Chapter 9 - THE SHERIFF’S COUNTY
Roy Miller had served as sheriff for sixteen years.
He won elections by large margins.
He attended church.
Sponsored youth programs.
Appeared at every hospital gala.
His department handled involuntary mental-health transports for Floor Nine.
Officers received overtime through Prescott Foundation grants.
Complaints disappeared.
Body-camera footage was labeled medical privacy.
Families signed non-disclosure forms.
Miller called the arrangement community care.
Federal audits called it kidnapping through legal process.
One deputy, Anna Ruiz, had questioned a transport.
A woman begged officers to call her attorney.
Miller suspended Ruiz.
Then transferred her.
She kept a copy of the body-camera footage.
After the lobby raid, she came forward.
The woman in the video was missing.
Hospital records claimed she transferred to Nevada.
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No receiving facility existed.
Floor Nine’s crimes might include murder.
