MONTGOMERY COUNTY, Ark. – Montgomery County Sheriff David White is taking a step again from his duties after a controversial video made headlines final week.
White despatched a letter to Choose Sammy Jones and the Montgomery County Quorum Court docket stating that he’s relinquishing his county automobile and assigning himself to administrative duties after the discharge of a video that appeared to point out an open beer can in his automobile.
The video was shot by Travis Evans, who was being served papers by White. When Evans confronted White in regards to the can, the sheriff will be heard repeatedly altering his story on why he had the open container in his possession.
In his letter to the quorum courtroom, White continued to say that he was not “engaged in any wrong-doing” and had not accomplished something that “might be deemed a felony violation. Nonetheless, he famous that the video “mirrored negatively” on the sheriff’s division, its employees and the county as an entire.
“I’m sorry for that detrimental depiction and for the truth that it’s now tougher for the great individuals on the Sheriff’s Workplace to do their jobs,” he wrote. “They’re good officers who care significantly about this county, and that’s how they need to be handled.”
White went on to state that it was “vital to notice that I’m voluntarily giving up these duties,” he nonetheless maintained he would proceed to serve the county.
“As you’re conscious, I’m an elected constitutional officer and never an worker of the quorum courtroom, nor do I imagine that the video is grounds for my removing from workplace,” he wrote.
“I be aware these factors as a way to make it clear that I’m voluntarily giving up these duties,” the letter continued. “I do that for the only real cause of serving to my deputies and this county regain religion and belief of their regulation officer.”
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