whattheheck
Being retired law enforcement and knowing how the system work (No involvement in todays system) I can promise you that all departments were involved in trying to solve this and other cases.
It was stated that evidence collected was sent to sled. Some smaller departments collect their own evidence, prints, blood, pictures, interviews, but some one has to process that evidence.
Please stop trying to make it sound as if one department did it all, I promise you they did not. When someone is on a roll getting information you work with them and not against them.
Unless you have information where one department refused to cooperate with another.
We should all say congratulations to the HP police for solving their case that led to the capture of all 7 if not more of the suspects.
You sheriff was not sleeping while this was happening, and neither was his deputies/investigators. He may be out is Jan. But he's still our Sheriff until.