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Adjacent to the sedgwick county jail is what some might call hallowed ground. it's the law enforcement memorial. a reminder to the deputies who pass it about the honor and peril of their chosen careers. cast in bronze are the boots of local law enforcement officers who died in the line of duty. above each pair are plaques with the officer's name and date of his or her death. one pair of boots has special significance to sedgwick county sheriff jeff easter. they belonged to his younger brother, kevin. >> kevin had a great personality. joked all the time, always had a smile. did really well in s...

He now continues to want to stand behind me with his hand on his gun and i feel threatened by that. >> following a confrontation with sheriff's deputies, john delaney allegedly issued a threat to the life of sedgwick county sheriff jeff easter. he was arrested soon after. but was able to bond out of jail a day later. >> [ bleep ]. >> that freedom was short-lived. >> you just get to a point to where it's -- you can't just keep fighting them. they just keep [ bleep ]. [ bleep ], [ bleep ]. >> when he was arrested for allegedly threatening sheriff easter, delaney was already on probation in nearb...

Department, into law enforcement. jeff worked for the wichita pd. four years later, kevin became a deputy with the sedgwick county sheriff's office. >> he was on the job for almost three years and had just gotten married. his life was really starting to take off. >> kevin easter was on patrol when he spotted a car that had been reported stolen. >> kevin chased the vehicle. the driver exited the vehicle, took off running from kevin. kevin chased him over a fence. was able to get him on the ground. they were pretty much face-to-face. kevin started to get his mace out. the individual had a gun in...

In the jail complex. >> i walk in the door, give my i.d. to the deputy, they told us we would not be allowed to talk to jeff easter. >> there's no reason to have your hand on your gun! >> next, they posted their video on youtube and the following day, called local news media but had no luck generating interest. >> i made the statement if it ain't news, it don't get people's attention when you steal kids out of people's schools, then maybe it will be news when a bunch of citizens get together and march on the courthouse and demand the sheriff and d.a. be arrested. >> but one reporter called the...

>> the man whose life delaney allegedly threatened is the man who has him incarcerated, sedgwick county sheriff jeff easter. >> for saying let's remove the sheriff from office, that's a criminal threat. >> how's it going? >> it's going. >> but that's not all delaney was alleged to have said. his problems began a day earlier when delaney obtained a court document he wrongfully believed could prevent his girlfriend from seeing her young children until she completed a drug program. >> i got time to make a phone call? >> then delaney, who is not their biological father, brought the form to the chi...