Deputy Released from Jail

Read the lat­est episode in the on-going Deputy Stoddard soap opera. Regardless of what each side says, it seems to me that Deputy Stoddard just might be a high pro­file pawn in an ongo­ing inter­nal polit­i­cal war inside Maricopa County.

Originally posted on AZCentral.com.

Adam Stoddard is out of jail.

The Maricopa County Sheriff’s Detention Officer was released from

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The Sheriff Strikes Back!

I really don’t know what to make of this. Apparently the Judge who recently found Maricopa Deputy Adam Stoddard in con­tempt of court, and ordered him to report to jail, has been charged with three felony counts by Maricopa County Attorney Andrew Thomas.

But today’s announce­ment that Donahoe now faces felony charges — when the only

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Houston PD Fingerprint Unit

My last blog post seems to have a much “rosier” view on the cur­rent state of the Houston PD crime lab fin­ger­print unit, than the local news­pa­per did here.

A Houston Police Department offi­cial con­firmed Wednesday that a crim­i­nal inves­ti­ga­tion is under way into alleged wrong­do­ing at HPD’s fin­ger­print­ing com­par­i­son unit, which is under scrutiny fol­low­ing an

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More Problems for Houston PD Crime Lab

During a re-accreditation attempt by the Houston PD crime lab with ASCLD-LAB (Association of Crime Laboratory Directors — Laboratory Accreditation Board), the exter­nal audi­tors found problems:

The depart­ment said it iden­ti­fied sev­eral prob­lems includ­ing insuf­fi­cient staffing, lack of proper super­vi­sory review, inad­e­quate qual­ity control/quality assur­ance pro­to­cols, tech­ni­cal com­pe­tence incon­sis­tent with indus­try stan­dards, insuf­fi­cient train­ing and inad­e­quate standard

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Maricopa County Sheriff Deputy Stoddard Goes to Jail

Rather than apol­o­gize for his court-room shenani­gans, Deputy Stoddard reported for jail last night.

MCSO spokesper­son Douglas Matteson said Detention Officer Adam Stoddard self-surrendered at approx­i­mately 6 p.m. Tuesday and is now in a MCSO jail.

A judge had ordered Stoddard to apol­o­gize to a Phoenix attor­ney Monday night to avoid jail time, but he refused.

Stoddard was found in contempt

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