Former Sandy cop jailed

Bill Bergin is indicted by a Clackamas County grand jury on three counts including one felony

By Jim Hart

The Sandy Post, Nov 14, 2008, Updated Oct 30, 2009

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The investigation into Bergin’s activities began when one of the witnesses in the investigation of former Clackamas County Sheriff’s Deputy Brandon Claggett gave information that accused Bergin of illegal actions.

That’s when the Gresham Police Department was asked to do an external investigation of Bergin in the Sandy Police Department. While that was occurring, Bergin was given leave. He later resigned. The investigation results went directly to the district attorney’s office, which sent them to the grand jury.

Bergin spent two hours at the jail Thursday, according to a spokesperson at the jail, and then was allowed to leave without posting $40,000 bail because there was not enough room in the jail.

He is scheduled to appear in a Clackamas County Circuit Court before Judge Steven L. Mauer Thursday, Dec. 11.

Bergin was involved with another officer in the killing of an unarmed man in 2005, but was cleared of wrongdoing in the man’s death. He also was arrested and charged with driving while intoxicated in 2007.

In both incidents, he was placed on administrative leave while the investigations were conducted. For the DUII arrest, he received disciplinary action, according to Sandy Police Chief Harold Skelton.

By February of this year, Skelton characterized his officer as “100 percent fit for duty, stable and positive.”

Skelton was out of state at a conference Friday and unavailable for comment. Sgt. David Lundervold was off-duty Friday and did not return calls to the Post.

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