Sheriff morris arrested, suspended by gov. Crist
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My prayers are with the men and women who make up the rank and file of the Okaloosa County Sheriff's Office. As in any law enforcement agency, most of the employees are honest, hard-working, and wear their badges with honor. But now there is a cloud and a stigma over all of them, undeservedly.
Look on the bright side now our past Sheriff seems like a wise and hard working individual by comparison.
Has anyone been following the saga of the Wakulla County Sheriff, who hit a parked car and DID NOT STOP after *allegedly* having a few drinks with dinner, in his COUNTY SUV?Not a deputy sheriff, but the actual elected Sheriff??
Hadn't heard that one, of course I do remember why we used to joke about why their uniforms were green.
Convicted Broward Sheriff (former Senator) Denied Pension
Another Florida Sheriff/Legislator has trouble following the law. (B8nwfl3-5-09) "Ken Jenne, a former Broward County sheriff, will not be getting his state pension. A Tallahassee judge rejected Jenne's attempt Tuesday to keep the $134,500 yearly pension....Jenne recently served 10 months in prison for mail fraud and tax convictions stemming from a corruption investigation. A Democrat, Jenne served as a prosecutor and state senator before becoming Broward sheriff." How many more like this are out there?
Another Florida Sheriff/Legislator has trouble following the law. (B8nwfl3-5-09) "Ken Jenne, a former Broward County sheriff, will not be getting his state pension. A Tallahassee judge rejected Jenne's attempt Tuesday to keep the $134,500 yearly pension....Jenne recently served 10 months in prison for mail fraud and tax convictions stemming from a corruption investigation. A Democrat, Jenne served as a prosecutor and state senator before becoming Broward sheriff." How many more like this are out there?
IMO the judge made the correct call on this one. I say this from first hand knowledge of the situation. It is too bad. He was a Senator who managed to do a lot of good things at one time; yet, as they say: "Power corrupts; absolute power corrupts absolutely" and as others say, "you can't fix stupid and greedy".
I am afraid there may be more, and while one can have sympathy (to a point) for the individual and his family, especially if at one time he had done good things as both Sheriff Jenne and Sheriff Morris apparently had; I am glad to see that LEOs and prosecutors and judges are holding everyone to the same standard. Too many people these days think they are above or outside of the law the rest of us must follow.
