Police badgeJamestown (CSi) Jamestown Police Chief Scott Edinger says, the North Dakota Bureau of Criminal Investigation has decided to accept a request to investigate possible false allegations that could involve a member or members of the Jamestown Police Department against the Stutsman County Sheriff’s Office.

Liz Brocker, spokesperson for the BCI, spokesperson says the department had declined to accept the request for an investigation Tuesday morning.

Edinger said he and Chad Kaiser, Stutsman County sheriff, who made the request to BCI, had convinced the BCI to conduct the investigation Tuesday afternoon in an effort for transparency and an impartial investigation.

The allegations center around information furnished to the KVLY Valley News Live Whistleblower Hotline featured in a recent segment that a sheriff’s office deputy and Kaiser’s son were using a county-owned Jet Ski for personal recreation.

Stutsman County does not own a Jet Ski, and it was established that the Jet Ski is owned by a private individual from Mandan.

Edinger says he expects the investigation wiil be lengthy.

Previously…

Jamestown (CSi) The Jamestown Police Department and the Stutsman County Sheriff’s Office have jointly requested an investigation into what they say are false allegations of misuse of government property.

That, indicated by Police Chief Scott Edinger, and Stutsman County Sheriff,Chad Kaiser,

The investigation is being handled by the North Dakota Bureau of Criminal Investigation. The investigation will center on whether false information was knowingly spread about a law enforcement agency and its personnel.

Kaiser said information was forwarded last week anonymously to KVLY Valley News Live Whistleblower Hotline alleging a jet ski owned by the Stutsman County Sheriff’s Office was used for private recreation.

The station investigated the tip as a possible improper use of publicly-owned property by the Stutsman County Sheriff’s Office and aired a report last week, confirming the sheriff’s office doesn’t own a jet ski.

The BCI has declined to comment on active investigations in previous cases.