Incident Reinstatement-Appeals-Dec-2020

Incident Description

In a meeting on Dec. 17, 2020, the Criminal Justice Services Board (CJSB) Executive Committee heard appeals from officers decertified for their alleged participation in a scam perpetrated by fellow ex-officer Jeffrey Spicer. Spicer, a former Scott County Sheriff's Office Deputy, had allegedly been completing online training courses on behalf of his colleagues in exchange for money.

Steve W. Smith, Christopher K. Davidson, and Terry Sivert were all accused of utilizing Spicer's "services" and thereby failing to maintain compliance with training requirements. The particulars of each officer's offenses are alluded to in the meeting minutes.

Only Smith was successful in his appeal. The Committee voted to reinstate Smith's certification as a law enforcement officer (although the vote was not unanimous). It voted to uphold its ruling to decertify Davidson and Sivert.