47 Alameda County Sheriff's deputies received "unsatisfactory" on psychological examinations

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SCOOP: A total 47 Alameda County Sheriff's deputies were told on Friday that they were relieved of their law enforcement duties because they received "unsatisfactory" on psychological examinations dating back to 2016, KTVU has learned. http://bit.ly/3CbG32B
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8:43 AM · Sep 26, 2022

https://www.ktvu.com/news/47-alameda-county-sheriff-deputies-get-unsatisfactory-on-psych-evaluations-relieved-of-duties


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On Monday, Sheriff's spokesman Lt. Ray Kelly said it "was horrible" to have to relieve the deputies of their duties.

In his letter, Sheriff Gregory Ahern promised to schedule another psych exam and that his intention is to "resolve this issue as quickly as possible" and "return to full duty status once you obtain a ‘suitable’ finding."

Kelly said he hoped that the retests would occur in the next "couple months." He said he had no idea how many of the 47 deputies would be able to get their jobs back.

As for whether the public can trust the results of the second test, Kelly said that they will all be conducted with a POST-certified psychologist who doesn't work for the sheriff. POST stands for the California Commission on Peace Officer Standards and Training.

The letter comes in the same month that former Deputy Devin Williams Jr., 24, shot and killed a couple in their Dublin home after he finished a double shift at Santa Rita Jail. He had been having a romantic relationship with the wife, who had been a nurse at the John George Psychiatric Center.

Four sources told KTVU that Williams failed his psychological exam and because of liability issues, the sheriff is now auditing who else in the department might have also failed.

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[RockRaven]

1. On the radio, the local news said 10% of the departments deputies were thus suspended...

Ten fucking percent of their deputies fail a psych eval! And are on the street anyway!

[usonian]

2. Alameda and Contra Costa county sheriffs have been advertising jobs on bay area radio.

For months, and prior to this.

[Hekate]

3. I'm astonished that they did something about it

[Deminpenn]

4. Potential lawsuits with big money damages

can have that effect.