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Sheriff's Office travel for juvenile retrieval and extradition approved after staff error noted
Summary
The board approved retroactive out-of-state travel for sheriff's officers who retrieved a juvenile from Arlington, Virginia, and detectives who extradited a homicide suspect from Orlando, Florida; the sheriff's representative said the trips were completed before formal approval due to internal confusion but funds were appropriated.
Jeff Siegel of the Sheriff's Office told commissioners on June 22 that two out-of-state travel requests required retroactive approval after the trips had already taken place.
Siegel said officers Josefina Veloz and Kenneth Lambert traveled to Arlington, Virginia, on May 18 to retrieve a juvenile and return the juvenile to Elkhart County Juvenile Detention. He also said detectives Eric Dilly and Austin Loucks traveled to Orlando, Florida, to retrieve a homicide suspect to be extradited to Elkhart County.
—7Unfortunately, due to confusion in the office, these are already completed,—8 Siegel said, and commissioners confirmed the funds for the trips were already appropriated. A commissioner noted the office was experiencing staff shortages that had caused paperwork to fall through the cracks.
The board voted to approve both travel requests; the motions carried.
Next steps: No further action was recorded in the transcript beyond the approvals. The county did not record specific vote tallies on the floor.
