BCSD/O Tellez investigation enters 8th week

Disregard for the purpose of this argument; circumstances over which Bernalillo County Sheriff Dan Houston has no control.

The Sheriff's Department/Office has taken too long to complete it's investigation of allegations of felony criminal misconduct involving senior APS administrators.

Tellez was Winter's direct subordinate

It's fair to ask, why?

Is it as simple as letting APS'
COO Brad Winter retire before
the shit hits the fan over his
lack of oversight over APS'
publicly funded private police force?

Would Dan Houston do that for a fellow Republican?

In general, the amount of time it takes to complete an endeavor depends on two variables; one's ability to complete the endeavor and one's willingness and interest in completing the endeavor. In politics and public service, the time it takes to complete an endeavor depends on competence and character.

In general, the simpler an endeavor, the less time it should take to complete it.

By outward appearance, the investigation of allegations of felony criminal misconduct by former APS Chief of Police Steve Tellez should be a simple one.

Things don't get much simpler than a confession.





If the investigation has become complex, as did the investigation by Bernalillo County District Attorney Kari Brandenburg, link, then why won't he say so?  Brandenburg at least wrote;

It will take months before we make any decisions, as it is complex and we are working on many other things, too."

The "complexity" of the investigation and her manifest lack of interest ultimately got the best of the public interests in the public schools.  Statutes of limitation were allowed to expire on felony criminal misconduct.

The longer it takes to complete the investigation or offer a good and ethical justification for the delay, the more likely it is that
Houston is overwhelmed by the endeavor and or,
he has no real interest in completing it.

Houston's manifest lack of candor, forthrightness and honesty regarding his investigation points to his incompetence and or his corruption.

The failure of the traditional press to investigate and report upon the ongoing coverups of felony criminal misconduct involving senior APS administrators points to the same two possibilities.
The traditional press; the Journal, KRQE, KOAT, and KOB TV are overwhelmed by the endeavor, and or
they they have no real interest in investigating and reporting upon incompetence and corruption in the leadership of the APS.

Their relentless failure to investigate and report upon the ethics and accountability scandal in the leadership of the APS points to their incompetence and or their corruption at the management level.

It is a management level decision that neither the absence nor the abundance of honest accountability to meaningful standards of conduct and competence in the leadership is worthy of report to the people whose power and resources they are spending.

It would be as newsworthy to report on high standards and honest accountability, as it will be to report that there are not and, that there is not.




photos Mark Bralley