Fairfax County Police Watch: 01/24/12

"so I kept hitting him with my night stick and all this comes out, it was like really cool"

and now a word from generic asian guy

ha ha! Rook at sign, rape is big funny number one

and now, a moment with Chief Rhorererer

"I tried acting for a while but it didn't pan out, then art...and well, that didn't work either"

Klan night at the Rhorererer house

and now a moment with mentally challenged guy

and now a word from Elvis guy

This hair is ma sister and my daughte rin law, Elvira and ma son and my son in law, Doggie

Hey kids! Its mister pear head!

I did NOT drink from that toilet ...ok maybe a little bit but.....

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

•Janesville WI police chief gets deferred prosecution deal dropping charges for punching cop & resisting arrest during a domestic dispute. [0] bit.ly/zpkB5I

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

•Chicago IL police board releases details on 6 officers fired in the last 4 months over cases ranging from 2-8 years old. [1] http://bit.ly/ycg4jb

•Carlsbad CA cop suspended and arrested on suspicion of 2nd degree burglary, officials refuse to give details [2] bit.ly/yAnrDa

•Brooks Co TX sheriff, now at Falfurrias PD, investigated for questionable use of over $500k in forfeiture funds [0] bit.ly/zQzqcN

•2 Tulsa OK cops fired after beating corruption charges in case where judge said they should have been convicted [0] bit.ly/xHWlHP

•Savannah-Chatham GA cop pleads guilty to extorting drugs and a cellphone while working security at a nightclub [0] bit.ly/yV6Kli

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

•Dallas TX cop arrested on drunk driving charges after off-duty single car accident at intersection [0] cbsloc.al/xTCTGF

Soddy Daisy TN cop arrested on drunk driving and possession of a firearm while intoxicated charges [0] bit.ly/AvPKqE

Creepy Cop Behavior. Fairfax County Police. Police brutality

RCMP to be subject of class action lawsuit on behalf of 94 female officers alleging sexual harassment and abuse [3] bit.ly/zArCzO

.......and so, unable to find any other type of work, the government hired them

Louisville KY cop under investigation after hitting pedestrian w/cruiser, police say pedestrian did nothing wrong [0] bit.ly/xAUJp2

Sandusky OH police officer sued for injuring family in his 4th traffic accident in the last 4 years [0] bit.ly/x2j3il

Sylvester GA cop injured along w/other motorist after falling asleep at wheel and crashing into oncoming car [0] bit.ly/xEhbD1

New Jersey port authority police officer charged w/DUI & vehicular assault after hitting 17yr-old skateboarder [0] bit.ly/z3H9Kc

Dallas TX police say emergency lights & siren are not required while speeding after a cop fatally strikes a pedestrian in crosswalk. [1] bit.ly/AiP3gM

•Shreveport LA cop suspended while under investigation over unspecified allegations of policy violations [3] bit.ly/zzuGdH

CA acting police chief placed on leave while subject of unspecified misconduct investigation [2] bit.ly/w88lm3

•Hudson TX police chief resigns after suspended 30 days while subject of unspecified criminal investigation [2] bit.ly/wE5xOw

Murder by your local police

Austin TX police allegedly kept a citizens panel ruling that a fatal shooting incident by a cop violated policy a secret while they continued to justify that shooting. The chief responded to the release by vowing to punish the person who released the info. [4] bit.ly/xifuzx

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.