Only the tip of the iceberg?

What if all this stuff is only the tip of the iceberg???

Is it any wonder that some deputies are frustrated? They didn't sign up for this kind of "stuff" when they swore to uphold the laws of the United States and the State of Illinois.

Yesterday I was thinking about the chain-of-command. If you've got a gripe, you can't go straight to the sheriff or to the Law & Justice Committee or to the County Board. You have to go to your supervisor. If you don't get a positive reception from your supervisor, then you must ask (at least in the military) for permission to go on up the food chain. And if that permission is refused? Then you go on up at the risk of being charged and disciplined for insubordination.

I would never be hearing any of these stories, if deputies had an avenue for reporting dereliction of duty and failing to investigate or handle properly AND if sincere investigations were conducted to get at the TRUTH, and then that Truth was acted upon.

And so the stories keep coming...

"Here is some other stories about Sergeants...

"How about the story of the suspected rapist who was given a warning for, get this, a DUI and concealed weapon. (A GUN!) Are the women around here feeling safe? Okay, Sgt K and Deputy 1 (SGT. K was only a deputy at the time) get involved with a traffic stop one night. The driver is a local tavern owner. He is drunk. He is well known to all the deputies... he takes care of them in the bar. Sgt. K and Deputy 1 do their thing and low and behold the bar owner also has a gun in the car. No FOID card. Sgt S is called out. All parties agree that the bar owner should be given a warning and his gun should be handed over to a"friend". Bar owner goes home, car is removed, gun is wherever. Supervisor finds out what happened and Sgt K, Sgt S and deputy 1 all get suspended for a couple, 3 days. Some years later the bar owner is arrested and charged with sexual assault after a female employee reported that she was attacked in his bar.

"You've already heard about the Sgt and Lt. that are being sued by Susan O'Grady and how they were involved in the car chase down Rt. 173, Sgt. S was with the Lt. These three guys are the best of friends. These are also the three guys who were suspended in the "aggravated battery to a peace officer" incident. Sgt. S didn't think it was a big deal either. It was his birthday that everyone was celebrating that evening.

"Sgt. S was also disciplined for calling a female dispatcher "F**cking Idiot" in front of a group of her peers while at work."