The Cops and AI, bad idea
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The Fairfax County Police have, in recent memory, murdered innocent
citizen, and, generally speaking, the cops who pulled the triggers got away
with it....
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Prosecutors
still investigating Detroit cops accused of vigilante justice
Detroit— Nearly three weeks after two police sergeants were
arrested for allegedly using their guns and badges to enact vigilante justice,
no charges have been filed.The sergeants — one a Detroit cop, the other from
St. Clair Shores —were arrested July 27, but released two days later.
On July 21, the two men allegedly wore their badges around
their necks and drew their department-issued pistols when they approached two
men at an eastside Citgo gas station on French Road. According to police, the
sergeants took a cellphone and $500 cash. One of the officers also allegedly
struck a victim in the head with the butt of his gun, although the man
reportedly was not seriously hurt.
Police sources told The Detroit News it wasn’t a random
robbery; rather, the victims were targeted because earlier they had stolen the
phone and money from the suburban officer’s daughter.
Man found not guilty in case, files suit against Englewood Cliffs and police
A New York City resident who was found not guilty of
indecent exposure, lewdness, and child endangerment charges in July 2012, is
suing Englewood Cliffs police in federal court.
On July 19, Michael Telzer, 56, who is representing himself,
filed a lawsuit alleging false arrest, wrongful imprisonment, malicious
prosecution, witness and evidence tampering, withholding of exculpatory
evidence and violation of due process.
The borough, Police Chief Michael Cioffi, Lt. William
Laraia, Sgt. Daniel Morrisey, and officers Gerald McDermott, David Hill and
Ronald Waldt are all named as defendants.
On July 14, 2011, Telzer was charged with lewdness and
endangering the welfare of a child after, police said, a mother called 911 to
report a man allegedly exposing himself on the Witte Field walking path on
Johnson Avenue.
According to The Record, Cioffi issued a press release the
following day describing an alleged incident in which a woman claimed Telzer
exposed himself to her 6- and 9-year-old daughters.
According to Telzer's lawsuit, the initial charges brought
up against him stated that his "zipper was down and pants were
unbuckled."
According to the court filing, police collected a paper
towel found in a waste basket at the park for testing — which came back
negative for Telzer's DNA.
The lawsuit also states the officer who testified at the
Telzer trial said he never saw him expose himself.
Telzer alleges evidence was withheld via recording from a
police car camera that allegedly provided exculpatory evidence — evidence that
would be in Telzer's favor — but it was never given to prosecutors. The video
allegedly includes portions of the woman's initial statements.
Furthermore, according to the lawsuit, Cioffi allegedly
ordered Deputy Chief Michael McMorrow to change the report he filed of Telzer's
2011 arrest — a report that, the lawsuit claims, concluded "Telzer did not
engage in any suspicious activity and had merely been jogging."
A Leadwood police officer charged with felony stealing has waived his right to a jury trial in favor of a court trial.
Police K-9 handler Eric Smith, 29, of Perryville, is charged
with two counts of theft/stealing over $500. According to court reports, Smith
took orders and deposits for mounting animal heads in his taxidermy business a
year ago but didn't perform the services.
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man’s claim of police brutality now an issue in democratic primary for Syracuse mayor
A disabled man’s claim of police brutality for refusing to
sit down on a Centro bus has emerged as a significant issue in the upcoming
democratic primary for Syracuse mayor.
Speaking at a news conference on equal rights, Syracuse City
Councilor and candidate for mayor, Pat Hogan told reporters, "I am
appalled at what I saw."
Hogan was referring to surveillance video of a May 3rd
incident in which Brad Hulett, a severely disabled passenger, was tased and
dragged off a Centro bus by two Syracuse police officers, allegedly breaking
his hip in the process. Hulett was charged with resisting arrest and disorderly
conduct.
The incident has sparked outrage among disabled and civil
right advocates, as well as a lawsuit against the City.
"If I was mayor, the police chief and officers would be
in my office the next day," says Hogan.
He accused the mayor and the police chief of being silent on
the issue.
Former Eutawville police chief indicted on misconduct charge in Bernard Bailey killing
A grand jury has indicted former Eutawville Police Chief
Richard Combs in the fatal shooting of a retired correctional officer. Combs’
indictment for misconduct in office alleges that he used excessive force
against 54-year-old Bernard Bailey, who was shot three times during a
confrontation on May 2, 2011
Bailey’s friends have said the shooting apparently stemmed
from a dispute over a traffic ticket issued to one of Bailey’s daughters.
Friends have said Bailey was shot in his truck outside the
municipal building after exchanging words with Combs that morning. An autopsy
showed that Bailey was shot twice in the chest and once in the shoulder.
His friends described Bailey as a gentle, kind-hearted and
law-abiding man who, at the time of his death, was working as an assistant
manager at a Walmart in Summerville.
Combs, then 35, was originally placed on leave but was later
terminated.
The lack of official information in the case led to deep,
mounting frustration in Eutawville.
Chief Responds To Allegation
The Davenport police
chief is defending his officers involved in the beating of a suspect.
Video came out earlier this week of a February incident
showing the officers confronting a woman allegedly caught shoplifting.
