EX-CANBY CHIEF LIES TO INVESTIGATORSEx Canby Chief Greg Kroeplin thought he could go scot-free by resigning from his post while one of his officers was being investigated because of his involvement with steroids. But as investigators probe deeper into the case, they discover that the chief is short of being an accomplice and encouraging Jason Deason to continue his misdemeanor due to his lack of action over the matter.

Deason who has been under surveillance for about 18 months had actually lived with Kroeplin before the latter became appointed police chief. It is far from improbable that Kroeplin knew that Deason had been using steroids the whole time that they had been under one roof.

The Canby City Council had sent memo to Kroeplin’s office informing him that they were going to fire Deason. Perhaps to avoid being implicated into the case, he tries to remove himself from the scene by resigning.

From Oregon News:

An investigation by two retired Oregon law enforcement officers revealed a department where officers trying to conduct any meaningful inquiry of Deason’s steroid abuse were thwarted by two chiefs, and the city administrator overseeing the department took the chiefs’ word without strong oversight.

“I rely upon the people who report back to me to be truthful. I trust them unless I have reason not to,” City Administrator Mark Adcock said Thursday. “If there are lessons to learn here, sometimes you can’t trust people as much as you would like to that they’re going to make the right decision.”

Kroeplin’s attorney, Victor Calzaretta, declined comment.

Deason had a history of violence and suicidal tendencies which the authorities of the city agree on to be a threat to the public’s safety if he continued to be on duty. His psychotic tendencies was not beyond Kroeplin’s knowledge and the chief should have taken necessary actions to look into Deason’s case.

Kroeplin himself has questionable credibility because reports reveal that he had several lapses in judgment, lacked professionalism and allegedly committed child abuse in 2003.

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