“Six ways Deschutes County Sheriff Kent van der Kamp was dishonest” could be the subtitle of a state investigation sent to him last week.
The sheriff got a copy of a state agency’s case against him April 14 in an email, OPB has learned through a public records request. The Department of Public Safety Standards and Training also sent van der Kamp the time and place when Oregon officials will decide next steps on the future of his police certification.
Van der Kamp was elected last year on promises of reforming a local agency that’s been embroiled in personnel scandals for much of the last decade. But before he even took office, van der Kamp was fighting allegations of dishonesty and misconduct about his employment history and education…