The Columbia County Sheriff's Office is reviewing the handling of a Jan. 15 incident in which a phone recording shows a deputy refers to an assault victim as "a speed bump" and the Clatskanie Fire Department as "dodos."
Beyond the unidentified deputy's "sarcastic, unfeeling comment," the incident also is being reviewed for its broader implications for the handling of public safety in Clatskanie, said Columbia County Sheriff Jeffrey M. Dickerson.
"We will be having a meeting with all parties in the next week or so to determine where the glitches are," Dickerson wrote in an email to The Oregonian/OregonLive, "because we are determined to work this out for the good of all concerned."