Enumclaw police promotion and a podcast's shotgun claim

On November 2, 2026, The Consider Podcast (consider.info), hosted by Timothy Williams, published a post that sets a Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, police case beside an Enumclaw one. The Enumclaw half is the podcast's published account of a City of Enumclaw investigation report of a December 29, 2010 incident, in which, it says, an Enumclaw Police detective threatened fellow officers and cleared a shotgun in the department hallway. Enumclaw.com has not seen that report and found no outside record of the incident. What is on the public record is a promotion: the Courier-Herald reported on September 4, 2019 that Grant McCall was promoted from patrol officer to sergeant, effective August 16, and as of November 2026 the city's Staff Directory lists him as Detective Sergeant.

In Myrtle Beach, a detective accused in an arrest affidavit of pointing his handgun at a colleague over microwaved fish on May 30, 2026 was out of the department by June 2 and, The Smoking Gun reported on October 28, took a plea deal the Friday before that bars him from police work in South Carolina. In Enumclaw, by the podcast's account, the 2010 report ended in paid leave, a fitness evaluation and a finding that the evidence did not warrant termination. The 2019 promotion is public record. Enumclaw.com has not seen the report and cannot say whether it is.

What does the Consider Podcast post say happened in 2010?

The post, titled "Fish in the Microwave or Shotgun in the Hallway," says that at about noon on December 29, 2010, Enumclaw Police Detective Grant McCall argued with a fellow officer in the squad room and threatened that officer and others. It says he then retrieved a shotgun and began clearing it, meaning unloading it, in the hallway within earshot of other officers, left, and came back minutes later for another firearm.

By the post's account, the city put him on paid administrative leave, took his badge, identification and weapons, and ordered a psychological evaluation. It quotes the report's conclusion, "Although Detective McCall's behavior is concerning, the investigation report does not provide ample evidence to warrant termination," and calls the handling "whitewashed."

The post is commentary from a Christian podcast, openly critical of the city, and Enumclaw.com does not adopt its conclusions. Everything above about 2010 is the post's account of a report, not this site's finding.

Has anyone else reported the 2010 incident?

Enumclaw.com found no record of it outside The Consider Podcast's own pages. Searches of the Courier-Herald's online archive and the open web on November 2, 2026 turned up neither the report nor a news story, and the post says none has been found. That is not proof that nothing happened.

What does the public record show about the promotion?

The Courier-Herald's item of September 4, 2019, "Enumclaw council hears of one police promotion, one retirement," covers the council's August 26 meeting. Chief Bob Huebler told the council that Grant McCall, a patrol officer, had been promoted to sergeant, effective August 16. The paper reports the chief saying McCall "has had a very successful career here at the Enumclaw Police Department," with more than eight years in investigations and service as lead firearms instructor.

The article calls McCall a patrol officer at the time of the promotion, while the podcast calls him a detective in 2010 and the same paper called him Det. Grant McCall in 2013; the 2019 item does not explain the difference. It does not mention the 2010 incident, any leave or any investigation. Its silence cuts neither way; it is a short report on two personnel changes in the weekly paper covered in the Courier-Herald history.

The city's Staff Directory, read on November 2, 2026, lists Grant McCall as Detective Sergeant in the Police Department.

Who decides who gets hired and promoted in the Enumclaw Police Department?

The city's Boards and Commissions page says the Civil Service Commission "is a 3-member body that governs appointments, advancements, demotions, suspensions, and discharges of police officers." The Mayor appoints members to six-year terms, subject to Council confirmation; it meets at 9 a.m. on the third Wednesday of each month at City Hall. The Mayor's page says the Mayor oversees nine departments, Police among them.

Enumclaw.com has not read the Civil Service Rules and found no published record of which office acted on the 2019 promotion. For the department's structure, see the Enumclaw Police Department explainer.

Who holds those offices now?

From the city's pages, read on November 2, 2026; offices change hands, so check them. The Mayor is Anthony Wright, elected January 1, 2026, term to December 31, 2029; 360-615-5606. The seven-member City Council meets at 7 p.m. on the second and fourth Mondays at City Hall; phone 360-615-5608. Its members are Corrie Koopman Frazier, Jan Martinell, Sabrina Solmonsen-Waterhouse, Chance La Fleur, Brodie Smith, Amber Stanley and Ed Storton. The council meetings guide explains how to attend or comment.

The Civil Service Commission lists Ed Bickford as Chair, David Hoffman and Albert Willis; its secretary, Katy McKee, is also the Deputy City Clerk (360-615-5627).

The Police Department is at 1705 Wells St., Enumclaw, WA 98022, non-emergency line 360-825-3505. The directory lists Tim Floyd as Chief of Police, two commanders, Tony Ryan and Josh Hong, and a roster of sergeants, officers and dispatchers. By the city's own biographies, Wright, appointed to the Council in 2018, and La Fleur, first elected in 2011, were already on it in August 2019. That is a matter of dates, not a finding about the promotion. The rest are reached at City Hall, 1339 Griffin Ave., Enumclaw, WA 98022, main line 360-825-3591. The city also runs a gas service, covered in the municipal natural gas utility explainer.

What happened in Myrtle Beach?

By the arrest affidavit, published by The Smoking Gun on October 28, 2026, a Myrtle Beach Police Department detective confronted a patrolman on May 30, 2026 about warming up fish in the microwave and pointed his department-issued handgun at him. On June 2 the department said it had separated employment with him after policy violations, and the state's law enforcement division charged him with pointing and presenting a firearm at a person, a felony.

The plea order is a conditional discharge on a reduced charge of public disorderly conduct: 90 days of probation, a $350 fee, and surrender of his state police certification with no reinstatement. The court acts "without entering a judgment of guilt" and is to dismiss the case once he completes the terms. The Smoking Gun called it a guilty plea.

What has the City of Enumclaw said?

Enumclaw.com found nothing the city has published about the 2010 incident or the report, and no 2010 or 2019 minutes online on November 2, 2026. Enumclaw.com did not ask the city, the department or Sergeant McCall about any of it.

Where can you read the full post?

The post is at consider.info/no/2026-289884, also served at consider.info/blog/fish-in-the-microwave-a-shotgun-in-the-hallway, and ends with a list of city offices. The Myrtle Beach documents are with The Smoking Gun's report on the plea.

Disclosure: the Courier-Herald reported on April 30, 2013 that a prosecutor said Timothy Williams was leading Sound Doctrine church in Enumclaw at the time of the events described at a King County Superior Court trial of one of its pastors, at which Detective Grant McCall testified, and that Williams published a website, enumclaw.com; this recap runs after Williams invited one on November 2, 2026.