POLICE SERGEANT RETIRES DAYS AFTER DRUG TEAM SEARCHES HOME

BEAVERTON -- A 24-year veteran officer with the Beaverton Police Department
retired Friday, four days after a Washington County drug team seized what
investigators suspect is methamphetamine and marijuana from his Aloha home.

Sgt. Dan Kendall submitted a resignation letter to Beaverton Police Chief
David Bishop on Friday. The letter did not give a reason for Kendall's
decision, said Officer Mark Hyde, Beaverton Police Department spokesman.

Kendall has not been arrested or charged in connection with the
investigation. The case has been referred to the Washington County district
attorney's office for further investigation and possible charges.

The Westside Interagency Narcotics team recovered an undisclosed amount of
two substances -- suspected to be methamphetamine and marijuana -- during a
search Monday of Kendall's Aloha home, Bishop said.

Kendall shares the home in the 6000 block of 174th Avenue with his wife,
Theresa, and her 16-year-old daughter from a previous relationship.

The amount of the substances recovered was similar to what someone might
have for personal use, Bishop said. Under sentencing guidelines, that
amount of drugs usually earns a sentence of probation.

The substances have been sent to the state crime lab where they will be
tested. Bishop declined to be more specific.

After the search, Kendall, 51, was put on paid leave that expired Friday.

When reached at his home Friday, Kendall declined to comment about the
investigation or his retirement.

Hyde said many of the department's employees and officers were shocked to
learn about Kendall's retirement Friday.

"He was a solid employee and put in some good time for this community,"
Hyde said. "That's what makes this situation so difficult for people to
believe."

Beaverton police officers who are members of the narcotics team were not
involved in the investigation, Hyde said.

Kendall joined the Beaverton Police Department as an officer in 1978 after
working as an officer in Lincoln City. He was promoted to sergeant in
December 2001.

Hyde said he was not aware of any previous complaints against Kendall.

Kendall will collect full retirement benefits from the Oregon Public
Employees Retirement System, said lawyer Mark Makler, who represents the
125-member Beaverton Police Association. Kendall was a member of the union.

"He's very embarrassed about this and definitely doesn't want it to sully
the reputation of the Beaverton Police Department," Makler said.