Joe Shirley of McMinnville used the board’s public comment period to make a detailed accusation against the Yamhill County Sheriff’s Office, saying the official crash report from an April 17, 2025 collision is false and that deputies and supervisors ignored or suppressed evidence.

Shirley described multiple points he says are inconsistent with the official record: photographs placed in the debris field, skid marks and tire tracks he said show vehicle positions inconsistent with the report, and body‑worn camera footage that he says was referenced in the report but omitted from the public record. He also said a deputy in training, whom he identified as Russell Van der Wetering, filed a DMV crash report within 24 hours without interviewing him; Shirley said the deputy later placed an inaccurate statement in the report that he did not remember the crash.

"The official report is false, and they know it," Shirley said. He recounted submitting a certified supplemental statement that he says has not been attached to the record and multiple public‑records requests for body‑worn camera footage that were denied. Shirley said he filed a citizen complaint that received no acknowledgment, and that attempts to use internal complaint channels produced contradictory responses from supervisory staff.

Shirley asked the board, which he described as the county’s only civilian oversight body, to "acknowledge my complaint and documentation," require the sheriff’s office to attach his supplemental statement to the official record, commission an independent review into alleged falsification and evidence suppression, and hold accountable any supervisors who upheld a false report. Commissioners accepted his public comment; no immediate board action or formal referral was announced during the meeting.

The transcript records assertions about subsequent telephone calls and records‑request denials; county officials did not present a response during Shirley’s time at the lectern.