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Stan Sniff is the total package. We have it all with Sniff. Corruption. Cronyism. Retaliation. Demagoguery. Ideological Harlotry. Sexual Misconduct. Incompetence. Fiscal Mismanagement. Increased Crime. Lawsuits. A Brain Drain. Shattered Morale.

While thankful for the 1,300,000+ hits we’ve racked up here on www.rightondaily.com, some of our success has to do with Sniff himself. People have waited for years to have a voice.

As a civilian, I am not ensconced in the culture of a police / sheriff force. I’ve never felt any inhibitions based on who knows who. As a civilian, up until this project, I used to unwisely believe that cops were held to a higher standard. What I have learned is that under Stan Sniff, there has been a brain drain where talented people have been shunned or have found better opportunities in other departments.

A remnant of good people marking time until they retire seem to be all that is left. Still other good people have no situational awareness and have been unable to understand the mission of this blog, lacking the critical thinking skills to see the big picture. That should concern and scare anyone that has been watching the Stan Sniff saga unfold.

The first and foremost Problem Chad Bianco will have to fix is a generation of recruits in to the Riverside Sheriff’s Office that have not represented the best available. The RSO is a laughing stock in the law enforcement community. The good people left in the RSO deserve better, the people of Riverside County Deserve Better. We’ve uncovered 4 cheating scandals that affect all levels of the department.

Secondly, Bianco will inherit a management team riddled with corruption – I have reached the conclusion that Stan Sniff preferred people with severe ethical issues, infidelity, bankruptcies, covered up crimes, abuse and other maladies as such people were compromised and easier to control.

Third, as a subset of the first two issues, simultaneously Bianco will have to convince new recruits that RSO is the place to build a career and that they can feel safe and respected at RSO. This brings in County Admin who pay attorneys millions to fight legitimate worker’s comp claims, because someone somewhere determined that abusing injured workers with legal delays would save the county money. Bianco is going to have to address the County Board of Supervisors and lead a housecleaning. (This would include firing Sondgrass whose name keeps popping up in our research, as he appears to be getting rich billing the county for countless hours fighting cases that should be settled expeditiously)

Fourth, We’ve uncovered a County Maintenance Racket that can be changed with 3 votes of the board of supervisors. The outrageous costs for maintenance are preventing equipment from getting even the most simple of items resolved. The bureaucratic delays are absurd. The state of equipment in several stations is as critical as the understaffing.

Fifth, Captains, Lieutenants and Sergeants have been inculcated in a culture that encourages abuse of overtime in order to keep the money flowing from Contract Cities. The culture needs to be changed where these management level employees are retrained and empowered to use their staff in a more even and efficient way to properly address the needs of the cities rather than managing to a dollar amount.

Sixth, the code of conduct has not been enforced consistently. It has been used as a hammer for some and license for others. PSB needs to be rid of all of the hatchet men and replaced with straight shooters that do their job with an even hand. The unreal personal behavior that I am continually hearing of needs to be addressed.

The uneven enforcement of the code of conduct has precipitated some of the most outrageous stories I’ve told – such as superiors having sex with subordinates or punching them, Lt. Rose pulling his gun on civilians, Dekker and his cheating on time cards and a host of other behavior that should have him in prison, Aaron Kent’s $300K+ abuse of overtime, Robert Epps enterprises in the Bomb Squad, “Drone Boy”,  Shouse, Wood, Ford, Horton, DiYoyo, Vest, Cleary, Raya, and the list goes on and on and on. Cutting the head off of the Stanley monster will result in a few instant changes, but the systemic changes will take years to deal with.

Seven – Can Chad Bianco establish a partnership with the Riverside County Board of Supervisors? Can they work something out to staff the jail for example. Will Chad allow KPMG to actually do their job instead of a classic narcissist stonewall and #RESIST stance against them that Sniff did?

Will people in the department finally feel free once again to be proactive? Will Chad side with Law Enforcement or the ACLU? Will immigration laws be enforced? Will something be done about the “Fed-Kicks”? What happens at the next contract?

How long will it take to remedy the critically understaffed Jails and patrol stations? Will we get more than two deputies to patrol the rural areas of Riverside County (that are the size of Rhode Island)?

What we know is that Stan Sniff has failed in every metric you measure a Sheriff By:

Fiscal mismanagement at all levels and in all areas of the department

Understaffed Jails

Understaffed Stations

Constant battles with his rank and file employees

Constant battles with the County Board of Supervisors

Cronyism as detailed in selective promotions and special treatment for campaign donors.

Corruption as detailed time and time again with the antics allowed to continue within the department.

Crime rates increasing regardless of how much Sniff and Crew attempt to dissect the statistics to make them look better

Critical levels of early released felons, so severe that some car thieves spend no more than one night in jail

Siding with the ACLU time and time again on critical issues of law enforcement, including onerous anti-cop body camera regulations, coddling sanctuary cities, tiptoeing around crime on Indian reservations, restrictive and subjective CCW issuance, refusing to cooperate with ICE and the like

Unprincipled leadership – time and time again Sniff reminds people “I am a politician now”.

Sexual and Personal misconduct – fits of rage, vindictive retaliation against people that disagree, a culture of fear, using his office as a dating service, etc. His department is overrun with sex scandals and harassment scandals

Cheating on advancement exams and upper management that selectively participate in it.

I am not sure if there is anything that can be done for Stan Sniff on a personal level at this point. I’d suggest he connect with God to rediscover his integrity, but Sniff is a reputed Athiest who could not even show reverence at the Peace Officer’s Memorial. I’d suggest that he and his wife go on a long vacation and re-connect, but Sniff reputedly does not sleep in the same bed as she does and he has slept his way through admin staff. I’d suggest that Sniff seek counseling, but he has all his own answers.

I’d suggest a variety of things, however when Stan Sniff is his own God, there is nothing I or anyone else can do to help him. The best thing for Riverside County is to remove him from office Post Haste as the results of Sniff’s self-centered life and resulting leadership are exactly what one would expect when you live a life with no accountability.

We’ve endorsed Chad Bianco for Sheriff, you will get a chance to vote your mail ballot in October and up to and including November 6th.