Tania Lorraine Angel

What the file shows

LSPD was monitoring her social media. Sgt. Robert Miner's own opening narrative says: "On 9-29-21, I was forwarded a post from the Facebook group 'Lake Stevens Moms.' It was posted by 'Tania Biechler,' later identified as Tania Angel." The post never named an officer, never tagged the department, and asked only to "meet with the Chief" about reform — yet within hours it was forwarded up the chain, Angel was identified by her legal name, and Miner was already drafting outreach.

Within hours of that post, Sgt. Miner emailed her: "Your post on Facebook was brought to my attention. I would love to chat with you concerning our officer's mishandled incidents." That email is preserved on page 7 of the IAPro file.

When she initially did not respond, Chief Beazizo closed the file on Oct 6, 2021 with the note: "No further information to follow up on — citizen has not responded back at this time — closing at this time as no complaint - info only." Five days later, when Angel did submit a statement alleging excessive force, Miner reopened the file. Beazizo then routed it to Sgt. Dean Thomas, the same supervisor named in the Cecily/Nicholas Johnson DVPO failure (OPS 2020-0015).

Why this file matters

Tania Angel's Facebook post triggered a stream of private messages from women describing the same officers — "a bunch of personal messages from women who have had similar issues with the same officers." Her own update is preserved on this site under Community Voices. The IAPro response was to close, reopen, route to Sgt. Thomas, and close again.