South Texas Chisme: Nueces County Sheriff proves he is a Republican
"People have a perception of who you are based on how you look," Kaelin said. "It is time to let the public know that there has been a change."
We at Los Kenedenos have received information (unconfirmed) that one of the new patrol vehicles has been totaled.
Why didnt anyone let the public know that one of these brand new cruisers has already been totaled.
If this is true (and it is believed to be true), why has the Good Sheriff not let us know of the bad news.
We need to hear the bad news immediately.
Sunday, January 13, 2008
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Issue: 36 wrecks in 15 months
The solution: driving school for employees
By Jaime Powell (Contact)
Originally published 04:43 a.m., June 5, 2008
Updated 04:43 a.m., June 5, 2008
In a span of 15 months, Nueces County employees have been involved in 36 wrecks driving county vehicles, which will result in mandatory remedial driver training for some employees and defensive driving classes for all who drive for the county.
Within the next 90 days, Nueces County expects to have a program in place that will teach defensive driving to any employee who drives a county vehicle. Employees who have wrecked a county vehicle will be required to take a more comprehensive remedial drivers' training course offered by the county in conjunction with the Department of Public Safety.
"The reduction in accidents is a safety issue, an economic issue and it's a productivity issue," County Judge Loyd Neal said at Wednesday's Commissioners Court meeting, where the policy was discussed. "We want our drivers trained and we want them acting in a very prudent manner while they are conducting our business."
In 2007, 17 of the 26 accidents involving county employees on local roadways were the employees' fault, Nueces County Risk Manager Servando Caballero said. Fifteen of the 26 incidents involved sheriff's deputies or constables, 11 of which were judged to be the fault of the county employee, Caballero said.
During the first quarter of 2008, there were an additional 10 wrecks, Caballero said. Six of those were found to be the fault of the county employee.
The accidents have resulted in the loss of six vehicles at an estimated cost of $132,000 during the past 15 months, Caballero said. In 2007, the county also paid an additional $48,000 in vehicle repairs related to accidents.
Caballero said he did not know how many employees would have to take the driving classes, which he expects to cost the county about $5,000.
"The percentage (of accidents) is heavily weighted toward law enforcement, but the number of miles driven is also heavily weighted toward law enforcement," Neal said. "We believe and the sheriff believes that we need to train and constantly remind law enforcement officers of their duties and responsibilities while they are conducting their activities and safety is a primary concern of this Commissioners Court and the sheriff."
Sheriff's deputies will begin driver training as soon as a month from now, Sheriff Jim Kaelin said.
"The most dangerous thing that my deputies do is drive a car," Kaelin said. "The thing that injures more and causes more loss of dollars to the county of any of the things we do is driving those cars."
Kaelin has been working on the driving issue for months, going through employee records to see what, if any, training his deputies have had in the past.
"There was very limited training," Kaelin said. "They were being sworn in as deputies, assigned to a patrol and then operating high-performance vehicles. We are not going to continue with that route."
Contact Jaime Powell at 886-3716 or powellj@caller.com
Wat to goon that Homework JAIME POWELL !!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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