Interim Marion County Sheriff Emery Gainey is meeting with community groups like the NAACP to try to ease their concerns about the department.
- Marion County interim sheriff meeting with community groups
- Sheriff Emery Gainey says he's rearranged and gotten rid of some dept. leadership
- Has also met with elected officials
Almost three weeks ago, the governor appointed Gainey as sheriff after former Sheriff Chris Blair was indicted and arrested for perjury and official misconduct.
Since then, Gainey has rearranged and gotten rid of some of the leadership and says the 500 plus other deputies are performing the duties that they're sworn to uphold.
"Should we find there's others that aren't holding high standards under my watch, we will address those as we move forward as well,” says Gainey.
Gainey says he has met with almost all elected officials and will have longer meetings with community groups to flesh out issues.