BOISE, Idaho (CBS2) — An appeal of a whistleblower case brought by Rodney Bryan Dickenson against the Benewah County Sheriff’s Office (BCSO), Benewah County Board of Commissioners and former Benewah County Sheriff David Resser was dismissed by the Idaho Supreme Court, according to court documents.
BCSO employed Dickenson from Jan. 1999 until Aug. 28, 2019. Dickenson’s most recent position with BCSO was as a patrol sergeant.
Dickenson met with Resser and Undersheriff Anthony Eells on May 3, 2019, to discuss, according to Resser, Dickenson’s belief that Eells was undermining Dickenson’s authority as a patrol sergeant. Dickenson said he wanted to consider a deputy’s improper use of a K-9 and a patrol officer’s report that did not match the officer’s video recording.
Before the meeting, Dickenson parked his patrol vehicle with an audio and video camera near the Sheriff’s Office to record his conversation with Resser and Eells. The camera records up to five-hundred feet from the patrol car.
Eels left the meeting at some point, and Resser asked Dickenson if he was recording the conversation. Dickenson replied, “Not with this,” and held up his cell phone or body camera. Dickenson continued to deny that he was recording this conversation.
Eels returned, and the three discussed the conflict between Eels and Dickenson. After Dickenson left, Resser told Eells he thought Dickenson had been recording the meeting. Later, Eells discovered the recording on the BCSO media file folder for...
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