Scott Schaier, candidate for Deschutes County Sheriff, joins Editor Nicole Vulcan of the Source Weekly for “My View,” a video series inviting local candidates to share their views on a host of topics ahead of the 2020 election, while sitting in front of a view they enjoy.
Schaier chose Pine Nursery Park in Bend.
Stay tuned for the Source Weekly’s endorsements of local candidates, on stands Oct. 22, 2020. The My View video series will continue with video interviews for local city, county and state races, all the way up to the 2020 election.
COVID protocols: Since the interviews take place outdoors, the Source team invited each candidate to decide whether they wanted to wear a mask, so voters can get to know them and see their faces as they talk.
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This is a very impressive interview. He has a comprehensive and community based plan. He appears to be a forward and creative thinker. Scott Schaier has my vote.
As a former used car salesman Mr. Schaier is expected to spin a good sales pitch as a candidate.
That said, as a police officer his public record shows a successful civil rights lawsuit involving 2 people of color (Las Vegas). Payout of $105,000.
And in 2018 a second civil suit, this time for wrongful death, in Bend. Payout? $800,000.00.
Schaier spins his own account as to why neither was “my fault”, first blaming his senior officer in LV for the bad arrests, then blaming his fellow officer, Marc Tisher, in Bend for “escalating the situation”.
Why no questions on these matters?
Scaier has a high school certificate but has yet to complete a two-year college degree in anything. He claims to be a student at OSU but records there show his attendance has long been dormant. He was recently removed from the CERT / SWAT team for what is described as Failure to Maintain Standards. He has yet to have been promoted as a professional law enforcement officer…never been a police supervisor…has no DPSST executive leadership training…and was , per former chief Jim Porter in a statement made to the mother of the Bend motorist he killed in 2016, Karen Jacques, reassigned as a school resource officer “so he couldn’t make the same mistakes he did that night”.
Schaier remains an SRO to this day and under a new administration at BPD.
Schaier for Sheriff? Not a good choice.
And as for his endorsement from retired BPD chief Jim Porter –
Ungracious exit – Chief Jim Porter’s betrayal of Deschutes County Voters
https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/ungracious-…
Its time for Shane Nelson and the rest of his MAGA cult followers to go. Time to move on!
The jail cannot be used for a “very long, long time.” People sentenced to jail cannot serve more than 1 year, and that very rarely. The only exception is people awaiting re-trial on very major cases, like murder.