BOCC seeks counsel for unauthorized recordings
SANDPOINT — At a special meeting Thursday, Bonner County commissioners approved seeking counsel for the unauthorized recording that took place during multiple executive sessions.
In the commissioners’ executive session Nov. 7, it was discovered that the deputy present during the meeting, Lieutenant Tony Riffle, was recording the meeting with his body camera. Riffle has been assigned to sit in on the meetings due to a civil protection order Commissioner Asia Williams filed against Commissioner Steve Bradshaw. However, it was not known that the deputy was recording executive sessions — as well as the commissioners’ offices — until that date.
During the meeting Thursday, Commissioner Luke Omodt said he was unsure how Sheriff Daryl Wheeler was allowed to authorize these recordings, but that Wheeler claimed he did it “for the benefit of Bonner County.”
Become a Subscriber!
You have read all of your free articles this month. Select a plan below to start your subscription today.
Already a subscriber? Login
