EUFAULA: 05:00 AM This past week I met with Eufaula Mayor Jack Tibbs in his office at Eufaula City Hall. This meeting was concerning allegations of domestic violence which was alleged to have occured in February 2024.
The Board of Directors of Barbour County 911 sent a letter to Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall requesting the case be investigated on allegations CAD ( Computer Aided Dispatch ) information and audio recordings of radio traffic were erased from the data bases.
Mayor Jack Tibbs, who has served multiple terms as Mayor in in an election run off. This issue was one someone raised during the election. The Mayor was leading candidate in primary race and is in a run off election upcoming September 23.
RSN and Mayor Tibbs had a lengthy conversation. After the allegations Mayor Tibbs also sent a letter requesting an investigation to Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall.
To Date the Alabama Attorney General’s Office has done no investigation.
RSN STEPS
Following the meeting RSN looked into the matter. The City of Eufaula uses Southern Software as their CAD ( Computer Aided Dispatch ). The same system is used by the City of Dothan – Houston County Commuications District ( 911 Center ) and Ozark – Dale County 911 Center. They also use Eventide as their recording equipment of all radio traffic. Eufaula Police Department is the primary answering point of 911 calls for Barbour County.
RSN Rickey Stokes was a member of the City of Dothan – Houston County Communications District Board when Southern Software was purchased and implemented. Rickey Stokes is past Chairman of the Board for the City of Dothan – Houston County Communications DIstrict. So Rickey Stokes is fimiliiar with Southern Software. In fact he has the cell phone number of the President of Southern Software still to this day from his service on the 911 board.
RSN checked with Houston County 911 and Ozark – Dale County 911 when researching this information. The data can not be erased from CAD or Eventide. There is an audit trail of the information. The information is time and date stamped. These centers, managed by people who is almost at retirement time of service, do not know how to erase anything from CAD or Eventide.
Suzann Tibbs, wife of Eufaula Mayor Jack Tibbs
RSN then called Mrs. Suzann Tibbs and requested to meet with her. My request was to meet with just Mrs. Tibbs. We met at thier residence. I interviewed Mrs. Suzann Tibbs, on camera and asked her point blank did any domestic abuse incident occur between her and Mayor Jack Tibbs, Very quickly she said no. I asked had any incident occured before or after February 2024 and she said no. She was very direct and honest.
Mrs. Suzann Tibbs is a retired educator – principal in the City of Eufaula public schools. Following her retirement she taught 3rd grade for a private school for a short period of time. She is retired no looking after her mother who is 101 years old. She was very supportive of her husband, Mayor Jack Tibbs, saying they have been married for 24 years.
FOR THE INFORMATION TO HAVE BEEN ERASED
For this event to have been erased, the dispatcher who took the call would have had to particpate. There are normally three dispatchers on duty. The dispatcher supervsior would have had to had super administrative powers that even Dothan-Houston County Communications District and Ozark – Dale County managers of the 911 system do not have. And these two centers have had Southern Software for more than 20 years.
So RSN knows of no way for the information to have been erased from the system.
CONCLUSION
Based on the RSN investigation, and knowledge of RSN Rickey Stokes of having served on the City of Dothan Communications District Board and past Chairman, on the board when Southern Software was purchased, research into two systems who use Southern Software and a third who is a member or the Alabama State 911 Board of Directors, that no investigation was conducted by the Alabama Attorney General Office, lengthy meeting and discussion with Mayor Jack Tibbs and with Mrs. Suzann Tibbs outside of the prescence of Mayor Jack Tibbs, and that no special Grand Jury has met as rumored, this is an UNFOUNDED COMPLAINT.
Until last week I had never met Mayor Jack Tibbs or Mrs. Suzann Tibbs. And my reaction of Mrs. Suzann Tibbs, she would not tolerate any abuse at all and would be firm if it in fact occured. Therefore based on my conversation and impression from her, it is an UNFOUNDED complaint. She is one of Jack Tibbs biggest supporters and is a very respected retired educator.
The Mayor was very straigt forrward in our three hour meeting. He never hedged or dodged any question asked and there were no boundries set in our meeting. But I did not just take his word but investiagted elsewhere following our meeting.
Therefore it is UNFOUNDED.
NOTE: This is not a paid article. It is an investigative article because RSN did article in April 2024 when the 911 board submitted the letter to the Alabama Attorney General. Since nothing has happened and it has been a re-election issue we followed up on the information.
