Sheriff's Bugging Case Makes Top Ten List
...and the Number Two story according to SanLuisObispo.com is...
State investigators are still looking into allegations that Sheriff Pat Hedges violated the law last year by secretly taping a meeting between two subordinates.
The discovery of the tape has triggered a series of other legal actions:
• a $1.25 million claim filed by Chief Deputy Gary Hoving;
• a federal civil rights lawsuit filed by Hoving against the sheriff, the county and Undersheriff Steve Bolts;
• detectives in the sheriff’s narcotics unit retaining an attorney after Hedges said he had eavesdropped while investigating criminal allegations against the unit. (more)
State investigators are still looking into allegations that Sheriff Pat Hedges violated the law last year by secretly taping a meeting between two subordinates.
The discovery of the tape has triggered a series of other legal actions:
• a $1.25 million claim filed by Chief Deputy Gary Hoving;
• a federal civil rights lawsuit filed by Hoving against the sheriff, the county and Undersheriff Steve Bolts;
• detectives in the sheriff’s narcotics unit retaining an attorney after Hedges said he had eavesdropped while investigating criminal allegations against the unit. (more)
Labels: eavesdropping, lawsuit, police
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