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by Sean Hart
Blue Mountain Eagle
Feb. 19, 2016
John Days police chief and dispatch managers complaints that the Grant County sheriffs support for the militia occupying the Malheur refuge endangered the public have been sent to the justice department for further investigation.
Chief Richard Gray and Dispatch Manager Valerie Luttrell were among at least eight who filed formal complaints against Sheriff Glenn Palmer with the state Department of Public Safety Standards and Training, which licenses Oregon police officers. The department sent the complaints to the Oregon Department of Justice recommending an investigation ...
Luttrell said in her complaint Palmer was openly supportive of the militia and met with members who are under investigation for numerous felonious crimes. She said Palmers support placed other law enforcement officials and the public at risk, because he was not trusted.
As the FBI and Oregon State Police planned to arrest the leaders of the refuge occupation on Highway 395 en route to a meeting in John Day Jan. 26, she said, they opted not to inform city and county law enforcement officials in Grant County out of concern Sheriff Glenn Palmer might be a security leak ...
http://www.bluemountaineagle.com/Local_News/20160219/chief-dispatch-manager-complain-sheriffs-support-of-militia-endangered-the-public
Wounded Bear
(58,695 posts)about the Sheriff's 'priorities.' At the very least, his next re-election might prove interesting.
MagickMuffin
(15,950 posts)Thx for the article!
Photographer
(1,142 posts)Lizzie Poppet
(10,164 posts)The article is about Glenn Palmer, the Sheriff of Grant County. Grant County is directly to the north of Harney County, where the incident occurred. It's not in Palmer's jurisdiction, and his presence was indeed an unwanted, unhelpful distraction.
I just wanted to make sure people realized that this is not about Dave Ward, the Harney County Sheriff who performed very well in a damned difficult situation. A couple of the initial responses seemed to me like they thought it was Ward.
Hortensis
(58,785 posts)NBachers
(17,135 posts)but since I'm not a local, I'm not tuned in to the individual counties and sherriffs.
gratuitous
(82,849 posts)When the Bundy Gang went for their last outing, I think they were headed to Grant County for a rally under the auspices of Sheriff Palmer.
Lizzie Poppet
(10,164 posts)Good thing they never made it, I'm thinking...
randome
(34,845 posts)[hr][font color="blue"][center]I'm always right. When I'm wrong I admit it.
So then I'm right about being wrong.[/center][/font][hr]