Fairfax County Police Watch: 12/18/11

Fairfax County Police search for missing dog "We rook everywhere" says generic asian guy

And now a word from White Trash guy

This cher ma kin com'n on down Fair-fax to c ma

Idiots of the week. Fairfax County Police

Isle of Wight VA sheriff’s captain resigns after pleading guilty to conspiracy charge, gets suspended sentence [0] bit.ly/tztTTb

•Cleveland Co OK now-former deputy has been charged with perjury over testimony at the trial of man who was charged with obstruction. [0] bit.ly/uUWEfl

New York NY police accused of continuing to block journalists from covering protest-related police activity despite promises that the mayor and chief notified officers they faced disciplinary action for doing so. [5] abcn.ws/uJ80yz

Jackson Co GA deputy was fired after arrested for attempting to flee a Madison Co deputy during a traffic stop [0] bit.ly/rXwOt3

Manalapan NJ cop will be fined and forced to resign in a plea deal he accepted for driving while intoxicated and assault by auto charges. [0] on.cpsj.com/sttKCT

Houston TX vice cops are accused of falsely arresting an activist on video for asking a cop for his name during a strip club raid. [3] bit.ly/rG04TG

Colorado State Patrol is being sued by a family alleging that troopers covered for a sheriff who left them injured in a car crash. [3] bit.ly/vM11v1

I'm sure it was an accident, happens all the time

Ottawa Co MI settled a lawsuit for a confidential sum to a college student accidentally shot in the chest during a drug raid on his dorm room targetting his roommate. [3] on.wzzm.com/u6ruDw

OccupySeattle port protest

Seattle WA police are investigating allegation that a cop repeatedly punched a minister in the face while arresting him at the recent #OccupySeattle port protest. There have been a lot more allegations stemming from the violence that occured during that protest, including accusations that a flare was thrown at the police line by an undercover officer who infiltrated the protest but that claim is more difficult to substantiate. [3] bit.ly/vU5cHc

Houston TX police accused of over-charging Occupy protesters with felonies in an effort to intimidate them following an incident where protesters linked themselves together with PVC pipe that resuted in police and firefighters covering them with a tent while they removed the PVC. [0] bit.ly/v0R9yh

a pattern of discrimination against Hispanics

Maricopa Co AZ sheriff’s department was also found to have problems after a lengthy DOJ pattern and practice investigation in another highly critical report citing a pattern of discrimination against Hispanics and a systematic disregard for constitutional rights. [0] bit.ly/u7uUJa

Rape, sexual assault by your local police. Fairfax County Police

Alameda Co CA deputy was arrested after an investigation into allegations that he raped a woman in September [1] bit.ly/sybJxO

Texas state liquor control board was sued by a female agent alleging sexual harassment over a series of incidents that ultimately resulted in 4 officers being fired and 2 others disciplined. [2] bit.ly/u8WW5i

Mishawaka IN cop makes deal w/city, agrees to resign in exchange for the city dropping actions involving on-duty sex allegations against the officer. [1] bit.ly/v5J914

Henderson Co NC documents show a $5,000 deductible was paid for an alleged secretive sex harassment settlement involving the sheriff who has refused to admit that the claim or settlement happened. [3] http://avlne.ws/rDLOVS

Franklin Co VA deputy was charged with sexual battery & indecent exposure for allegedly sexually assaulting a female detainee he was transporting to jail. [0] bit.ly/sJIYfg

Dartmouth MA cop on leave while investigated by state police concerning undisclosed misconduct allegations that were only described as “serious”. [3] bit.ly/tkMGVN

The Officer Jeffrey Hand Award for Creative Income Production. Fairfax County Police

New York NY cop was arrested on grand larceny & forgery charges following a massive identity theft bust. [0] on.wsj.com/sbbVoo

Eaton Co MI deputy faces embezzlement charges for allegedly keeping money paid by out-of-state motorists that he stopped. [0] bit.ly/s8QKPc

Harris Co TX all constable offices are now under investigation by the county DA after the FBI siezes files in an investigation into the precinct 1 constable’s office [1] bit.ly/v6DLH1

Shinnston WV cop was sentenced to a $100 fine after pleading guilty to a misdemeanor for trying to pass a counterfeit $100 bill [0] bit.ly/vFCNo6

2 Talbot Co GA deputies plead guilty to extortion in a scheme to split cash & drugs confiscated from traffic stops based on tipoffs from an informant they shared the loot with. [0] bit.ly/tVrNvw

4 Connecticut state troopers are under investigation on allegations they filed fraudulent applications for disaster relief food stamps. [0] bit.ly/vxUhK8

Kings County CA deputy resigned after he was arrested on embezzlement, fraud, theft & evidence planting charges in a sting operation set up after the department recieved allegations of criminal activity. [1] bit.ly/rClYFS

Monett MO cop was suspended while investigated over allegations involving up to $15k in church funds that were reported missing. [1] bit.ly/sp0g5y

Caddo OK police chief charged w/embezzlement for allegedly trading firearm he took from evidence for 9mm handgun [0] bit.ly/rPKIx7

Johnston Co NC deputy fired after arrested for misd larceny when he was caught stealing shoes from a store [0] bit.ly/sGtMzg

US ICE agent convicted on federal obstruction & other charges for lying about “informant” to get a consulting gig [0] lat.ms/urfduD

Grayson Co TX deputy indicted on theft charges a week after fired for stealing over $20k in property from evidence [0] bit.ly/vqEYyu

Langston OK deputy police chief was arrested on allegations he accepted bribes in return for assigning a man as a reserve officer. [0] bit.ly/t8yxVT

Revere MA cop who was caught accepting a bribe has been sentenced to 4 months prison for lying to feds during police corruption investigation. [0] b.globe.com/uHuxiq

Charleston Co SC deputy was fired & arrested on official misconduct & grand larceny charges for stealing cash during warrant searches. [0] bit.ly/tIkrMF

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.