Fairfax County Police Watch: idiots at work

Cops and animals, a strange, strange relationship

Aiken Co SC deputy claims he was frightened by family’s toothless arthritic elderly dog when he shot it to death [2] bit.ly/ndyAVU

Cops and Kids…..creepy creepy creepy

Royston GA police officer arrested on child molestation charges possibly involving multiple incidents [1] bit.ly/pJrJDN

Theft

Natchez MS cop sentenced to 2yrs prison for stealing credit cards from man he allegedly beat in back of cruiser [0] bit.ly/qgP9Lj

Maui HI cop sentenced to 18mo prison for stealing $1500 from motorist during a traffic stop and for extorting sex from a female detainee [0] bit.ly/pRvouD

Edinburg TX police sued by strip club owners after police confiscate cash & property in raid that found nothing [4] bit.ly/o2R5Lg

Extortion

Baltimore MD cop pleads guilty to conspiracy & extortion charges in tow kickback scandal, 7th of 17 to plead so far [0] bsun.md/r6jreW

Drugs/ Drunk

Florida State trooper, Westchester Co NY cop & 3 TSA agents arrested for alleged roles in oxycodone trafficking ring [0] bit.ly/ospizf

Essex Co NJ deputy pleads guilty to laundering what he believed was drug trafficking money in sting operation [0] bit.ly/nDtcLP

Portland OR cop arrested on drunk driving charge after found passed out in car while off duty [0] http://bit.ly/qh0wzR

Key West FL cop suspended after arrested on drunk driving and hit & run charges after crashing into parked car [0] bit.ly/pWb56j

Mission TX police officer arrested on drunk driving charge after stopped by trooper for several alleged violations [0] bit.ly/qmYiOc

2 New York NY cops under investigation for sexually suggestive dancing on video during West Indian Day parade [0] nydn.us/pX7T5E

When idiots gather

Honolulu HI cop investigated after allegedly posting pic & making fun of badly burned theft suspect on Facebook page [0] http://bit.ly/pHlqCj

Haines FL sued by an innocent man who lost job and home after he was arrested, strip searched & jailed for 2 days due to a warrant made out to the same-name except that it was for a woman [0] bit.ly/qaOJil

Cops and women…..yeah, they hate em, but they’ll never admit it to themselves

Cuyahoga Co OH deputy charged w/menacing & public indecency for masturbating & chasing women in park on day off [0] bit.ly/nsG0LR

San Diego CA police sued by cop claiming detectives in sex crimes unit sexually harassed & retaliated against her [3] bit.ly/o8VSe1

Leland NC cop wins harassment complaint after repeatedly shot in a “private area” w/training ammo by fellow cops [2] bit.ly/qXgUT0

New Orleans LA cop sentenced to 210 years in prison after pleading guilty to 7 counts of rape, 6 of those counts involved the teen daughter of his girlfriend. [0] bit.ly/nY90Az

Montreal QC police under investigation over videotaped incident where woman was thrown into metal pole [0] bit.ly/pqwkzG

Doña Ana Co NM agrees to pay hospital bill for 19yr-old who was billed by the hospital that subjected her to a fruitless body cavity search that was ordered by the police. [1] bit.ly/nglAu3

Orleans Parish LA deputy arrested on agg rape, kidnapping & sexual malfeasance in office charges involving inmate [0] bit.ly/pyo9ji

2 McCracken Co KY deputies reprimanded and apologize to dad of teen girl used in drug bust without his consent [0] bit.ly/rlNigF

Cuyahoga Co OH deputy investigated after questioned for allegedly stalking women around park while on sick leave [0] bit.ly/oaBJij

Meigs GA cop fired after arrested on statutory rape charges following a local & state investigation [1] bit.ly/mRaC27

West Memphis AR cop arrested on domestic battery charge after teachers report suspicious marks on his stepchild [0] bit.ly/qoorD2

Perry Twp OH cop remains on duty after arrested on assault charge involving unspecified woman [2] bit.ly/olUHTr

White trash weekly update

Memphis TN cop arrested on domestic assault charge for allegedly hitting ex-husband in the back of the head [0] bit.ly/olYHcZ

Premeditated murder

Buena Vista MI police officer arrested on premeditated murder charges related to the strangulation death of a woman who was weeks away from giving birth to what police believe is his child. [0] http://is.gd/FZ2xEt (Corrected from being listed as “Saginaw County previously)

Just regular ole everyday murder

Northside TX ISD cop with a history of 16 reprimands is the subject of a lawsuit by the family of a 14-year-old student who was fatally shot in a questionable incident where the officer’s report was contradicted by a witness [3] bit.ly/nuVvtL

Technically not murder

West Covina CA settles suit for $1.5mil to family of man shot 15x by cops claiming he took the baton they beat him with and attacked them with it after they detained him for being suspicious [3] bit.ly/oDIada

Excessive/unreasonable force

Cottageville SC is citing budget pressure as their reason for firing a cop who had been fired or forced to resign from a number of other police departments for excessive force and misconduct who is now being investigated for fatally shooting that town’s ex-mayor with a shotgun. [2] bit.ly/qGwUwj

Charleston WV police are being sued for unreasonable force by the widow of cop who was killed by friendly fire during a car chase involving a man suspected of misdemeanor crimes. [0] bit.ly/q7MwyX

