Inmate Transport Causes Wreck - January 9, 2024
- 5 months ago
On January 9th, 2024, deputies with the Caldwell Parish, Louisiana sheriff's office were dispatched to a minor fender-bender involving an inmate transport van. Damage was supposedly very minor and there were supposedly no injuries to any party involved. The head detective (also the third-in-command of the sheriff's office, and the department's top supervisor) was the first to arrive, and he stayed there until a patrol deputy arrived to work the wreck.
It was initially stated over the radio that the other vehicle was the one at fault, but then the deputy let it slip that the inmate transport van was actually the one at fault, before quickly correcting himself. I'm guessing he then called the dispatcher by phone, because there was no further radio traffic about the wreck, and he didn't even radio that he was 10-8 from it.
This deputy is regarded by many people, myself included, as being the most honest and having the most integrity of anyone at the department. While it's very true that he's more honest and has more integrity than the rest of the department, he also has to consider his own job security. There's an unwritten rule at this department that you don't go against your superiors, else you risk getting fired. When the superiors want you to cover something up, you do it. It's worth mentioning that this 3rd-in-command has been involved in numerous coverups in the past, including excessive force and in-custody deaths.
As far as this incident goes, if the report really was falsified and puts the other person as the one at fault, I guess it doesn't really matter much since it was minor and there were no injuries. The other person's insurance will go up and they'll be responsible for covering whatever damage their vehicle sustained. But it's not like they'd get any money out of the SO anyway if it had been written up correctly.
It was initially stated over the radio that the other vehicle was the one at fault, but then the deputy let it slip that the inmate transport van was actually the one at fault, before quickly correcting himself. I'm guessing he then called the dispatcher by phone, because there was no further radio traffic about the wreck, and he didn't even radio that he was 10-8 from it.
This deputy is regarded by many people, myself included, as being the most honest and having the most integrity of anyone at the department. While it's very true that he's more honest and has more integrity than the rest of the department, he also has to consider his own job security. There's an unwritten rule at this department that you don't go against your superiors, else you risk getting fired. When the superiors want you to cover something up, you do it. It's worth mentioning that this 3rd-in-command has been involved in numerous coverups in the past, including excessive force and in-custody deaths.
As far as this incident goes, if the report really was falsified and puts the other person as the one at fault, I guess it doesn't really matter much since it was minor and there were no injuries. The other person's insurance will go up and they'll be responsible for covering whatever damage their vehicle sustained. But it's not like they'd get any money out of the SO anyway if it had been written up correctly.