Fairfax County Police Watch: 11/01/11

Firstly, let me say this; I don’t think me or anyone else should be sued for defecation and also firstly, although I do know who Captain Hopson, I have absolutely no idea who Major Crimes, although I have to say that a really really really bad name for a cop.

I’m so fuck’n confused.

Now firstly, the way I understand this is that Captain Hopkins is suing me firstly for defecation and she’s also and she is suing some guy named Anonymous Accuser because he also defecated on her while they were both riding on the department's intranet.

Firstly, what has that got to do with me? Also, I checked and there is nobody on the police department named Anonymous Accuser….so there……but there is a guy named “Anonymous Source” who I guess works as Narcotics officer but lives in Cayman Islands at the Bank of Switzerland Apartments of something like that. We pay him $2,000,000 a year. I guess most of that is for commuting expenses. The guys in narcotics told me it was a secret.

I still don’t understand where Major Crimes comes in on this but Captain Hopalong wants to sue either him or this Anonymous Accuser guy because he accused Hopson of coaching a job candidate.

Firstly, let me say this about that, Captain Hop…something can coach, play or referee anyone as long as its on county time….no, wait, I go that backwards…..well anyway, its not my money…

Now Captain Hop thing there…… says that I retaliated against a female police captain….let me say this firstly….who is this new women in the mix and I never had sex with that woman…I mean…if she’s a female cop, so would you? Even I have standards, low ones, but still.

And now, firstly, really screwing this up is Captain Hopkinsons lawyer, Glasberg, who asked "Does the sun rise in the east?"…this is not the time or the place for astrology questions, Goldberg.

would also like to take a moment firstly to address this writer Will Sommer…and that sounds like a porno name you ask me and I know cause like, I watch a lot of porno, but anyways…if you would stop writing about these things, people won’t read them and I wouldn’t have these problems…….look how about a nice ride in a cop car with a guy named Officer Friendly? That’s not his for for real name so its okay, he won’t like put his hand on your lap and ask about gladiators or nothing like that…well, I'm pretty sure he won't....also, first bloody car accident we get, we call you first……just like we do with the tv channels…so whatta say?

Brought to you by the Fairfax County Police…… you just don’t find that kind of stupid just anywhere

Child abuse

Mustang OK cop charged with domestic abuse for allegedly beating his 12-yr-old stepdaughter with a paddle so badly that it left imprints of the paddle’s engraved name on her back. [0] bit.ly/sFKwnI

Murder

Middleburg Heights OH sued by family of man who died after tasered 7 times during traffic stop, one of which lasted for 23 seconds. [3] bit.ly/uTaS3Z

Rape

Jefferson Parish LA deputy was found guilty of kidnapping and raping a woman after detaining her during a traffic stop. [0] bit.ly/tD1LwO

Assaulting and beating unarmed citizens and then hiding behind the law

Buena Park CA settles an excessive force lawsuit for a confidential sum to a man claiming cops beat & bludgeoned him for giving a cop a “man hug” to show there were no hard feelings when he was kicked out of a theme park when the woman he was with held his place in line while he used the restroom during an 1.5 hour wait for a ride. [3] bit.ly/uYCICm

Omaha NE police sergeant was convicted on a terrorist threat charge in a split jury decision that exonerated him on gun charge, both involving a road rage incident. [0] bit.ly/uOoAh3

Annapolis MD settled an excessive force lawsuit for $6,500 to a man claiming police dragged him from his car during a questionable search for drugs that only turned up open container violations. [0] bit.ly/uwEBan

5 Knox County TN deputies were demoted to corrections officers for turning off their dashcam audio when they they decided to inflict an unspecified “punishment” on a teen for speeding. [1] bit.ly/u4SmGG

San Francisco CA sheriff’s officers are being implicated in the incident that left a USMC vet seriously injured with a head wound during #OccupyOakland when police launched tear gas rounds at protesters. While San Francisco Sheriff’s deputies may have fired the rounds that caused injuries, they apparently did it under direction of the Oakland PD, although that department is prohibited from firing into crowds with such weapons… but they shouldn’t be able to get around that by getting other departments to come into the city to do it for them. [3] bit.ly/t9hfa1

Palm Springs FL & Palm Beach County FL sued by a homeless man who lost an eye and a chunk of his ear when SWAT officers shot him in the head with rubber bullet rounds. Police responded to a call from an assistance agency he called because they thought he was illegally staying in the brush by a church but he apparently had permission to be there. [3] bit.ly/sgRNy4

Philadelphia PA cop is under investigation after being accused of intentionally using his police cruiser as a weapon by pinning a man against a wall during a chase, leaving him seriously injured. [1] bit.ly/sapihi

Tulsa OK cop fired for using excessive force then threatening his fellow officers in an attempt to obstruct the subsequent investigation into the incident [0] bit.ly/rrogdd

