El Dorado sheriff keeps No. 2 position in the family
By Carlos Alcalá, Sacramento Bee
New El Dorado County Sheriff John D’Agostini has picked his brother-in-law to be undersheriff, a position re-established today by the Board of Supervisors.
Yolo County Sheriff’s Captain Rich Williams, selected for the second-in-command position, is the brother of D’Agostini’s wife, according to a release from the Sheriff’s Office.
Regardless of whether or not the guy is qualified, that sounds like a very sketchy decision for the new sheriff to be making right off the bat. This city was just recently all up in arms about nepotism. . .
I agree with Dogwoman, perhaps the guy is qualified, but does this not seem wrong? I don’t know man, it seems to be a bit off.
This has all the appearance of nepotism, collusion, back room politics, favoritism, and the good ol boy network in play. If the brother in law needed disciplining, would the sheriff do so? Not if he wanted to remain on his wife’s good side. This does not pass the smell test.
it is much better than Les Lovell
Right when the county and the Sheriff’s department (and our city, but they aren’t involved here) want to look better to the public they pull a bone head move like this. The Sheriff’s department has been under fire (mainly on the west slope) with the lawsuits the female officers filed.
I’d like to know… The position was eliminated and is now reinstated….why? Just for the brother in law?
I’m writing our supervisor Santiago to voice my displeasure..anyone else?
Is the New Sheriff in that dense?? Dogwoman, Brian, Steve and 30yearlocal, you are all quite correct! But then again, so are you Pizzaguy!
This is so wrong!
Count your blessings !!! It could have been Hal Barker.
This appears to be sooooo blantantly unethical as well as illegal. We need more deputies on our streets and in patrol cars rather than one more highly paid admin behind a desk. When did an Undersheriff become necessary after it was deemed not to have been. I’m very disappointed in this first act by our new Sheriff who I hoped would clean house and eliminate some very costly sexual harassment suits instead of perpetuating the good ole boy mentality that exists.
Since this position was probably eliminated to save some money, what is it going to cost the tax payers in salary and benefits and retirement. The supervisors need some sense knocked into them. Which of the supervisors is related also?