Posted Jonathan David Victor
By John Underwood / john@gulfcoastmedia.com
MOBILE, Alabama Baldwin County Sheriff Huey “Hoss” Mack and a Baldwin County Sheriff’s deputy have been denied qualified immunity in a civil lawsuit filled by the mother of a Louisiana man who was shot following a single vehicle accident on Interstate 10 in 2017.
U.S. District Court Judge William Cassady, in an order filed April 19, dismissed a Monell liability claim against Mack stating that it was “inapplicable as a matter of law,” but denied the motion for summary judgement made by Mack and Deputy Matt Hunaday writing that “Without question, ‘the standard for excessive force is clearly established,’” against Hunaday, and that “plaintiff has made an adequate showing that this is the kind of recurring situation presenting an obvious, highly predictable potential for violation that can trigger liability for failure to train, even in the absence of a pattern of v
Posted Lt. Rex Bishop
By John Underwood / john@gulfcoastmedia.com
ROBERTSDALE, Alabama Exactly 39 years to the day he put on his first official officer’s uniform with the Loxley Police Department, Rex Bishop, now a lieutenant who has served the last 17 years as chief investigator with the Robertsdale Police Department, is retiring.
“It’s been a very rewarding job,” Bishop said, “helping take criminals off the street, particularly when those criminals hurt children. I’ve worked a lot of cases over the years involving children and when I can be involved in getting children out of harm’s way, that has been the most rewarding.”