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As we have seen with the Newcomb family, it is tragic that certain law enforcement agencies are either turning a blind eye to cockfighting or actively participating in them. That’s why we set up a new website called CopsForCockfighting.com. On this site we have both cops who have allowed fighting pits to operate without any interference and those officers who are actually cockfighters.

SHARK filmed two deputies socializing with cockfighters in KY

This brings us to Jacklyn Johnson. Johnson was a bailiff with the Laurel County Sheriff’s Department in Kentucky. About a year ago, we discovered Ms. Johnson’s Facebook page where she detailed how she worked for an illegal cockfighting pit called, “CJ’s,” which is run by her relative, a cockfighter called Rick Johnson. Even though we alerted Laurel County Sheriff John Root to this, Johnson was allowed to continue to keep her job while she was still working at a criminal fighting pit.

Jacklyn Johnson from the Sheriff’s website and at the illegal cockfight at Bald Rock


 

Ms. Johnson's law career came to a screeching halt on July 10th, when SHARK investigators called in a cockfight held at a pit named, “Bald Rock” to the local State Police Troop. After months of mounting pressure from SHARK the State Police shut down the fight and 10 cockfighters were cited. This included Ms. Johnson who was cited for promoting gambling. Her name was soon removed from the Sheriff’s Department’s website and we confirmed that she no longer worked there.

SHARK and our partners at the Humane Farming Association took out large ads  in multiple KY newspapers. After seeing these ads the State Police knew they couldn’t sit idly by anymore!

Shutting down this fighting pit was a major victory against cockfighting in KY!