Fairfax County Police Watch: 01/05/12

Creepy cop behavior. Fairfax County Police. Police brutality.

Stickney IL cop sued alleging he used police database to track down woman he ticketed & left love note on her car [3] bit.ly/yWxmJs

DeKalb Co GA police sgt fired for having sex with subordinate officer & for taking “inappropriate” pics w/dept cell [0] bit.ly/yehWlf

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

Lubbock Co TX Pct 3 constable accused of threatening his neighbors with a baseball bat during an alleged racist tirade in has resigned as part of a deal with the DA that will allow him to avoid charges [0] bit.ly/yWWev5

Hammond IN settles suit for undisclosed sum to man claiming 4 cops left him with brain damage after wrongfully tasering him 4x & kicking him in the head [3] bit.ly/x5M93d

Henderson NV settles suit for $225k to man claiming cops beat & tasered him after he defended self in cop’s attack [0] bit.ly/wS3Qjl

North Chicago IL mayor acknowledges police problems suspends chief, asks for probe into 88 brutality claims in 3yrs [0] bit.ly/xhxK3k

White trash weasel 101. Fairfax County Police. Police brutality

Portland OR police make changes & admit to flawed internal investigation processes as fed investigation starts [0] bit.ly/zrSZnE

Normandy MO cop resigns as arrested on allegations he submitted fraudulent car title in effort to save money [0] bit.ly/x1lIhn

Denver CO police forced by civil service commission to rehire 2 cops fired for lying about chase against orders [0] bit.ly/zQdQER

Colorado state trooper’s credibility problems after fired for improper reports & bias sparks review of 400 cases [0] bit.ly/u4mcOE

Turner Co GA deputy suspended after arrested on allegations he stole a flashlight from a car during traffic stop [0] bit.ly/AhLfNr

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

Massachusetts state trooper arrested by feds was allegedly a bookie who threatened to kill informant & his family [0] bit.ly/szRpIl

Fort Lauderdale FL cop charged w/wire fraud in alleged scheme to defraud city by padding pay while in reserves [0] thesent.nl/yFK590

Payson AZ cop fired for false report claiming motorcycle w/bad title he got from relative was deserted property [0] bit.ly/ygou6G

Run children run, its your local police. Fairfax County Police. Police brutality

Sandy UT police sued by grandparents of 9yr-old who suffered broken collarbone when cuffed by cop at school [3] bit.ly/zpTZGg

The officer Walter R. Fasci/ Sean McGlone award for sober living. Fairfax County Police.Police brutality

Webster Parish LA narcotics deputy will not permitted to drive a cruiser until investigation after off-duty DUI arrest [0] bit.ly/ABlM3b

Fayetteville AR cop arrested for agg burglary, trespassing & battery after he allegedly barged into a home, threatened a man with a knife then fired his gun into the man’s bed two times. [0] bit.ly/z2z1NC

New York State trooper charged with felony criminal mischief & misdemeanor assault for busting into another person’s home while he was drunk and attacking a man inside. [0] bit.ly/xGBdGp

Lenoir Co NC sheriff’s narcotics detective resigns before arrested on drug (hydrocodone) trafficking charges [0] bit.ly/yFF08m

Dallas TX police officer fired after failing drug test for marijuana & failing to cooperate w/investigators [0] bit.ly/xIouGc

Manslaughter by your local police

New Orleans LA police sued by 2 women injured & family of one woman who died in crash during questionable chase [0] http://bit.ly/A7hLgU

This week’s child molestation by your local police. Fairfax County Police. Police brutality

Onslow Co NC now-former deputy pleads guilty to sexually abusing a minor, pled guilty to similar charge in June [0] bit.ly/wRkLhM

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.