“I’m not making
excuses for the officer that deviates from policy I’m a realist it’s going to
happen from time to time and then we’ll deal with it accordingly, she was hit,
policies were violated,” Chief of Police Frank Donchez told affiliate WQAD.
Officials say there was disciplinary action taken against
one of the officers. However since it’s a personnel issue, the details aren’t
being released
UC Davis cop fired over pepper spray expected to get comp benefits
The University of California, Davis expects to provide
workers compensation benefits for a former police officer who drew national
attention for pepper-spraying seated demonstrators, a university spokeswoman
confirmed Friday.
John Pike, who was dismissed from his position as UC Davis
police lieutenant, is seeking work comp benefits from his former employer for a
nervous system or psychiatric injury that occurred on Nov. 18, 2011, California
Department of Industrial Relations records show.
Video and photographs taken that day showed him spraying
students who blocked a sidewalk in protest of tuition hikes and other issues.
As a result of the video, Mr. Pike received death threats against himself and
his family, while he was widely criticized across the Internet.
“Although (an)
agreement has not been completed, the university expects that, in accordance
with the board rating, John Pike will receive financial compensation,” the
university said in a statement.
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drunk and drugged up cops
State
police arrest SFPD cop
Officer Joseph Baca has been charged with negligent use of a
deadly weapon for shooting a gun while drunk.
According to a probable cause statement filed by New Mexico
State Police, last Saturday a little after 11 p.m. a patrol officer was called
out to State Road 512, in an area several miles south of Chama, to investigate
reports of shots being fired.
When he got there, the officer says he heard more shots and
went into the woods to investigate. About 20 to 30 minutes later the officer
spotted Baca and his wife, SFPD Sgt. Andrea Dobyns.
According to a probable cause statement, the two told the officer
the same story, claiming they had been drinking but hadn't heard any gunfire
recently and hadn't fired any weapons. The couple had magazines with ammunition
and three guns with them including a Glock .40 caliber handgun, the same type
SFPD issues to its officers.
Investigators say they found a number of shell casings with
ammunition that matched the caliber of the weapons Baca and Dobyns had with
them as well as a soda can with several bullet holes in it on the ground.
Stillwater officer waives drug-charge hearing
Miami-Dade
Officer Suspended For Alleged Drunk Driving Accident
A Miami-Dade Police officer has been suspended as being
investigated for allegedly driving drunk and fleeing the scene of an accident. Larry
Laverde was off-duty on August 11th driving northbound on Southwest 127 Avenue
in a marked police cruiser, when he ran a flashing red light. While crossing
the intersection, Laverde reportedly hit a Mazda driving eastbound on Miller
Drive. “This is something crazy, completely 100 percent irresponsible,” said
Fernando Monch, the driver of the Mazda. “Could have killed me, I’m supposed to
be protected by police not police do that to me then disappear.”According to
the arrest affidavit, Laverde fled the scene of the accident and drove home.
Ludlow
police officer charged with stealing cocaine from evidence locker
LUDLOW, Massachusetts — A high-ranking Ludlow police officer
has been charged with stealing drugs from the department's evidence locker. Lt.
Thomas Foye, according to court documents, was captured on video surveillance entering
the locked narcotics locker at the police station, where he appears to handle
and open evidence bags.
Off-duty
cop charged with DWI in wrong-way crashes
MALVERNE, N.Y. (AP) — An off-duty New York Police Department
officer is facing drunken driving charges after crashing into other cars while
going the wrong way on a Long Island roadway. Ronald Holmes, 48, of Elmont, was
driving eastbound in the westbound lanes of the Southern State Parkway around
1:45 a.m. Saturday.
Authorities say he hit several cars, sending one person to
the hospital. Along with being charged with driving while intoxicated, he also
faces reckless endangerment charges.
Cop
fired after showing up to work drunk appeals the firing, believe it or not,
loses appeal
LAKE CITY - The Utah Court of Appeals today upheld the
firing of Stewart Becker, a Sunset police officer who showed up to work drunk.
Becker's attorneys challenged the validity of the portable
blood test result that was used to justify the officer's dismissal. But the
court ruled that the state law citing a policy of testing urine to establish
blood alcohol content does not apply to government enties, so Sunset could use
the PBT results.
On April 1, 2007,
Becker finished a shift at 6 a.m. and was scheduled to report back for a second
shift at 2 p.m. that afternoon. When Becker arrived for work at 2, he discussed
the shift change with his supervisor, Sgt. Bruce Arbogast, who noticed a strong
odor of alcohol coming from Becker. Becker admitted he had consumed
approximately five shots of liquor before going to bed at 8 or 9 that morning.
Arbogast requested that Becker blow into a PBT. Becker blew
into the PBT, which registered a breath alcohol content of 0.045.
Officer
charged with off-duty DUI pleads guilty to lesser charge
A Seattle police officer originally charged with misdemeanor
driving under the influence was sentenced Friday to two days in jail, with 362
days suspended, after pleading guilty to a reduced charge of reckless driving,
according to the Seattle City Attorney’s Office.
