment period, Diana Ricker addressed council with detailed allegations that she had been chemically incapacitated while her minor children were present and that her family had been targeted by what she described as human traffickers. Ricker said she previously had a medical diagnosis of arsenic poisoning, earlier antifreeze poisoning, an active restraining order, and that law-enforcement responses to her calls were inadequate (she said she was "gaslit" and that no special-victims unit or forensic interviewer was assigned to her calls).

Ricker criticized local crisis teams (PERT), saying those programs are billed per contact but do not provide sheltering or services sufficient for trafficked victims. She said she had reported incidents to officials but had not seen follow-through.

Council did not take action on Ricker’s statements at the meeting. The official record contains no immediate departmental response or investigative update in the public meeting; the city attorney reported no reportable action from closed session earlier in the meeting. City staff present included the city manager and police chief (the chief spoke later on commission items but did not directly respond to Ricker in the public comment block). The transcript shows no confirmation in the council meeting record that an active criminal investigation was opened as a result of the remarks presented in public comment.

Because the claims include allegations of criminal conduct and ongoing threats to minors, the council record in the meeting transcript is limited to citizen testimony; any law-enforcement follow-up would occur outside the open meeting and is not documented in the public record presented here.

Provenance: public comment block where Diana Ricker spoke; no subsequent statement in the meeting record indicating investigative action was taken in open session.