^ the problem of (admittedly niche) descriptive data in our field - there's little incentive to collect it, as few peer reviewed journal article places would publish something based off that kind of data.
Back on our nonsense. I think 2,000 is our unrealistic goal today.
We are in the season of tomatoes, so it is Pomodoro time.
A sheriff was successfully recalled yesterday (almost never happens) over allegations of missing drug evidence and falsifying employee time sheets.
Utah voters passed a Constitutional amendment in 2024 to enshrine independently elected sheriffs in their state Constitution, ensuring this problem would be made even more difficult to solve.
Protect life, they say.
Writing today got interrupted for new plants, which is very exciting.
Sheriffs are elected by voters, not hired by county commissions. Recent controversies involving sheriffs around the state show how that can complicate oversight when they're accused of misconduct.
There's no arrest in this case (yet?) but if the sheriff is removed/resigned/or otherwise out of office, I haven't been adding them to the spreadsheet I'm informally keeping of sheriffs who have been arrested. Maybe at some point I'll get serious about the data collection and beef it up.
"U.S. Launches Strikes on Iran to Retaliate for Downed Helicopter"
They haven't made the sheriffs arrested spreadsheet yet. www.kpcw.org/wasatch-coun...
The Summit County attorney says her office is investigating Wasatch County Sheriff Jared Rigby for felony obstruction of justice.
