Yeh, I'd like to see him grilled about this:
http://web.outsideonline.com/magazine/1 ... _deth.html Stettler, a devoted Mormon, knew Jaggar and Henry well and says that he trusted them, as fellow Saints, implicitly. After Bacon's death, Stettler's confidence in Jaggar and Henry remained steadfast. He quickly cleared North Star of any wrongdoing and allowed the program to stay in business-- which it did for six months, until the state of Utah filed criminal charges in October 1994.
hs.utah.gov
May 29, 2002 Carol Sisco (801) 538-3991
Ken Stettler (801) 538-4235
Ken Stettler Named Licensing Director
Ken Stettler has been named director of the Office of Licensing in the Department of Human Services.
A 25-year DHS employee, Stettler formerly worked in the Division of YouthCorrections. "I want to make the focus of the office more customer friendly, both for the public and the providers we license," Stettler said.
Stettler has been involved in licensing issues for many years, first in Youth Corrections and later when the Office of Licensing was created.
"My primary interest in licensing came from the years I spent there where I realized the importance the office has in protecting all Human Services clients," Stettler said. "A lot of children come to Utah for treatment from other states and sometimes our office is the only agency regulating those providers."
Stettler worked on the initial licensing of youth wilderness programs in Utah and was responsible for licensing all youth programs statewide from 1990 until 1995.
Stettler has a master's degree in management and youth leadership and a bachelor's degree in therapeutic recreation, both from Brigham Young University.
He replaces Reta Oram who retired in April.
Following Ian August's death at Skyline Journey- one of the cases highlighted in the GAO report...
Stettler is making a case for shutting down SJ, which he says is critical because
there has to be a consequence for Ian?s death. "I don't feel like we have a strong enough guarantee that nothing's going to happen again.
If we don't level a consequence in this case it sends a message to other programs that the Off of Licensing is nothing. They need to know there are rules and there are consequences for violating those rules, especially when the violations result in a similar thing like this death."
What a sham. Skyline's license was revoked and they simply reopened under a new name- Distant Drums. What message does that send? Some consequence.