MY TURN: Accountability in law enforcement: Fireworks
“Police accountability involves holding both individual police officers, as well as law enforcement agencies responsible for effectively delivering basic services of crime control and maintaining order, while treating individuals fairly and within the bounds of law.” This statement appears on the Kootenai County Sheriff’s website.
Sheriff Bob Norris has been very successful in dealing with law enforcement as it has to do with the fentanyl crisis and holding public meetings regularly to keep us informed on many issues including his recent article of saying “no arrests” during disaster emergencies. In one paragraph he went on to say that Idaho statute 31-2202 is clear that the sheriff is vested with enforcing, or NOT enforcing, all statutes of Idaho code. In researching this statute which consists of 10 duties of the sheriff, there is no mention as to NOT enforcing Idaho statutes. This is confusing. Why would any law enforcement agency not adhere to their duties? Clearly the “disaster emergency plan” needs to be amended to remove this verbiage regarding arrests being made.
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