A public statement by Deschutes County Sheriff Shane Nelson about an internal investigation into Sgt. Kent Vander Kamp received swift blowback online with accusations of political posturing
On Tuesday evening, Sheriff Shane Nelson
posted a public statement on the Deschutes County
Sheriff’s Office’s official Facebook page that Nelson described as a
response to “numerous emails and phone calls” he received in the last week
requesting a formal statement about Sgt. Kent Vander Kamp’s current status at
DCSO. Vander Kamp is a longtime officer with
DCSO, leads field operations for the Central Oregon Drug Enforcement Team and
is running for sheriff against Capt. William Bailey, Nelson’s preferred successor…