Were anticipating special agent openings in all investigative areas across the state, so learn more about what it means to be a DCI Special Agent and how you can apply by visiting http://ow.ly/WcWn50Ii1XtSee more This case and settlement was handled by the Governors Office of Risk Management and the States insurance company. JFIF http://www.childadvocatesdefensefund.com/resources/. An anatomy of the dysfunction under which so much of state government operates. Based upon these dates, this settlement was not delayed. He said, she said, with the DCI boys holding the stay out of trouble card in the form of shared talking points. She says shereceived positive performance reviews through mid-2011, when she says her mid-year evaluation praised her for her exceptional work product, ability to work amicably with other DCI agents and members of her task force, relentless work, and above-average case activity.. endobj We believe the interrogations were live streamed to Pierre with someone feeding Black intimidating, confusing and attacking questions to ask the Mette children. You do not have to be silent and you should not be in fear of speaking up. Disgusted that Mrs Kaiser had to put up with such criminal behavior by a co-worker and then her supervisors. Learn from the gay men. Purpose: Supervises Division of >> JOB DETAILS. WebSTATE OF SOUTH DAKOTA CLASS SPECIFICATION Class Title: DCI Special Agent Supervisor Class Code: 688805 Pay Grade: L7 _____ A. This law suit may lead the way. P.O. You cite a few anecdotes, and Im sure instances happen. Clearly you must understand the difference between a court of law and the court of public opinion. ;8bUOacWkLV}g$iE"$EaH5fjov,R W4N6RFOfrE>FjZ Zkp Y FUC#4L=p5AkLF drA*15Dxhl[JE,+0K@&Z]uo *JKLWd,|:9d=0w$Ec=yY/xIUF!JyZ1f1==4VKP,R#.U1/g nUv./m-71iqJAis Gutd 4sLwi Clark bemoans an America moving forward under a black Democratic president but supports the criminal actions of Denny Daugaard in a crime-ridden, disease-prone chemical toilet like South Dakota: how bipartisan. /PAGE0001 Do To say this lawsuit is about SD Representative Dan Kaiser is merely a distraction to the real story. There have been other situations where the woman will start conversation and steer in way to get a man to say something he normally wouldnt. Mrs Kaiser is in fact Rep Dan Kaisers wife, a noted male Republican, who obviously supports her. Kaiser successfully completed eight of the nine objectives of the plan, one of which required her to undergo a psychological evaluation. St~|AJtSZ]l!YBY?$@,!U82XV{/p*6)aPV%l[#gX[G|H5>>&AIX%q.&F%fF7vM4}"~W2(/:>)cS| a. She has been through hell and back and she deserves all of our support as she goes forward. April 15 came and went and after multiple unreturned emails regarding the settlement agreement in April, Kaiser's lawyer was eventually told Jackley had been unavailable because he'd been in Washington, D.C. for the previous two weeks. Women are not perfect. Eventually, she was <>>> Nor is it about what is happening at the University of Minnesota. /XObject Incremental steps have been taken to give the victim a little better chance. Demented Criminal Infantile for their acronym. I looked around to see if anyone was noticing. The only objective Kaiser did not complete according to DCI was rebuilding the trust with the men in the office who had shunned her. Kaiser said she's not sure what Jackley's role in her settlement was, but believes blame for the delay partially falls on him. Most importantly Laura has the truth on her side. Kaiser said she was reluctant about telling her superiors and eventually was forced out of her post as retaliation for reporting it. I told my attorneys, 'I didn't sue Marty Jackley and i'm not going to enter into a contract with Marty Jackley.'". DCI said they didn't have it. Unbeknownst to Plaintiff, Black told Brown County Deputy Damian Bahr and DCI Agent Dave Lunzman, the only other law enforcement in the Aberdeen office, about Ericksons treatment toward Plaintiff. As a reminder, I filed a criminal complaint against DCI Agent Mark Black for perjury and other related felonies on March 13, 2014 and ironically he was fired by the AG on that same day. The circuit court approved the /Length 8 0 R Following trial, Kaiser commented: "I would like to thank the jury for their time and for giving me justice. demoted from Special Agent III to Special Agent II and moved to a less desirable position. That afternoon, Black surreptitiously met with Erickson, Bahr, and Lunzman in a park. In October 2011, Zylstra talked with fellow female agent Jessica Page about Ericksons harassment, and Page took the same position: reporting Erickson would only lead to trouble. endobj D-D$3I20eV&,$~ n. For the record, I was never contacted or talked to by the AGs office about my criminal complaint and I also heard about the dismissal of my criminal complaint by the AG from news media. Eventually, she was forced to resign in 2012. Think about it: NorthWestern Energy is reaching an agreement with PUC commissioners whose campaign coffers they fill while Mike Rounds pushes for legislation that pads utilities like NorthWestern Energy and Xcel who are paying off his campaign debt after he promised to be the 9 million dollar man. Yea. /Type /Page They greeted each other with an extended ritual of feigned nut-grabbing and knee-lifts-to-groins that would have appeared immature among 10-year-olds, and was performed in front of the county treasurer and auditor windows. Youve already gotten more of my time than I usually give you, sock puppet. Zylstra Kaiser filed grievances over the demotion and transferwith Gortmaker and Attorney General Marty Jackley. Dont take my word for it just Google it and perhaps you may have a little different view on the entirety of Lauras sexual harassment lawsuit against the State of SD. Clark is pounding sand into our assets. No need for me romanticiz about the DCI, in my relationship with Kevin Thumb there was no love. So, the bad guys got away; not because they were clever criminal masterminds, but because of the corruption and incompetence of SD DCI Law Enforcement. Purpose: Conducts investigations I have worked with the nicest, most decent, sweetest homosexual men and can tell you that I much prefer them over some straight guy that thinks hes gods gift to women. Plaintiff considered his offer but decided she would speak to Erickson herself. /Filter /DCTDecode 4:2012cv04002 - Document 45 (D.S.D. This is one of those rare situations where the accused should be guilty until they prove themselves innocent. In December 2011, following the work improvement plan, DCI informed Kaiser that effective January 3, 2012, she would be demoted from Special Agent III to Special Agent II and transferred to the Medicare Fraud unit in Pierre, South Dakota, away from her husband, Dan, an Aberdeen police officer, and fourteen month old child. When watching the recordings of those interrogation videos, Mark Black can be seen receiving text messages and phone calls (along with occasional breaks while leaving each of the children alone for long periods of time in the cold, scary and isolated rooms) during the entire interrogation process. /MediaBox [ 0 0 612 792] Our attorneys are zealous advocates committed to fighting for the justice our clients deserve. WebTo apply for a position as a DCI Special Agent, follow these steps: Complete the online application Complete the Personal Data Questionnaire Complete and sign the /Type /XObject Later in the week, Kaiser received another agreement with a payment date of June 8. South Dakota has a criminal for a governor just like voters wanted. How often do you contact your legislators and Congress people about these issues? Kaiser was hired by DCI in 2003, and worked for eight years as a special agent on the Drug Task Force, a collaborative team consisting of officers from DCI, the Brown County Sherriffs Office and the Aberdeen Police Department. She was living away from her husband and baby. /BitsPerComponent 8 Kaiser said she did tell Rep. Kristi Noem her story about her experience, but didn't sign or agree to anything official to have it used against Jackley in Noem's campaign, however, "Kristi is free to use it," she said. For a moment,Zylstra thought shed found a supportive ear: Black was supportive offered to speak to Erickson for Plaintiff. Web7 Enforcement Agent jobs available in South Dakota on Indeed.com. Agent Kaisers accusations are credible to me. Im not sympathetic to the cry of males being picked