Saturday, December 19, 2009

Sheriff Clarke Lets Wrongdoer Off The Hook

We learned a few months ago that the State had a big problem due to the loss of thousands of DNA samples. Milwaukee County Sheriff David Clarke was quick on the draw throwing criticism out without hesitation. Then it was revealed that his own department had all been lax in their duties.

Today, the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel is reporting that Clarke's office has missed over 500 samples, and still haven't collect samples from almost 200 of them. To make matters worse, he takes a page out of Scott Walker's playbook and finds himself some scapegoats to blame for it.

However, he fails to take any ownership of the problems that his poor leadership has caused. It's just like the time he got caught in trying to help a drunk driver, and then blamed the responding deputy that did her job as well as Clarke's.

It is a shame that our county sheriff won't hold himself up to even a fraction of the standards he calls on from his deputies.

Zach Wisniewski has more on this.

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