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Falsifying jail records punished inconsistently by Nueces Sherff

Not every case of falsifying government documents is created equal, apparently. According to an investigation by the Corpus Christi Caller Times ("Sheriff's deputies disciplined," July 26):Four guards were discovered to have falsified logs at the Nueces County Jail on Sept. 2 of last year. They were reprimanded. Two guards accused of the same offense in a different incident five days earlier were fired.Only two of six guards who allegedly falsified jail logs were fired and prosecuted. For the others, though, "Letters of reprimand, the punishment meted out to the four deputies in the Sept. 2, 2008, incident, is among the mildest of disciplinary measures for jail guards."This case shows why departments need a uniform disciplinary matrix to mete out punishments in a more predictable fashion instead of according to the whim of the Sheriff or supervisors...continue to full post

Full post as published by Grits for Breakfast on July 26, 2009 (boomark / email).