At Thursday nights Board of Supervisors meeting, recognition will be given to former Shasta County Sheriff’s Captain Pat Kropholler for his 28 years of service. The county is currently negotiating what’s believed to be a Multi-Million Dollar settlement with Kropholler for his lawsuit against the County and former Sheriff Eric Magrini for alleged harassment and mistreatment. Kropholler was President of the Sheriff’s Administrative Association, which issued a scathing assessment of Magrini in June of 2021. He was subsequently placed on leave, and his lawsuit claims that was a retaliatory action. During social justice demonstrations in Redding in 2020, Magrini distributed a photo that showed Captain Kropholler with a Hitler moustache, and suggested jokingly that it could be used to goad the demonstrators into burning down the Sheriff’s South County Patrol Substation, which was in disrepair. Magrini ended up resigning and was given the newly created position of Assistant Executive Officer, with a 31% boost in salary. Magrini went on paid leave while working as a realtor, but he’s no longer employed by the County. Hropholler’s lawsuit was filed in May of 2022.
-Steve Gibson