San Francisco CA cop was videotaped hitting a photojournalist’s camera twice during the latest BART police brutality protest [3] bit.ly/rhhUwv

2 Chicago IL cops sued by man claiming they beat him for taking photos of them dragging a man down street with their police cruiser. [5] bit.ly/pxNES7

First, kill the press, the cameramen and free speech

BART CA police considering restrictions on media coverage of protests after detaining journalists at last protest [5] bit.ly/q7p1bd

Chattanooga TN cop accused of having role in pressuring a bar to censor a band when they played song critical of cops [3] bit.ly/rmcQWw

Sacramento Co CA settles suit for $400k to 2 men whose drug convictions were overturned thanks to recording [3] bit.ly/ptyOIC

Good news for the good guys, bad news for the bad guys

US District Court for Eastern District New York overturns ruling allowing stopping & searching vehicles on hunch [0] bit.ly/p9qIn2

Speeding

Washington Co NY settles claim for $83k to family of 83yr-old man struck by cruiser chasing car w/o lights or siren [0] bit.ly/n1g280

Obstruction of justice

Mission TX police labor lawyers say police chief got preferential treatment despite gun being stolen from car [0] bit.ly/rk7kWd

Seattle WA police sergeant retires ahead of disciplinary hearing over rubberstamped DUI arrest reports [0] bit.ly/qpR9I5

Waynesboro GA cop resigns after suspended for allegedly destroying drug evidence to give teen break at traffic stop [0] bit.ly/oVWDM0

Los Angeles CA USD cop convicted on false evidence & other charges for fake shooting incident that sparked lockdown and manhunt [0] bit.ly/mPTXDn

Edison Twp NJ settles discrimination & retaliation suit for $250k to cop suspended after complaint about fellow cop [0] bit.ly/n8TdW8

Morrogh finds cop he doesn’t love. In other news, hell freezes.

Probe of fatal police shooting goes to federal authorities

By Justin Jouvenal/Post

The Fairfax County prosecutor has turned over the investigation of a fatal police shooting of an unarmed Springfield man to federal authorities, citing complications with the five-month-old case.

Commonwealth’s Attorney Ray Morrogh said the U.S. attorney’s office for the Eastern District of Virginia has agreed to continue the probe into the death of 46-year-old John Geer, who was shot during a standoff with Fairfax County police in August. No one has been charged in the incident.

“There is a conflict of interest that has arisen in the case,” Morrogh said Thursday. “And there is a second potential conflict of interest that has arisen out of my office. . . . This is the prudent thing to do.”

Morrogh declined to describe the nature of the conflicts because the investigation is ongoing. The U.S. attorney’s office said Thursday that it could not confirm or deny any investigation or comment on pending investigations.

Police went to Geer’s Pebble Brook Court home on Aug. 29 because of a report of a domestic disturbance. Geer’s father, Don Geer, said his son was upset because his girlfriend, the mother of his two children, had decided to leave him.

John Geer had thrown his girlfriend’s belongings in the front yard. She called police and told them that Geer had a firearm. Police said they tried for about 50 minutes to persuade Geer to leave the home, but he refused.

Don Geer said he watched the climax of the encounter. He said that he could not hear what officers were saying to his son but that he saw him standing with empty hands resting on top of a screen door at the home’s entrance.

At some point, John Geer began to slowly lower his hands and an officer opened fire, hitting Geer in the chest, his father said. Geer retreated inside and closed the door. A SWAT team eventually entered the home and found Geer dead.

Don Geer said detectives later told him that his son did not have a gun on him at the time of the shooting but that there was a holstered handgun a couple of steps from the front door.

Don Geer said it appeared to him that the shooting was unjustified, but he was unsure what to make of the probe being turned over to federal authorities.

“I don’t know whether that’s good or bad — if I had a better idea of why they are doing it, I could form an opinion,” he said.

Geer and friends of his son have been critical of how long the investigation has taken, but Morrogh said police and prosecutors were working to explore all the evidence. He did not think federal prosecutors would have to start from scratch.

“No one wants these things to linger on,” Morrogh said.

Our ink will outlast his career

Under the reign of former Chief of Police Rhorer the Fairfax County Police arrested a man for not wearing clothes in his house while he made coffee, set up an eye doctor on a gambling charge and then used the SWAT team to kill him. An investigation into the charge that the Doctor’s primary clients were cops has never been investigated. The police gunned down an emotionally unstable man because cop who shot him wrongly assumed the man was trying to escape. He wasn’t. The cops also shot dead four other citizens under highly questionable circumstances. The department under Rhorer was sued multiple times by citizens. So did they fire Rhorer? Naw they promoted him. According to news reports Rhorer draws a salary of $191,168 per year as Deputy Fairfax County Executive as well as a concurrent pension from the Fairfax County police of $173000 per year.

Occupation by force

According to the most recent U.S. Census figures, nearly one in five Fairfax residents (17.5 percent) is of Asian descent while Hispanics make up nearly 16 percent of Fairfax’s overall population. Those numbers drop considerably when applied to the Fairfax County Police Department, where only 4.3 percent of officers are Asian and 4.1 percent Hispanic. White officers make up 84 percent of Fairfax County’s 1,360-member police department, significantly higher than the county’s general population (54 percent white). Almost 90% of the force lives outside the county.