Corrections
WHAT WE GOT WRONG. WHAT WE CORRECTED.
The mistakes, the corrections, and the records that explain them.
Statement from the passenger ·
I was wrong, so I corrected it.
I said the Sheriff never called. That was wrong. The recordings supplied today show one call on August 21 that went to voicemail.
I asked officials to correct the record when evidence showed it was wrong. When that happened to me, I corrected my statement immediately and made the correction public.
I am not asking anyone to meet a standard I am unwilling to meet myself.
Read what was wrong and what changed · Watch the redacted bodycam and hear the voicemail
Corrections log
October 13, 2026: the Sheriff did make one call
What was wrong: The Sheriff’s page and the open letter said he never called.
What the recordings show: He made one call on August 21 that went to voicemail. The bodycam and voicemail supplied on October 13 are two recordings of that same call. The statement that he never called has been corrected.
The passenger says she found the voicemail in her spam folder only after receiving the bodycam on October 13. She had not known it was there. She says no follow-up told her he had called, and she would have called back if he had sent even one message saying he had called on Friday.
The recordings show one call. They do not show that the passenger knowingly refused it, or establish additional calls. MCSO says it has no telephone logs responsive to the request. Its August 25 statement about “calls” remains quoted on the site, alongside the recordings and the correction.
Watch the redacted bodycam, hear the voicemail and read the written records.
How we handle corrections
Say what was wrong, give the correct information, date the correction, and link to the evidence. Preserve the original records.