A Mendocino County Sheriff’s Office deputy has been placed on administrative leave after failing to report damage to a patrol vehicle while possibly driving under the influence, the MCSO reported.
In a press release, the MCSO reported that around 6 p.m. April 24, a sergeant “arrived to work at the Willits Substation and noticed damage to a county-owned patrol vehicle” that had not been reported by the deputy assigned to the vehicle, “pursuant to Sheriff’s Office policy and procedures.”
Since MCSO patrol vehicles “are equipped with video-recording devices, the footage was reviewed by the Sheriff’s Sergeant, (who) learned the Sheriff’s Deputy had operated the vehicle while off duty and drove the county vehicle to a bar in the city of Willits. While driving the vehicle in Willits, the off-duty Sheriff’s Deputy collided with a guardrail on Sherwood Road, causing damage to the passenger side of the vehicle.”
The MCSO reports that the matter was then “immediately reported to the California Highway Patrol Garberville Office to investigate the traffic collision, damage to the guardrail and county-owned patrol vehicle, hit and run incident, reckless driving, and the possibility of the off-duty Deputy driving under the influence. The California Highway Patrol is actively investigating this incident with the assistance of an Investigator from the Mendocino County District Attorney’s Office.”
The MCSO described the deputy only as a resident of Willits “who has worked for the Sheriff’s Office for over 3 years and has held assignments in the Patrol and Corrections Divisions, explaining that his name is “being withheld at this time to protect the integrity of the ongoing criminal investigation. The Sheriff’s Deputy involved in this incident was immediately placed on paid administrative leave with his peace-officer status suspended while this matter is being investigated.”
The MCSO also asks that “anyone with information related to this incident contact the Sheriff’s Office Communications Center at 707-463-4086 (option 1). Information can also be provided anonymously by calling the non-emergency tip-line at 707-234-2100.”
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