Saturday, May 17, 2008

New Training Program For DuPage County Sheriff's Dept.

GDP - May 17, 2008
by EF Swagee

In response to mounting public pressure against what many are calling a "political persecution" of two local peace activists, the DuPage County Sheriff's Department is implementing a new training program with help from Hazzard County, sources said.

Deputies we spoke with anticipate learning how to tell the difference between peaceful First Amendment exercises and criminal acts.

"Our goal is to reduce the number of wrongful arrests we make and the number of tax dollars we waste, while protecting our citizens' Constitutional rights," said one Deputy who spoke on the condition of anonymity pending formal announcement of the program.

Hazzard County officials, including J.D. ("Boss") Hogg and Sheriff Roscoe P. Coltrane have not replied to requests for comment.

Last May, Coltrane's top Deputies led a similar program in DuPage, but it failed miserably, by their own accounts. "They just plain didn't get it," Cletus said. "Hard to say what went wrong. But, we're trying a new approach this time," added Enos. "Pictures."

Cletus and Enos released an important part of the new training manual to Grateful Dissident for this exclusive report:

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