Confronted With Warrant, Dispatcher Resigns

A strange set of circumstances has led to the resignation of a DeSoto Parish (La.) Sheriff’s dispatcher, and to the discovery that she has a previous criminal history. Enika Friesenhahn had an active felony warrant for check fraud in San Antonio (Tex.), one that had been active since 1976. Sheriff’s officials said the warrant was discovered by chance: Friesenhahn was off sick, and her co-workers asked a sheriff’s sergeant to check on her. When the sergeant arrived, he wasn’t sure of the address, so he ran the license plate of a car parked in the driveway. When he read the “hit,” it included the warrant information. Confronted with the warrant, Friesenhahn chose to resign. However, a month later, she appealed her decision to the county’s personnel board, asking to return to work. However, comm center director Bruce Vanderhoeven researched Friesenhahn’s past, and discovered other incidents: a 1985 obscenity arrest, two DWI arrests and a 2005 failed drug test. The board declined to re-hire Friesenhahn. Read more here.