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| Jail officials want neutral party involved in investigation |
| By state-journal.com - Lauren Hallow |
| Published: 06/19/2012 |
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Kentucky -- Amid a state police investigation, jail officials are seeking an outside consultant for a review and audit of policies at Franklin County Regional Jail. At Friday’s Fiscal Court meeting, Bill Read, the jail’s director of personnel, distributed a memo signed by Jailer Billy Roberts addressed to Judge-Executive Ted Collins and Fiscal Court requesting the review. “It has been several years since such an outside assessment has been conducted, and our feeling is that this would give us an objective and neutral evaluation to see if operations need to be modified to better serve our goals and how such change should be implemented,” the memo read. The memo is dated April 17, four months after Kentucky State Police launched an investigation into allegations of misconduct at the jail. State police began its investigation after Fiscal Court launched a separate investigation in mid-December. A jail employee filed a lawsuit against Roberts, the jail and Franklin County in May after taking part in both investigations, alleging in the suit he was internally transferred after telling investigators Roberts favored some employees. Read More. |
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