Sherrif Swanson,
I, like millions of other Americans, have seen the video footage of your male officers stripping a female suspect. The fact that you deny they did anything wrong, despite the video that clearly males involved in stripping her, is exactly why there is such a low level of respect for law enforment in this country. In light of authority figures such as yourself, who will blatantly lie in the face of video evidence showing misconduct by his police officers, it is becoming almost impossible to believe a word any police officer says. It will be more and more difficult to convict real criminals because no jury will ever believe the testimony of a police officer and witnesses will fear having their words twisted.
Why is it so hard to admit wrong doing, apologize, and make corrections to increase public trust. Deputies acting under difficult, high stress situations are liable to make mistakes, and that is understandable. But there need to be reprecussions for officers who betray the public trust to ensure they think twice before hurting the people they are supposed to protect. You are the one who should be able to take a look and say "this officer made a mistake, for that I apologize and will do what I can to make it right and make sure it doesn't happen again." When the sheriff shows he is against the people he is supposed to protect, he only makes it harder for his own deputies and prosecuters to do their job and more importantly they are hurting innocent people in the process.