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Vore retired after eight years as Montgomery County sheriff in 2008 and is now a security consultant. He is a Clay Twp. trustee, winning re-election in November.
Althouse, currently an administrative lieutenant, worked in the Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office from 1992-2014, including a year as a Jail Division sergeant, according to his resume provided to the committee.
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The committee will soon examine proposals from five firms to conduct an operations study to help guide eventual recommendations for changes at the jail, the focus of a number of lawsuits by former inmates claiming mistreatment already costing the county more than $1 million.
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The committee was formed in March as calls for a federal civil rights investigation into jail operations grew louder. Montgomery County Sheriff Phil Plummer is a non-voting member of the 10-member committee.
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Justice Advisory Committee for the Montgomery County Jail
Co-chairs:
- Rabbi Bernard Barsky, retired from Beth Abraham Synagogue
- Dr. Gary LeRoy, Wright State University Boonshoft School of Medicine, associate dean for Student Affairs and Admissions
Other committee members:
- Branford Brown, Miami Valley Urban League executive director,
- Michael Carter, superintendent of school and community partnerships at Sinclair Community College
- Stephanie Cook, city of Dayton Law Department
- Rev. David Fox, retired chief of police at Wilberforce University who represents the Dayton unit of the NAACP
- Judge Gregory Singer, Montgomery County Common Pleas Court
- Carol Smerz, CEO and president of South Community Behavioral Healthcare.
Ex officio member:
- Phil Plummer, Montgomery County Sheriff
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