SAN DIEGO SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT STIFLES POLICE BRUTALITY INVESTIGATION
THE SAN DIEGO 6 NEWS AT 10PM
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A follow up on an Exclusive San Diego 6 report. Last year, we showed you pictures of sheriff's deputies handcuffing women for fun in a Ramona bar while on duty.
Now, a public defender wants to know if the sheriff's department is above the law.
Photos taken from inside the Ramona bar Molly Malones about 8 months ago show deputies Jesse Allensworth and Colby Hodge handcuffing and slapping girls while on-duty. Deputies are said to be at the bar several nights a week for hours at a time while on-duty.
Part of our story last September included a sheriff's spokesperson who promised they would conduct a thorough, methodical inquiry. Click HERE for that story.
After filing a motion requiring the Sheriff's department to hand over findings of their investigation, the public defender says they were told an investigation was never done.
The executive officer of the Citizens' Law Enforcement Review Board said that although the board reports conduct complaints to the county, in the end, it's the sheriff's department who has the option to police itself.
The actions of the Sheriff's Department have been questioned by representatives of the County Board of Supervisors. Click HERE for video.
Commentary: The public should be outraged that Sheriff's Legal Advisors Robert Faigin, who resoundlingly lost a race to become judge recently, and his equally sleazy sidekick, Sanford Toyen, would intentionally and wilfuly delay an investigation into obvious police misconduct and the use and abuse of taxpayer money on deputies that hang out at bars and play with the female clientele rather than patrol the streets. But that's what I've found this due generally does whenever I file a police misconduct motion. They try to hide the ball. Always. Nice to know dirty deputies are protected and the public is not.
Remember, all felonies charges these rogue deputies filed against Allen Baker were dismissed by a San Diego Superior Court judge. Yes, ladies and gentlemen, dismissed.
