Are there any standards at the McHenry County Sheriff's Department for press releases? Apparently not.
What type of criminal (or other) activity would merit a press release?
Suspicion that a lit (sic) candle might have caused a house fire?
Potential juror/identity theft scam?
A deputy staying awake at an FBI academy long enough to graduate?
A snowmobile safety course?
Arrest of three druggies?
How about a person wanted for Predatory Criminal Sexual Assault on a Child?
A child under age 13.
Over a four-year period.
A family member.
A deputy of the sheriff's department.
A person in charge of an important area of the department (evidence and computer forensics)
The arrest of that deputy?
Think about this. Think the sheriff's department is trying to keep this out of sight? A Friday night's press release to the Northwest Herald called it "just" a domestic issue involving the deputy's family.
What internal procedures were not followed at the time of MCSD Sgt. Greg Pyle was arrested, booked and bailed out?
Command personnel must have made a decision not to publish such news in a press release on the department website. They didn't even inform people within the department who had a need to know.
The way to clean up the manure at the sheriff department - the only way - is to kick the current sheriff out of office and bring in someone from the outside who will clean up the mess.
And Illinois Election Law is going to make it really hard to do that, because of the one-year residency requirement for the Office of Sheriff.
You never know who is interested…
3 months ago
2 comments:
My oh my. Having read your blog its become obvious that you've had concerns about the current sheriff and his deputies ability to a) get facts straight and act on those facts and b) maintain a persons right to be considered innocent until proven guilty. But I have to question your ability to do the same, especially considering your past run for sheriff. First of all, the NWHerald did not minimize the incident by referring to it as "just" a domestic incident; they were clarifying that the incident was domestic in nature not assumed to be related to Mr. Pyle's job duties. And I'm confused by your questioning of the offices manner in releasing information. The nwheralds information came from the sheriffs office; and it should be noted they have directed any other questions to ISP, so really harping about lack of releases should be directed to them. And as for innocent until proven guilty: maybe he did it maybe not. You've already pretty much stated your opinion on it but fortunately everyone in this country, not just those you feel deserve it, has a right to a trial and to be presumed innocent until proven guilty.
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