Show a fiiTtyii The Salt Lake Tribune 16A Thursday February 19 1987 Tin Decision to Come I § Ex-Dav- Deputy is 4 Appeals Firing To Merit Board n (Ok irtSjE Li ' By Walt Schaffer Tribune Staff Writer FARMINGTON — A Davis County Sheriff’s Department merit board heard more than four hours of testimony Wednesday evening during an appeal by a former deputy who claims he was improperly fired Frank Bindley who was dismissed from the sheriffs department Jan 27 merit board told the he was fired because his allegations of wrongdoing by the county’s narcotics strike task force “irritated” superiors Sheriff Brant Johnson said the alleungations were investigated and re32 was Mr and Bindley proven leased because the man was “not willing to work within the guidelines of the department” The former deputy who was assigned to the drug task force for about 50 days submitted a letter to e memthe sheriff claiming bers gambled with county funds dure conference ing an i I -- "'Ti P 5 l3-'- t ! H of '4 ! JU ' I - I n I s I 1 ' 4 I I -- ! j M 3 4 ft j fM V ft' i i 3 ’f r ' o1- - Vj iL' nr' j r mi" i 1 three-memb- o task-forc- task-forc- te members disconnected odometers on their cars to get more expense money that one officer reached for his gun during a bust and realized he forgot it and that lawmen misused leave “My biggest problem was that I couldn’t get anywhere with this” he said “I’m a police officer and I couldn’t let it go” Chief Deputy Harry Jones testified that after several complaints about Mr Bindley’s performance and the fact that his patrol car was stolen one night he was warned and told his job was “hanging by a thread” Mr Bindley was taken off the drug task force and placed in the patrol division after the complaints veteran of law enThe forcement was hired by Davis County m July 1986 with a probation period to end Jan 1 c Chief Jones said the department agreed to extend the probation only if Mr Bindley would stick to patrol work and stay away from narcotics cases The extension of probation was questioned by the panel because under state law an extension cannot be granted without the commission’s approval Jack Helgesen Mr Bindley’s attorney said that since his client had satisfied the probation period he couldn’t be fired for simply being controversial Chief Jones said that when another complaint was registered on Jan 27 by the Layton police chief who alleged Mr Bindley had taken an informant to the Federal Drug Enforcement Agency and jeopardized some investigations it was decided to let the deputy go “I told him Mr Bindley your aggressiveness and lack of discipline doesn’t fit in the realm of the sheriff’s pffice” said Chief Jones The chief outlined several complaints filed against Mr Bindley by members of the drug task force and other lawmen They alleged Mr Bindley couldn’t get along with others - However during the hearing several Davis County deputies who worked with and supervised Mr g Bindley said he was a and dedicated police officer Sheriff Johnson said an investigation by the task force supervisory board in conjunction with the county attorney’s office cleared each allegation made by Mr Bindley “No one ever questioned Frank’s ability to do his job but there’s another ingredient in this case” said the sheriff “Everybody is out of step but Johnny Frank is moving 80 mph and our task force is moving 20 mph” The commission said it will review the testimony and render a decision within 10 days R C WILLEY UTAH’S LARGEST CARPET RETAILER BOUGHT OUT THE HORIZON CARPET MILL’S COMPLETE YEAR-EN- D INVENTORY HUNDREDS OF All REMNANTS SUBJECT PRIOR IT’S ALL HERE SALE! 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