Brickbat: Friends in High Places

An Alabama grand jury has indicted Walker County Sheriff Nick Smith on six misdemeanor charges, and Chief Deputy Ralph Williams on one, for knowingly hiring six people—four school resource officers, a jailer, and a deputy—who lacked Alabama Peace Officers' Standards and Training Commission certification, as required by law. One of those hires was Deputy Andrew Neves-McDonald, whose police certification in Arizona was suspended for misconduct. Smith claims the charges are politically motivated.

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[Fist of Etiquette]

I wonder if the sheriff ever enforced paperwork violations on the citizenry.