Animal shelter’s volunteers muzzled
Sheriff now prohibits Animal Services helpers from publicly criticizing the agency and its work
County Sheriff Pat Hedges has instituted a new policy barring county Animal Services volunteers from making public statements criticizing the shelter or its operations.
The policy comes months after a county employee union complained that derogatory statements about workers were being made within Animal Services, according to Undersheriff Steve Bolts.
Bolts would not elaborate on that incident because it’s a personnel issue. Animal Services is a division of the Sheriff’s Department.
The new policy also comes after volunteers have stepped up their public complaints to county leaders about what some allege is poor management at Animal Services.
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