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I may be sick right now (stomach virus), but I had to write this because it just pisses me off! I read this breif story on Yahoo! News. This concerns me because obviously because this is where I live, this is my home town!

If, in fact, the inmate is telling the truth about this Milwaukee County deputy sexually assualting this person, then it should be a crime and no crime should be awarded.  According to the story, Terrell, has not been working since 2004, but he has been on their payroll since then. This is the second trial where an inmate has accused him of sexually assaulting her while he was working for the sheriff’s department. Apparently, a jury had acquited him in 2000 as well.

The courts say that they didn’t have a choice but to pay him because “the law requires the county to keep him on payroll.” Check this out…and I quote, “During the three years the case has lingered in the courts, Terrell has collected more than $50,000 a year in pay, which includes a uniform allowance and hazard duty pay, even though he hasn’t worked a day since 2004. Including benefits, Terrell has collected more than $290,000.” So if he is convicted of these crimes, he can be sentenced to more than 17 years behind bars.

He shouldn’t be paid anything until they find out what really happened and I am assuming that we, as the tax payers, are handing this money over to him without our knowledge.

Personally, I don’t think that any law enforcement individual who is accused of a crime, should continue to be paid by their boss while an investigation is being done! No questions asked!