In May, Mono Sheriff’s Deputy Jon Madrid filed a claim against Mono County and the Sheriff’s Department. He alleged that officers in the Sheriff’s Department engaged in “illegal and otherwise wrongful conduct.” One of Madrid’s lawyers says his client was forced to sit in a hall 8 hours a day. The deputy went to an appeal hearing over the past weekend.
Madrid had appealed disciplinary action against him and continued to work at the Mono Sheriff’s Office. The hearing took place last Saturday, Sunday and Monday. County Counsel Marshall Rudolph said no decision had been made. Attorney Solomon Gresen, who represents Madrid, said, “We believe that Deputy Madrid has not been treated appropriately by his supervisors in the Department. I hope the process bears this out.”
Deputy Madrid’s claim alleges that the Sheriff’s Department violated his civil rights under the Fair Employment and Housing Act including discrimination, harassment, retaliation and wrongful demotion. Madrid also alleges that the Sheriff’s Office failed to provide documents. The claim says the Sheriff and other personnel caused Madrid damage. When earlier asked for his comment on this case, Sheriff Rick Scholl said he could not comment. He cited government code that “protects the rights of police officers and prohibits comment.” Sheriff Scholl added, “I wish I could tell people the truth.”
Attorney Gresen said that officers “assigned Deputy Madrid to a hallway, made him sit there for 8 hours a day with no breaks and no duties. It was draconian,” he said.
Contacted for comment from the other side, Deputy County Counsel John Vallejo said that Madrid’s hearing was “closed and confidential and that he would not be able to comment on anything of substance regarding the hearing.”
Attorney Gresen added, “We believe the conduct Deputy Madrid suffered is outrageous.”
You must be kidding me! It is obvious that you don’t know Madrid and are posting something that is totally fabricated. The bad eggs in this case are Undersheriff Obenberger for his actions and management, and Scholl for allowing Obenberger to run things. Scholl is a man elected to a… Read more »
what did this Deputy do to even be in the position he’s in now? Maybe he was allowed back to work due to his rights while this thing sorts out…and maybe, just maybe, whatever this Deputy did deems him unfit to be out and about on patrol. Sitting in a… Read more »
Tourbillion….. The trouble with your philosophy is if you ignore bad deeds by our elected officials, they just keep flying under the radar and continue doing bad. The only reason people re-elect a bad seed is they don’t know the truth. Since you think you are wasting your time, why… Read more »
In a utopic society, try to be the guy that can carry a gun.
As Al Capone once said; “You can get much more with a kind word and a gun, than a kind word alone.”
“Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely.” John Emerich Edward Dalberg Acton Looks like a few people forgot that there are powers greater then themselves. I think there will be some lessons learned here and some ego deflation.
Debbie, I agree. But as far as the ego deflation thing I think that as long as the person in power needs only the most votes (and nothing else) to wield the power and the favors, bribes, kickbacks, payoffs, cronyism, good ol’ boy network, etc. the system you have in… Read more »
Time to flush the Scholl Bowl! There are some people floating at the top that needs to see the swirl of reality!
Yet he keeps getting reelected – just like the much-maligned Art Maillet in Inyo. I conclude that the posters on this website who attack both men by around a 5-1 margin or more do not accurately reflect the attitude of the public at large.
The problem is there are no good choices. In Mono it was a choice between a real estate salesman who was a cop a decade prior, and a CHP officer who never promoted in his entire career. Both are nice guys to talk to, both had zero Law Enforcement management… Read more »
So then why don’t you run for office?
Tourbillion, Because I am a hands on guy not an administrator. A man’s got to know his limitations. I do know a bad leader when I see one. I know a good leader when I see one too, like the Chief in Mammoth. The problem with these elected positions is… Read more »
Mammothite, I’m not saying that elected officials should not be criticized – far from it. I’m saying that the comments on this site almost exclusively criticize elected officials who keep getting reelected, and that I conclude, therefore, that the posters on this site simply do not reflect the popular opinion… Read more »
Tourbillon, You made a great point that he keeps getting re-elected. However, with all I have read, I am pretty certain that won’t be happening again, EVER! This year alone, there has been too much corruption coming from that office for all the tax paying voters to not take notice.… Read more »
The key is to re-elect no one, vote em’ in, vote em’ out
Tourbillion, I think you gotta be a lawyer to be a DA in the state of CA, that leaves a lot of us poor slobs out of the running. I’m a proponent of recall, but even then you have too have at least one replacement in mind.
Tourbillon, The public at large may not have dealings with the DA or Sheriff that expose the problems or bad behavior that exist on the job. People show different faces to different people at different times. If Maillet is your friendly neighbor what do you really know @ how he… Read more »
“Sheriff Scholl added, “I wish I could tell people the truth.” I wish he could tell the truth too. Apparently Sheriff Scholl has a pretty poor memory and for some reason Obenberger and Weber suffer from the same affliction. Too bad there were so many documents that you didn’t recall……right… Read more »
Like mlpd hasnt had its issues…
Todd, the dig difference between MLPD and MCSO is that the biggest problems are at the top with MCSO, not the Officer and Sergeant level like MLPD. A fish rots from the head down. MLPD has a chief that deals with those people. Scholl has no boss.
NOTE: To all citizens of Mammoth who requests that the Sheriff police the TOML…
THIS is the kind of law enforcement you want patrolling in Mammoth ? You’d better do whatever is necessary to hang on to the good cops you got.
This is the tip of the iceberg.
Right On Big Rick!