By David E. Worley
Loose lips sink ships, and the Wright County Sherriff’s Office wants their ship water-tight. In Wright County, 131 LA 410 (Befort, 2012), the termination of a Sherriff’s deputy who divulged law-enforcement information to her cousin and then clearly lied to investigators was firmly upheld. The arbitrator here also made a finding concerning the admissibility of the evidence proving the grievant had actually divulged the information in question, finding although the evidence was improperly obtained, it was done so by a private citizen and is therefore admissible and not barred by the 4th amendment.