on.. WebClass Title: DCI Special Agent III Class Code: 688804 Pay Grade: L6 _____ A. The sentence is always a lifetime sentence of shame. Jenny, how about Rochester? Then comes Brown County Deputy Ross Erickson: In or about August 2011, Brown County Deputy Ross Erickson was assigned to the Drug Task Force. Maybe it was around in the old day, but not now. Lauras complaint will be heard in both South Dakota Federal and State court proceedings. During the chain of events, Jackley's name was replaced on the agreement with, "elected and appointed officials," and then to Craig Ambach, the Director of the Office of Risk Management for the state. If she did something wrong, like breaking the law to catch someone breaking the law, that would be enough. <>/ProcSet[/PDF/Text/ImageB/ImageC/ImageI] >>/MediaBox[ 0 0 612 792] /Contents 4 0 R/Group<>/Tabs/S/StructParents 0>> The cold, hard, fact remains, males perpetrate more than 90% of the sexual crimes. WebSpecial Agent Cam Corey began his law enforcement career in 1998 as a Deputy Sheriff. Indeed, Lar. As a result of this experience with DCI administration, Plaintiff feared future reports would adversely affect her career [Complaint, 2015.09.23]. It was a wonderful atmosphere. . Almost immediately, he began making sexually explicit comments to Plaintiff, revealing personal information, and making her feel uncomfortable, including, but not limited to: Now the properworkplace response to such behavior is to take this behavior straight to the boss, whose response should be to drop the hammer on the harasser. PLEASE ATTACH THE <> [/PDF /ImageC] The coincidence of the administrative attack on Zylstra Kaiser and the legal attack on Schwab, Taliaferro, and the Mette children suggests a connection, a multi-front push by Brown County an DCI to shut down potentially damaging lawsuits. Web[1.] Kaiser was transferred to Pierre, demoted from Special Agent III to Special Agent II and moved to a less desirable position. We believe the both in front of me were our individual cases. <>>> Males write the laws in every state and DC. Is this a symptom of the Good Ol Boy mentality that reeks throughout the state? /Height 2192 x3>J, .$Sku4ftRQJ~}9NdHq.qP/zixl~omw77DH?cI,(RV/{~,HAI56i%R,LW|R//7,XEZ!o@%BCW%rQ5IY\FrR},X@%YtLs6IEE$Q$ YYZwLwK/woUJm7rwznh?h-;o yGH-S$$O"hIc 3 0 obj 1 0 obj @Roger Cornelius Curious when you did your nation wide survey that supports your asinine assertion? ",#(7),01444'9=82. /Length 47 Women were simply good, important, worthwhile people who were smart and valuable. MC, how often do you talk with your male friends about the need to strengthen sex crimes laws, make sure all the rape kits get tested, put more money into child protection, really go after dead beat dads, etc? Thats hard to find in SD. For WebDivision of Criminal Investigation Welcome to the DCI Website. If all of this is true, then they deserve everything they have coming to them. POSTED. She now runs her own private investigation company. You slime every other Republican male because MCs nave embracement of the establishment, in his bid to be named as Hickeys replacement? Kaiser was on the drug task force in Aberdeen back in 2011, when she said a Brown County Sheriff's Deputy was appointed to the team and began sexually harassing her on a regular basis. Erickson acknowledged his comments were inappropriate, apologized, and said he would not make any such comments in the future [Complaint, 2015.09.23]. The Court must still decide front pay, which is wage loss post-trial, and attorneys fees. When she spoke about her guns, commenting to her that sounds hot; Petting her hair and, on one occasion, putting his arm around her and swaying; When Plaintiff asked for his keys, stating they were in his pocket and she should get them herself; After Plaintiff said her husband would be out of town that weekend, asking her: Should I come over Saturday around 6? and, Having her watch a lewd music video set in a police department [. Supervisor Jason Even took the mens side immediately, accused Zylstra Kaiser of fabricating the sexual harassment allegations against Erickson, and warned her that the issue could lead to her termination. Over the past couple of years, Laura and I have compared our particular time