Wait, What? Vol. 112 Case of the Missing Fire Truck Playground Station

Has anyone seen me? I went missing sometime last week (most likely Friday). I miss my home in Walter Pierce Park!!! pic.twitter.com/kv2GmKuLq4

— Mindy Moretti (@mindymoretti) August 23, 2016

leads to:

@mindymoretti Neither @DCDGS nor @DCDPR removed the fire truck play piece. We are looking into it & will file a @DCPoliceDept report

— Jackie Stanley (@JackieDGS) August 22, 2016

But wait:

We may…MAY…have gotten to bottom of missing fire truck in Walter Pierce & it's as big of a mess of miscommunication as you can imagine

— Mindy Moretti (@mindymoretti) August 23, 2016

Stay tuned…

Update from DPR:

“The DC Department of Parks and Recreation (DPR) was informed that there was a piece of playground equipment (the firetruck playground equipment) that could be hazardous. DPR’s Risk Management Department went to the site to inspect the equipment. Upon arrival, they noticed the piece of equipment was not there. DPR researched internally to see if the equipment was removed and also reached out to our sister agency – Department of General Services (DGS) to see if they had removed the equipment. Neither DGS nor DPR removed the firetruck playground equipment. MPD has been notified.

Neither DPR nor DGS removes equipment without notifying the community.

DPR has contacted the vendor, which supplied the original beloved firetruck playground equipment. We are researching the cost and availability of firetruck playground equipment.”