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NOW.
GOOD EVENING.
I’M JESSICA AGUIRRE. >> TONIGHT TWO COUNTY
SUPERVISORS ARE CALLING ON STATE
OFFICIALS TO INVESTIGATE LORI SMITH AND HOW SHE RUNS LOCAL
JAILS.
>> STEPHEN STOCK JOINS US WITH A
CALL FOR THIS CHANGE.
>> Reporter: THE INCIDENTS THAT
HAVE LEFT INMATES SEVERELY
INJURED HAVE RESULTED IN THIS
AGENDA ITEM WHICH WAS JUST RELEASED.
SUPERVISORS ASKING FOR AN
INVESTIGATION. THIS SURVEILLANCE VIDEO OF THE
BEATING OF A POLICE INFORMANT
INSIDE THE ELM WOOD JAIL FIRST
MADE PUBLIC BY OUR INVESTIGATIVE
UNIT IS ONLY THE LATEST IN A LONG LIST OF QUESTIONABLE
INCIDENTS AT THE JAILS THAT SHERIFF LORI SMITH ADMINISTERS.
>> IT IS TRAGIC AND COSTLY IN TERMS OF ITS CONSEQUENCES.
>> Reporter: SUPERVISOR JOE
SMIDANSAYS
SMIDIAN SAYS THAT’S WHY THEY WANT THE LOCAL CIVIL GRAND JURY
TO INVESTIGATE SHERIFF SMITH’S
HANDLING OF THE JAILS. >> WE CAN’T JUST KEEP GOING
ALONG, BUSINESS AS USUAL AND
EXPECT THINGS ARE GOING TO GET
BETTER. >> Reporter: HE ALSO WANTS A
CURRENTLY SECRET REPORT INTO A
2018 PRISONER TRANSPORT INCIDENT
PUBLICLY RELEASED.
ANDREW HOGAN BEAT HIS HEAD ON THE INSIDE OF A TRANSPORT VAN
UNTIL HE FELL UNCONSCIOUS.
THE FAMILY FILED A CLAIM AGAINST THE COUNTY CONTENDING THAT
DEPUTIES LEFT HIM BLEEDING AND
ALONE IN THE VAN FOR A PROLONGED PERIOD.
TAXPAYERS PICKED UP THE TAB FOR
A $10 MILLION SETTLEMENT WITH
THE FAMILY.
>> THE QUESTION, OBVIOUSLY, IS
WHAT HAPPENED AND WERE THERE ANY
CONSEQUENCES MANY.
>> Reporter: THE SHERIFF’S DEPARTMENT DID NOT RESPOND TO
MULTIPLE REQUESTS TO ANSWER
QUESTIONS ABOUT THE INCIDENT, BUT THE JAIL SUPERVISOR WHO WAS
THERE WAS PROMOTED SHORTLY AFTER
THE INCIDENT.
>> CONDITIONS ARE A LOT BETTER
THAN THEY WERE BEFORE.
>> Reporter: THIS IS EXECUTIVE
DIRECTOR OF THE LAW OFFICE
MONITORING THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE JAILS.
>> WE STILL FOUND A LOT OF USE
OF EXCESSIVE FORCE AGAINST PEOPLE WITH MENTAL ILLNESS.
SOMETIMES TO TAKE THEM TO PLACES
TO GET TREATMENT, WHICH IS
RIDICULOUS. >> Reporter: NOW THE JAIL
SUPERVISOR IN THE HOGAN INCIDENT
SAYS SHE DID EVERYTHING BY THE
BOOK AND WAS LATER PROMOTED
BECAUSE SHE WAS THE BEST
CANDIDATE FOR THE JOB.
AS FOR THE BEATING OF THE POLICE
WITNESS AT THE ELMWOOD JAIL, WE WERE TOLD IN MAY THAT THE
SHERIFFS ASSIGNED TO THOSE TASKS