2 San Francisco CA cops were fired. The first was fired for using excessive force then falsely arresting a witness to the incident. The other for unauthorized use of a police database. [2] http://bit.ly/tZJPGM

Los Angeles County CA memos indicate that the sheriff there was warned about brutality and accountability problems in his jails by his own commanders 2 years before the problems came to light and triggered a federal investigation. [3] lat.ms/rp73Bi

Drunk/ Drugs

Tucson AZ police sgt arrested on DUI charge when he responded to a call for SWAT officers while off duty in his personal car [0] bit.ly/tI2B5O

2 New York NY cops suspended for 30 days each after both were arrested on DUI charges in seperate incidents. One crashed into a parked car while the other was found passed out in his car [0] nydn.us/trrihq

Draper UT cop got a “plea in abeyance” deal that will clear his criminal record after he was arrested for smoking heroin in his cop car [0] bit.ly/rrStdV

Miami FL cop arrested at gunpoint on reckless driving charge after he was chased by a state trooper for doing 120 on the way to his 2nd job [0] sunsent.nl/rWwmTu

Portsmouth VA cop arrested on drunk driving charges after a minor off-duty fender bender [0] bit.ly/sNTexu

Sugar Land TX police capt arrested on drunk driving charges after trying to drive through an accident scene [0] bit.ly/v1Zgry

Control the press, control the news

Tennessee State trooper arrested an reporter who was on assignment during a police crackdown on #OccupyNashville protests and then allegedly threatened another reporter who questioned the arrest after vouching for that reporter. While the police eventually charged him for public intoxication they never tested him and a recording of the arrest appears to contradict that charge. [4] bit.ly/s0az9g

Common thief

16 New York NY cops were arraigned on varied charges as part of a corruption probe that began with ticket fixing allegations that allegedly involved over 500 officers in that department. One of the officers was also indicted on drug charges, another for leaking details of the investigation to the police union, and four others for covering up an assault case against a fellow cop. [0] bit.ly/vSIqjj

East Washington PA police chief was arrested by FBI agents on unspecified charges rumored to involve political corruption [2] bit.ly/v7T7p0

Harrisburg PA police are being sued by a man after cops siezed up to $43k from his home during a fruitless search for gun. The warrant only specified a search for a gun but police grabbed the cash by insisting it was drug related even though there were no drugs found and no charges filed. Police eventually returned some money but not all, according to the plaintiff. [0] bit.ly/vdOQ2M

Daviess County IN deputy was indicted on bribery and other charges on allegations he helped a woman avoid drug charges in exchange for sex. [0] http://trib.in/s8qtGj

2 Harris Co TX precinct 6 constables accused of timesheet fraud & altering public records to cover it up [3] bit.ly/uyBXiZ

…but you don’t understand, I’m above the law

Macungie PA police chief says that small town’s mayor has no right to see police disciplinary records in a legal battle that could affect how police departments are managed and held accountable across the entire state. [0] bit.ly/uN07Qk

2 Tuckahoe NY cops won’t be facing charges for helping a NYPD cop avoid DUI charges in an incident that was uncovered as part of that ticket fixing probe. Prosecutors there say they couldn’t build a case because the officers invoked their right to remain silent and, while they say the officers may still face internal discipline, their lawyers say that’s not going to happen either. http://is.gd/tdFtLG

During the arraignments, several New York NY cops jeered prosecutors and cheered for the indicted officers, all insisting that fixing tickets is a privilege of being an officer. One assumes that they were also cheering for the officers indicted on drug charges, obstructing the investigation, and the four indicted for covering up an assault case for another cop as well. Odd how few people seem disturbed when cops support suspected criminals and boo those trying to bring them to justice. [4] bit.ly/tkb7mh

False arrest

Tallahassee FL police sued by a tech worker claiming he was falsely arrest based on an intentionally misleading warrant once police found a decades old check made out to him at the scene of a church robbery. The check was an already endorced and paid check from the 80′s from when the man did some work at the church. The arrest affects his ability to work in the tech field where they do check for arrests in background checks and because the [3] bit.ly/tYs4Xh

Toronto ON cop was found to have falsified evidence and his testimony after his partner contradicted his story about a traffic stop that led to a drug arrest. [3] bit.ly/rVGJf9

Family violence

Dallas TX police officer was arrested on a misdemeanor family violence assault charge, though we can’t determine more yet because the only site listing it was a subscription site. [1] dallasne.ws/u5AYUh

White trash on parade

Philadelphia PA cop suspended w/intent to fire after he was arrested along with his girlfriend for an alleged altercation with 2 women [0] bit.ly/vY0R9m

Pueblo CO cop avoided prosecution on a trespassing charge for barging into a home uninvited in search of her husband. Her record will be cleared after completing a pretrial diversion program. [0] bit.ly/tEOmXH

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.