In my area, depending on the town, polished STR's have 75% - 85% occupancy.

We did a reverse lookup of the phone number and it came back as Sandra Whalen (I assume this is Bert Whalen’s wife or some other relation).Here is a link to the actual message if you want to listen to it.I have reported this to the police.

Is this a small possession by a potentially (petty) Police Officer 7 years ago or are we talking about someone running an absolute grow shop out manufacturing and distributing out of their residence?

When the police arrived they spoke to us separately.

It's the only property I own as a rental and my last tenant was a police officer who I never really saw but just collected rent from.

I've tried contacting the local police department to no avail.

When a thread turns to the grammar-police, the thread is over. 

It turns out to be a Lt. from the Las Vegas Metro Police Department needing additional information about my property and tenants. 

Other good questions: were any eviction actions taken against the tenant, were the police ever called to the their apartment, how much of their security deposit did they get back (if they are already out), did they give proper notice that they were leaving, and would the landlord rent to them again.

capturing leads is very important.Back to your siteInstead of the big cityscape I would show a polished picture of Joel Owens.