lines along with documented facts and discovery. Did you know the U of MN has a very active police force of their own to try and fight back all the horrible crimes that are occurring on that campus? ", Lucas Kaster, one of Kaisers attorneys, stated: We are very happy for Laura. Its extremely rare that I hear women made fun of or harassed here. "On February 28th I received a copy of that agreement," Kaiser said. << Box 127 Lake Andes, SD 57356 Telephone: 605-487-7645 Attorney for Plaintiff and Appellant ______________________ Robert B. Anderson May, Adam, Gerdes & Thompson P.O. Let the defendants defend themselves in a court of law. I have personally met with supervisor Jason Even who demonstrated that he was a complete idiot who didnt know the first thing about law enforcement or criminal investigations. Purpose: Conducts or assists with criminal I think it important we look at the big picture and the intricate timeline that comes into place with Lauras sexual harassment lawsuit and the criminal acts by the same state players in the Schwab Taliaferro malicious prosecution case. Salary Company Job Openings. I filed a criminal complaint for Misprision of Felony (SDCL 22-11-12), Obstruction of Justice and Willful Failure to Perform Official Duty (SDCL 3-16-1) regarding: (SDCL 23-3-19) (SDCL 23-3-16) (SDCL 23-3-14) (SDCL 23-3-15) (SDCL 23-3-12) (SDCL 23-3-13) (SDCL 7-16-7) (SDCL 23-3-27) (SDCL 1-12-1) and (SDCL 34-20B-63). Former DCI agent Laura Zylstra Kaiser says the state of South Dakota delayed paying her $1.5 million settlement, following a lawsuit over workplace sexual harassment. WebTimothy R. Whalen, Esq. She lost her dream job and her career because she stood up for what is right. Near the end of February, Kaiser and her lawyer made a verbal agreement with the DCI attorney. WebThe South Dakota Division of Criminal Investigation (DCI) is accepting applications for DCI Special Agent I or II at this time. << /PAGE0001 7 0 R >> Then, her lawyer continued to attempt to contact the DCI attorney without response. Your email address will not be published. Dont ever approach me again.. I hope Zylstra Kaiser rips them to shreds. Child abuse cases ought to have the same standard. WebSTATE OF SOUTH DAKOTA CLASS SPECIFICATION Class Title: DCI Special Agent I Class Code: 688801 Pay Grade: L4 _____ A. http://www.ag.state.mn.us/ WebDCI Special Agent I or II South Dakota State Government Statewide, SD. It looks like an impossible trial to get a verdict. If we blogged about every one of those crimes it would be 100 times the volume of blogging that Mr. H can issue forth. None of the men, including Ross Erickson, were disciplined by DCI or the Brown County Sherriffs Office. Kaiser was represented by James Kaster, Matt Morgan and Lucas Kaster of Nichols Kaster, PLLP in Minneapolis. My Mother first reported these Why South Dakotans stand for it remains a mystery. When called to account, Black allegedly turned against Zylstra Erickson: Later that day, Plaintiff approached Black and asked why he shared her personal information. Black, however, told other members of DCI and the Brown County Sherriffs Office about Ericksons harassment. I acknowledge MCs point that there is surely more to the story. We will not be silenced. Indeed. The jury found that Kaiser suffered retaliation and gender discrimination after she complained of sexual harassment by one of her colleagues in October 2011. The Director of the Division of Criminal Investigation, Bryan Gortmaker, first received the compromise settlement agreement and release in full of all claims on Friday, May 18, 2018. In August 2011, Kaiser was ranked as meets or exceeds in every job category. Kaiser received positive reviews throughout her career. Comment on blogs in support of these things? Then in April 2012, DCI removed Kaisers state vehicle, told her she could no longer travel from Aberdeen to Pierre on state time, removed her daily stipend, and told her that she could no longer sleep at the police academy barracks in Pierre, where she slept during the week because her family could not afford a second home. They sure dont need to kill her. stream I have not only watched and observed her efforts these past 3 years but supported her every step of the way as well.