Portions of Coverley’s letter are almost identical to another letter conservative attorney generals and the Western States Sheriffs Association sent to congressional leaders last month expressing support for law enforcement officials and requesting assistance in “tempering the anti-police rhetoric” threatening officers’ safety. “My response was rooted in my belief that these issues need to be openly discussed in a way that values diversity and law enforcement.”
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“This has been a difficult time to be a law enforcement professional and can be disheartening when we perceive that our office may be under attack,” Coverley said in the last statement. The final release noted that Coverley submitted a written public comment in opposition to the statement and the Douglas County Library will reschedule the meeting. “We agreed that we both support the people of Douglas County and this may have been an unfortunate circumstance of misunderstanding.” “Sheriff Coverley and I had a very candid conversation about the statement and we both expressed our opinions regarding the intent of our exchanged correspondence,” Amy Dodson, the director of the Douglas County Public Library, said in the press release. “My response to the Library’s proposed agenda item was to provide public comment about their proposed diversity statement and to further provide open commentary about how this could affect our local law enforcement profession,” Coverley said in the second statement.Īfter speaking, the sheriff’s office and library posted a final joint statement announcing that the library and sheriff’s office shared respect and appreciation for each other and would continue to work together in the future. “I wish you good luck with disturbances and lewd behavior, since those are just some of the recent calls my office has assisted you with in the past.”Ĭoverley did not immediately respond to a phone call on Tuesday requesting comment, but the sheriff’s office posted an additional statement later in the day clarifying that the agency was in conversation with the library director “to try and understand the intent of their proposed diversity statement,” and would continue to respond to 911 calls from the library. “Due to your support of Black Lives Matter and the obvious lack of support or trust with the Douglas County Sheriff's Office, please do not feel the need to call 911 for help,” Coverley wrote at the end of his letter. The letter to the Douglas County Public Library Board of Trustees, written by Sheriff Daniel Coverley and published on the sheriff’s website on Monday, criticized a line in the diversity statement that expressed support for the Black Lives Matter Movement, equating it with support of violence against law enforcement. As libraries across the country issue statements responding to calls for addressing systemic racism and police violence, the Douglas County sheriff published an open letter threatening not to respond to emergency calls from Douglas County Public Library staff because of a statement of diversity the library was considering adopting during an upcoming public meeting.
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