NEW STATE OVERSIGHT LAWS, SOME GOOD SOME BAD!!

The Public has read and heard ad nauseam from Sheriffs and Police Chiefs about how rotten the new laws are and how they inhibit law enforcement’s ability to do their job.

https://www.ifiberone.com/columbia_basin/as-president-of-sheriffs-association-grant-county-sheriff-asks-inslee-for-special-session-to-fix/article_5f0a474c-0227-11ec-ad2d-47061916e4dd.html

But one of the new laws I like is  “ENGROSSED SECOND SUBSTITUTE SENATE BILL 5051 PEACE OFFICERS AND CORRECTIONS OFFICERS—STATE OVERSIGHT AND ACCOUNTABILITY”.

The background check section of the new law was intended to prevent the long-standing practice of withholding derogatory information about a Lateral Transfer from one Washington State Law Enforcement Agency to another just to get rid of the guy/gal.

Because of some of my past experience I like to follow “Innocent Project Cases” including those here in the State of Washington, one that I have been following closely is the retrial of David Nickels in Grant County.

https://documentcloud.adobe.com/link/track?uri=urn:aaid:scds:US:c43026ab-74a9-4d47-8b18-cce0483ce4fc

The Nickels case like almost all Innocent Project Cases has some dynamics the Public generally isn’t aware of so I just point them out for the Public. In doing my research for the Nickels case I became aware of some credibility issues which might come up with some of the Prosecution witnesses in the Murder case some of whom are Grant County Cops. The question of witness credibility could depend upon the outcome of an ongoing investigation by the Wenatchee Police Department of an alleged payroll fraud case involving the Grant County Sheriff’s Office.

https://documentcloud.adobe.com/link/track?uri=urn:aaid:scds:US:a506ddb2-0183-4762-abff-fd488806f164

Prior to this story by iFIBERONE, I received information that Grant County Sheriff Tom Jones wanted the payroll fraud allegation kept quiet because the allegation involved several Grant County Sheriff Deputies being paid by a private security company while at the same time being paid by Grant County.

https://www.ifiberone.com/columbia_basin/resignation-letter-unfortunate-series-of-events-within-gcso-led-to-chief-deputys-departure/article_e6623c22-382d-11ec-b87d-bbe5021f762e.html

The handling of the allegation by Sheriff Jones is consistent with what I learned based on the response I received from this Public Records Request, and also provides some insight as to how some serious allegations involving law enforcement officers are handled by Law Enforcement Administrators and why the new law was enacted.

Another dynamic of the Nickels murder case is that the Grant County Prosecutor Garth Dano was removed from the case due to conflict issues and the case is currently being prosecuted by the Washington State Attorney General’s Office.

https://www.ifiberone.com/columbia_basin/state-supreme-court-grant-co-prosecutors-office-disqualified-from-nickels-retrial/article_d18b8ade-4864-11ea-b7a9-3b7e2d50905f.html

https://www.ifiberone.com/columbia_basin/grant-county-prosecutor-garth-dano-to-resign-citing-personal-reasons/article_447272fa-278a-11ec-b28e-336d300103c6.html

The problem for the Washington State AG because he is prosecuting the Nickels case is what to do about the Grant County SO allegations and it would be especially problematic for the AG if he has been notified by about the allegations by other Grant County law enforcement agencies.

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I REPORT YOU DECIDE!!!

NO WORRIES MR. HIGGINS!!!

The sheriff’s office, like many agencies throughout the country, is short-staffed. Higgins said that can’t be allowed to continue forever. Spokane Valley needs more officers and if the sheriff’s office can’t find them, the city will have to consider splitting from the county and forming its own department, Higgins said.

https://www.spokesman.com/stories/2021/nov/12/back-to-the-right-thompson-loss-higgins-comeback-w/

Apparently you aren’t aware that Sheriff Ozzie has spent a lot of taxpayer’s monies to recruit Deputy Sheriff Candidates in order to be in conformity with his City of Spokane Valley contract. There has been a lot of press on Ozzie’s recruitment efforts some of which are very confusing.

One would have to think that before spending any money Ozzie did his research and determined that NYPD only had 34 unvaccinated Officers which basically means only spending around $354.00 per targeted Officer, if his focus was on NYPD Cops, but considerably less if Ozzie was targeting all the East Coast Cops. Perhaps Ozzie had some insight as to how many East Coast Cops spend time in Times Square.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2021/11/02/nypd-unpaid-leave-vaccine-mandate/

https://nypost.com/2021/11/01/heres-how-many-nypd-cops-are-on-unpaid-leave-over-vaccine-mandate/

Sheriff Knezovich’s numbers always seem to be somewhat skewed so it is hard to tell whether it was actually “10 New York City police officers that contacted the Sheriff’s Office about its hiring process” or just three from the New York area.

https://www.thecentersquare.com/washington/spokane-county-sheriff-says-he-got-his-moneys-worth-from-misspelled-times-square-ad/article_07e229fe-41b9-11ec-9781-839fbcdc5046.html

On a bit of a side note I think it is important to remember that the last time a study was done regarding the City of the Valley going on their own with law enforcement the consultants that did the study kind of thought the data Ozzie provided them was bunk data, and the study “Rankled” Sheriff Ozzie.

https://www.spokesman.com/stories/2009/oct/08/spokane-valley-police-study-rankles-sheriff/

*** Just a suggestion to Mr. Higgins if you bring up the Bunk Data ICMA Consulting Services said Ozzie provided watch out because you might Rankle Ozzie and he could try to make you “eat crow”! 😊

Another thing I’m sure Ozzie considered before he spent our money was the strong possibility retired NYPD Captain Eric Adams might be elected Mayor of NYC, which he was and has some good plans for NYPD which might make the 34 unvaccinated Cops want to stick around.

https://www.thecity.nyc/2021/11/2/22760491/eric-adams-wins-nyc-mayoral-election-leading-in-covid-era

It really doesn’t matter what issue comes up with Ozzie and the SCSO you know there will be a video attacking someone, and frequently the Media.

I have a lot of Conservative friends and a lot of Progressive friends, many of my Conservative friends tell me that Ozzie Knezovich isn’t a real Republican like he claims to be and is just all about Ozzie with no concern about the Republican Party, when take a good look at who Ozzie endorses it sure makes you wonder, of course his endorsements might just be out of fear he will look bad if he loses the City of the Valley law enforcement contract.

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I REPORT YOU DECIDE!!!