COLUMBUS – Two Franklin County Sheriff’s deputies have been placed on paid administrative leave after one of them posted a video on social media showing himself with guns and including a message about “when looters and shooters threaten to come to the suburbs,” according to a report in The Columbus Dispatch.
Deputy David Mink, 32, is under suspicion of violation of the sheriff office’s social media policy.
Mink and Deputy Nathanial Wolfe, 27, are being investigated on suspicion of inattention to duty.
“All FCSO employees are held to the highest ethical and professional standards. Anything less will demand accountability,” Sheriff Dallas Baldwin said.
County Commissioner Kevin Boyce, who was pepper sprayed during downtown protests in the wake of the death of Georgew Floyd in Minneapolis, said he “looks forward to a swift and thorough investigation, as well as to any appropriate discipline.”
“There is no room in Franklin County for deputy sheriffs who are not able to approach their job with the objectivity and respect that our residents deserve,” he said.
The sheriff’s office’s Internal Affairs Bureau has opened an investigation, Baldwin said.