Every individual named in VPD Case 2025-017448, grouped by role. Click any card for source documents and direct quotes from the police report.
The three individuals at the center of a series of coordinated actions documented in the VPD investigation, as identified by Det. Jay Alie's investigation.
Delivered a complaint packet to VPD East Precinct on 9/2/2025. Declined to answer questions from the receiving officer. Packet included a self-produced "investigation report" and declarations.
Operates the "EPS Advocate" social media accounts. Distributed declarations containing identical language. Posted the police intake report online, characterizing it as a criminal investigation. The VPD issued a statement on 9/9/25 stating there was no criminal investigation.
Submitted Wave 3 declarations on January 5, 2026. Sent emails to Chief Price, the AG's office, OSPI, and the Mayor. Alleged district counsel provided false statements to the investigating detective.
The attorneys representing each side — one advising the complainants, the other representing the school district.
Represents Thiemann and Bunda. Provided declaration format. Emailed opinions subsequently appeared in second-wave declaration language, including the Josephine Townsend comparison. Told Det. Alie he was unaware of this.
Legal representative for Evergreen Public Schools. Provided policy documentation and district responses to Det. Alie. His October 28, 2025 email to VPD contains statements contradicted by other documentary evidence.
Evergreen Public Schools administrators and board members referenced in the investigation.
Received a $13,980 supplemental contract in 2023 for serving as lead bargainer during the teacher strike. Three other employees received similar contracts. VPD investigation found no basis for criminal charges.
Superintendent who authorized and signed the supplemental contracts in 2023. Confirmed authorization in a recorded interview with Det. Alie on 10/22/25.
Confirmed to Det. Alie on 10/9/25 that the contract issue had been reviewed by the board with no finding of wrongdoing.
Current superintendent. Referenced in complaint-related emails to the board. Not directly interviewed in the investigation.
Referenced in Thiemann's tort claim regarding a 2006 Arizona incident. On the district's negotiating team during the 2025 strike. Named in Bunda's emails to the board.
Received a supplemental contract for 2023 bargaining work. Non-certificated employee. Not named in the complaint.
Vancouver Police Department personnel involved in receiving, investigating, and reporting on the complaint.
Authored Supplements 2–6 and 10. Conducted all substantive interviews and evidence review. Concluded the complaint was timed to coincide with active labor negotiations.
Took Thiemann's walk-in complaint on 9/2/25. Authored the General Information report. Report was subsequently posted on social media and characterized as a criminal investigation.
Authored Supplements 7–9 documenting Lowman's December 2025 and January 2026 submissions. Each supplement recommended referral for charging determination.
Received an interdepartmental envelope from the PA's office containing second-wave declarations on 10/6/25.
Issued VPD media statement on 9/9/25: "We took a general information report but there is no criminal investigation."
PA's office personnel who interacted with the complainants and the investigation.
Responded to Bunda on 10/16/25: "The intake matter assigned to Anna Klein for review is closed, and no action is being taken."
Assigned to initial intake review. Told Det. Alie her knowledge of the case came from a clerk receiving calls. Case No Actioned.
Citizens who signed identical form declarations under penalty of perjury. Det. Alie interviewed a sampling; none reported independent knowledge of the allegations.
Twenty or more citizens signed word-for-word identical four-page declarations containing a perjury attestation. Those interviewed by Det. Alie stated they did not write the declarations and had no firsthand knowledge of the allegations. Multiple signers described them as petitions. Some received the documents in workplace mailboxes at the EPS bus barn.
"I didn't know this was for a crime... that's not fair whatsoever. I thought this was more about the way the whole strike was handled."
Additional people referenced in the investigation — social media amplifiers, union leadership, substantive declaration authors, and district employees.
Sent an email on 9/9/25 to media outlets, SAFS, and school board members titled "VPD Report about Evergreen School District Personnel." Email characterized the complaint as a VPD investigation.
Separated from EPS effective 10/31/2023. Submitted a 19-page Wave 3 declaration. Circumstances of departure are disputed between Williams' account and Stevenson's declaration.
Submitted a 32-page Wave 3 declaration. Filed the complaint that led to the Kaiser investigation. Declaration contains verbatim passages shared with Stevenson and Siess declarations.
Submitted a 5-page Wave 3 declaration. Contains verbatim passages shared with Aguilera and Stevenson declarations, including Dodge v. ESD analysis and MRSC overtime sections.
President of the classified employees union (SEIU Local 1948) that was on strike when the complaint was filed. The district became aware of Thiemann's complaint after Troffer-Cooper posted it online during active negotiations.