Fairfax County Police Watch: 12/17/11

CHief Rhorerer-er defends Police "Woman" from charges

The Chief said "....just because she looks a little dyke-ish and has a man-hater haircut and in a job that requires angry people, does that make her a lesbian? Of course not, I lean, look at me, Gay-guy mustache and all, does that mae me Gay?"

At that point an answer was shouted out from the audience

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First dates can soooooooo awkward

......and then hide behind the law. Fairfax County Police

Las Vegas NV cop who beat & arrested a man for videotaping cops from his own yard has been fired after a 9-month long investigation into that incident. [0] bit.ly/tubdWE

West Fargo ND police officer arrested on disorderly conduct charge over an unspecified assault incident [3] bit.ly/vMk30P

Sandusky OH cop with a history of misconduct won an arbitrator ruling that will let him get his job back after he was fired for lying during an investigation. [0] bit.ly/uvmiP4

Hollywood FL police are being sued by 2 retired Montreal QC cops alleging officers used excessive force on them then falsely arrested them in what they claim was a case of discrimination against French Canadians. [3] sunsent.nl/uLU1eV

Fort Worth TX cop is being investigated after a video on YouTube appears to show him hit an Occupy protester in face with a flagpole and arrested him for assaulting an officer after the protester’s flag allegedly brushed his face. [0] bit.ly/swql3i

Worcester MA police are the subject of a 2-part series detailing the anatomy of a coerced false confession. [0] bit.ly/vv497m

Sedgwick County CO sheriff is the subject of a recall effort claiming he has encouraged bullying by his officers after a deputy allegedly beat a 63yr-old man during a traffic stop [0] bit.ly/vwFnYS

Mermentau LA police chief was arrested on felony battery & unlawful entry charges involving an incident between her and an unspecified acquaintance. [1] bit.ly/t4Y2NG

This week’s candidates for the Brian Sonnenberg Peaceful Resolution to Conflict Center Award. Fairfax County Police

Alice TX cop was arrested following a standoff with a SWAT unit after he fatally shot his wife in the head then kidnapped their 8yr-old son. [0] bit.ly/tBjeSx

Canton OH cop was charged with misdemeanor domestic violence for allegedly beating, throwing & kicking his girlfriend several times during a domestic dispute several months ago. [1] bit.ly/rITPnI

Little Rock AR cop was arrested on aggravated assault on a family member for allegedly punching his wife in the face in front of their kids in an argument over a hunting trip. [0] bit.ly/uNadLp

Dallas TX cop subject of warrant on domestic violence charges, police conducted a raid on his apartment looking for him but he wasn’t there. [0] cbsloc.al/ttLTXW

Phoenix AZ cop was arrested on felony charges for allegedly assaulting his wife & discharging his firearm during a domestic dispute [0] bit.ly/rpSt91

Lancaster KY cop was arrested on DV assault charged on allegations he injured his 16yr-old daughter in an unspecified altercation [1] bit.ly/vmHDCm

Norwalk CT police detective on leave after arrested on disorderly conduct charge involving a domestic dispute with his wife [1] bit.ly/rFJwWg

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Pawtucket RI cop won a “Law Enforcement Bill of Rights” commission hearing that will get him his job back even after he was convicted of indecent exposure. [0] bit.ly/s16bQe

Hey Kids! Its New Yera's At the Rhorerer-ers House

The Officer David Scott Ziants Award for Citizen Motivation. Fairfax County Police

Las Vegas NV cops who fatally shot a veteran after boxing his car in are under investigation, one of those officers apparently has a history of disciplinary issues. [1] bit.ly/rYreXr

Morrow Co OR deputy sentenced to life in prison after pleading guilty to murdering a pregnant bartender whose body was found at a farm owned by his family. [0] bit.ly/tuWqCY

North Chicago IL police are being sued by the family of a man who died a week after police allegedly beat & tasered him beyond recognition. The family’s lawyer also claims that the man’s mother has been receiving death threats over the case, which the city claims to be investigating. [3] bit.ly/rG21Xr

Oakland CA cop who shot a person with a beanbag round while he was doing nothing more than videotaping police at #OccupyOakland has been reassigned along with that officer’s supervisor while both are under investigation over that incident. [3] bit.ly/sesv17

Baltimore MD settles suit for $375k to then family of a man who fatally shot in the back while he was running away from a cop who, a witness claims, had already patted him down and knew he was unarmed. [0] bsun.md/tEOSzO

Chicago IL settled four lawsuits for a total of $3.85 million [0] trib.in/rUUt83 including:

- 2 fatal denial of medical care in custody lawsuits for $1mil and $2mil

- 1 false arrest lawsuit for $560k

- 1 excessive force lawsuit involving two victims for $290k

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Houston TX cop is the subject of a review after mistakenly shooting a Harris Co deputy in the leg when he mistook the officer for a suspect during a flawed drug sting. [1] bit.ly/urKWdB

Delray Beach FL cop wasn’t wearing a seatbelt and late for work while doing 70 in a 45mph zone when he wrapped his cruiser around a tree and died. [0] sunsent.nl/vprxFl

Holyoke MA cop suspended 5 days & must repay $2k to dept for losing sniper rifle he left in back of truck [0] bit.ly/vbt5Y5

Los Angeles CA USD school police officer was sentenced to 2yrs for faking his own shooting in an incident that snarled traffic during a 10 hour manhunt… He’ll likely only serve nine months of that sentence. [0] bit.ly/vQCOlI

Broward Co FL deputy was convicted of grand theft & insurance fraud in a strange scheme to recoup the cost of Def Leppard tickets he couldn’t used due to a lack of a babysitter. [0] thesent.nl/rrUJbc

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.