WSMV Second Story on Sheriff Davis Affair/Story Where Mr. Wallace Lies to the Public of Humphreys County.

Link to Humphreys County Code of Ethics

This is a second story on Sheriff Davis’ affair. In this story Mr. Jessie Wallace, the County Executive, "ALLEGEDLY" lies to the public and states that the County Commissioners do not have the power to do anything about the unprofessional conduct and misuses of county resources by Sheriff Davis. The Humphreys County Code of Ethics, which Mr. Wallace voted on and signed in 2007, does give the county the power to initiate an investigation and to remove the Sheriff if misconduct is proven, which “allegedly” would not be hard to prove.  There is a link posted to that Code of Ethics and we suggest everyone read it. Why are Mr. Wallace and the County Commissioners ignoring their duty to the public of Humphreys County? Now, as with the Sheriff’s Office not having all bad deputies, we feel that maybe some on the Commissioners are concerned about the direction Mr. Wallace and “the Colonel” Mr. Williams are taking our community. However, being concerned and doing something to change the status-quo are two different things and in their positions as stewards of the public trust if they see a problem and ignore it, they become part of the problem! “Any Middle Tennessee Sheriff should be held to the highest possible moral standard”, “They have to be above any approach, I think, I think any law enforcement officer should be above that. As I said, we are judged to a higher standard and rightfully so and we should live up to that standard”, said Sheriff Jeff Long, President of the Tennessee Sheriff’s Association. Sheriff Long also states that if any of his officers did anything like what Sheriff Davis has done they would be fired. Sheriff Long goes on to say that, “everyone knows that conduct is not right”. Well Sheriff Long, everyone except the leadership of Humphreys County! We can only assume since they refuse to take action, they think what Sheriff Davis has done is “a-ok”. What does that say about them? We wonder when they go to church and pray for strength to do the right things and to live a righteous life, if they leave out the parts about Sheriff Davis and doing their jobs to protect the public? We also understand that Sheriff Davis asked for forgiveness for his transgressions at his church and we think that is wonderful. However, our question is, “Did he repent for all his “alleged” sins or is he going on a case by case basis?”