Public outrage already building over Novak

The outrage of honest deputies at the McHenry County Sheriff's Department is already building. Thanks for the texts and emails this morning.

Of course, I cannot answer the questions about why Nygren and Zinke did not fire Deputy Jason Novak, after they learned earlier this year that he had become "inappropriately" involved with a confidential informant in a drug case.

Of course, that informant is no longer confidential. Although not identified by name in the newspaper, she apparently lived in the house with defendant Christopher Branham in Crystal Lake and is referred to as "Fiance" (sic).

What criminal laws, if any, did Novak break by becoming sexually involved with the informant?

What CALEA standards did he break? What MCSD rules and regulations did he break?

What failure was there on the part of command personnel in the McHenry County Sheriff's Department to supervise Novak properly?

Should he have been demoted from detective? In fact, is "demotion" even the right word? Detective is not a rank; it's an assignment. Demotion would be like from Lieutenant to Sergeant.

The honest, hard-working deputies of the Sheriff's Department want change. They don't want this happening within MCSD or anywhere in law enforcement. When it does happen, the honest deputies want it dealt with openly, above-board, promptly and sternly.

The only way that positive change will occur at MCSD is the end of the Nygren reign and the shifting of current command personnel. A new sheriff from outside the Department is absolutely necessary to accomplish that.