Norris defends deputy status revocations

Kovacs says effort to revoke homeowner's exemption not political

Kootenai County Sheriff Bob Norris gave insight into his decision to revoke the special deputy status of Coeur d’Alene Police Chief Lee White, Capt. Dave Hagar and Rathdrum Police Chief Dan Haley in December during a town hall with county officials on Saturday. “(There was) an event that occurred, and there was an affidavit and a search warrant admitted to a judge that a kidnapping and a false imprisonment of a human being had occurred at this event — and they listed me as an involved party,” Norris said.