Page 1 Page 2 Page 3 Page 4 Page 5 Page 6 Page 7 Page 8 Page 9 Page 10 Page 11 Page 12 Page 13 Page 14 Page 15 Page 16 Page 17 Page 18 Page 19 Page 20 Page 21 Page 22 Page 23 Page 24 Page 25 Page 26 Page 27 Page 28 Page 29 Page 30 Page 31 Page 32 Page 33 Page 34 Page 35 Page 36 Page 37 Page 38 Page 39 Page 40AMERICAN POLICE BEAT: MARCH 2017 3 Order your own MONTHLY subscription today. Call 1-800-234-0056 or go to www.APBweb.com T here are plenty of people who feel like they are subjected daily to a “hostile work environment.” Usually they’re not the boss. In Oregon, local officials recently spent $69,000 to determine that Sheriff Co- rey Falls in Jackson County is not a victim of a hostile work environment. Sheriff Falls also said he wasn’t paid enough. Jackson County paid ap- proximately $69,000 for an outside law firm to investi- gate former Sheriff Corey Falls’ complaints. The Mail Tribune obtained the information after filing public records requests. The county hired Bullard Law, American Police Beat (ISSN 1082-653X; USPS #24948), also hereafter referred to as “APB,” is published twelve times a year for $12 per year, $20 for two years or $26 for three years. APB is published by First Strike Media, LLC, 505 8th Avenue, Ste 1004, New York, NY 10018. Periodicals Postage Paid at New York, NY and Additional Mailing Offices. Telephone: 800-234-0056. Subscriptions: info@apbweb.com. Website: www.apbweb.com. POSTMASTER: send address changes to American Police Beat, 505 8th Avenue, Ste 1004, New York, NY 10018. Police and demonstrators clash in downtown Washington after a limo was set on fire following the inauguration of President Donald Trump. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images) a Portland-based law firm specializing in employment discrimination and other labor issues to look into Falls’ complaint. That firm determined that Falls did not face a hostile work environ- ment. In fact, according to an article in the Mail Tribune, the report says he should have welcomed the advice and counsel of other high- ranking county officials who tried to help the new sheriff out. Falls left his post as sheriff at the end of December 2016 to take a position as director of Police Services and 21st- Century Policing for the city of Gresham. On the way out he held a press conference where he alleged that he was treated in a demeaning manner by county administrators and citizen members of the county Budget Committee. Chief’s beef has $69,000 price tag “A sign of power in a man is not only when people follow what he suggests, but also when people make a conscious effort to do the exact opposite of what he suggests.” – Criss Jami