On February 6th, 2023, Canyon County law enforcement executive officers released a joint statement opposing county prosecutor Bryan Taylor's testimony on behalf of former Caldwell Police Department Lieutenant, Joseph Alan Hoadley.
They include Sheriff Kieran of Canyon County, Chief Joe Huff of the Nampa Police Department, Chief Rex Ingram of the Caldwell Police Department, Chief Jeff Smith of the Middleton Police Department, Chief Dusty Tveidt of the Wilder Police Department, and Chief Robert Topie of the Parma Police Department opposing the prosecutor's testimony on behalf of former Caldwell Police Department Lieutenant, Joseph Alan Hoadley.
Hoadley was sentenced to three months in federal prison and twelve months of supervised probation for falsifying a record or document in a federal investigation, witness tampering by harassment and destroying a record to impair its use in an official proceeding.
On behalf of all Canyon County law enforcement chief executive officers, we are unified in our dismay as we learned that our duly elected Prosecuting Attorney, Mr. Bryan Taylor, testified in support of a defendant in a federal sentencing hearing. The citizens of Canyon County expect their leaders in law enforcement to advocate for the community, for victims, and for justice. Today, we believe Mr. Taylor displayed quite the opposite when he advocated for leniency on behalf of an individual that was lawfully convicted of serious crimes. We are particularly troubled because the crimes Mr. Hoadley was convicted of reflect poorly on our profession and on Canyon County law enforcement.Police legitimacy is predicated upon public trust and requires a mutuality of confidence between law enforcement and the community. The erosion of that trust continues to be a national concern due to actions as by a select few. We believe testimonies such as Mr. Taylor's weaken the confidence that our community has in the criminal justice system, as well as in their leaders.Today, we as leaders of our respective agencies, profess publicly that we will work diligently to strengthen and restore that community trust, and that we will use our platforms to promote the betterment of the whole, and not just the individual, regardless of any personal or professional relationships that may exist between us and those who harm our communities.ncG1vNJzZmihlJa1sLrEsKpnm5%2BifK%2Bx1qxmpaeTlrlwr8CnsKimXZi8trrTsmSlmadisq%2ByzquanqWVo8FusMispJqxlZl6o8WMqamoq5WYwrW70axkrZ2jqbauu82y