The officer, Marie Gochnour, and a second officer, Sean
Moore, were off duty Dec. 17 when they were arrested after a 911 caller
reported a car had hit a pole near First Avenue South and South Lander Street
in Sodo.
According to a police statement, Gochnour allegedly stopped
the Nissan Altima in the middle of the street and switched places with Moore,
who was sitting in the passenger seat.
Both officers were found in Gochnour’s car.
Gochnour registered a breath-alcohol content (BAC) of 0.234
percent and 0.247 percent, according to the City Attorney’s Office. Moore’s
breath tests measured at 0.161 and 0.149 percent. The state’s legal limit is
0.08 percent.
During BAC testing, Gochnour cursed at the arresting
officer, acted in an aggressive manner and gave him the middle finger,
according to a police report.
Gochnour and Moore were charged in March with misdemeanor
driving under the influence, according to the City Attorney’s Office.
The city would not normally offer a reduced charge for this
type of case, according to Kimberly Mills, spokeswoman for the City Attorney’s
Office. However, the city had significant proof problems, including not being
able to locate the 911 caller for trial.
Moore is scheduled for trial on Sept. 3, Mills said.
A department internal investigation has been on hold while
the criminal case was progressing.
Paige Cornwell: 206-464-2517 or
pcornwell@seattletimes.comInformation from Seattle Times archives is included
in this report.
Waupun Officer Facing Six Felony Charges
A Waupun officer who was subject of police manhunt last week
has been charged with six felonies in Green Lake County. Bradley Young is
facing counts of burglary, criminal damage to property and stealing a vehicle. Young
is accused of burglarizing a restaurant in Green Lake, stealing two vehicles
and leading authorities on a high speed chase in Western Wisconsin last Monday.
Officer Dewey Pressley is heard discussing falsifying a police crash report
A former Hollywood Police officer ended his appeal and
surrendered at the Broward County Jail on Friday to begin serving a 90-day
sentence for falsifying records following a crash four years ago, court records
showed.
On Feb. 16, 2009, Dewey Pressley, 46, was the DUI
investigator when Officer Joel Francisco's patrol car rear-ended a car driven
by Alexandra Torrens-Vilas. The video camera mounted on the dashboard of
Pressley's patrol car recorded Pressley discussing the collision report and
saying he was willing to bend the truth to protect a fellow officer because
Torrens-Vilas had failed a roadside sobriety test. Prosecutors dismissed
drunken driving charges against Torrens-Vilas after they released the recording
to the public. Pressley and Francisco were fired and charged.
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Newark police officer has been sentenced to three months
NEWARK, N.J. (AP) - A former Newark police officer has been
sentenced to three months in prison for conspiring with another person to
fraudulently obtain more than $60,000 in payments from a federal public housing
assistance program.
Suliaman Kamara of Newark will also have to serve two years
of supervised release once he's freed from prison.
Staten Island cop Michael Daragjati, already in federal prison, agrees to pay $7,500 to false arrest victim
STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- An imprisoned ex-cop has agreed to
pay $7,500 out of his own pocket to a black man he falsely arrested in
Stapleton two years ago, according to the man's attorneys.
According to authorities, Michael Daragjati, 34, of
Tottenville, who is white, arrested Kenrick Gray on April 15, 2011 because Gray
had complained about being stopped and "roughly" frisked on Targee
Street and Laurel Avenue. The next day, he boasted to a friend in an intercepted
phone call that he had "fried another n - - -," said court documents.
Gray filed a federal civil rights lawsuit, which came to a
close after Daragjati agreed to a $7,500 settlement with Gray, while the city
has agreed to pay out $125,000, said Jason Leventhal, Gray's attorney.
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Same old Culture of Contempt, different name.
Gerry Hyland Jr.
How do we solve the police corruption problem in Fairfax County?
Easy.
We bring in fresh blood. We hire
someone who will adjust the attitude of arrogance and entitlement that permeates
the department, an outsider who will change the culture of contempt and
brutality that is the Fairfax County police.
With an honest police chief, meaning someone who wasn’t bred in the
Fairfax County Police department, we won’t need to discuss a citizen oversight
panel to investigate entrapment and murders by the cops-from –another-county on
the local citizenry.
With an ethical man or woman at
the top of the Neanderthal chain, the cops reckless spending could be roped in
and the several thousand yearly misconduct complaints against the police would
actually be investigated and the results of those investigations would be made
public, since, after all, the public pays for them.
And no, the Fairfax County Police ARE NOT investigating complaints
against them. Snap out of it. This isn’t a fairy tale. This is a police
force out of control and to prove that, not one incident report on the killing
of eight unarmed citizens in the past decade has been released to the public in
all probability because they were never investigated in the first place.
Anyway, back to an honest police chief.
The board of supervisors would fire an honest chief who tried to drag
the Fairfax County police force into the light of day. They’d fire him and they
would do it within a year. And they would do that because it’s really
a matter of values which is why Sharon Bulova and her cronies will never bring
in an outside person to manage the police.
What the board wants is someone who has no values, someone who won’t
question the practice of sweeping complaints about the cops under the carpet.
And most importently they want someone who will make damn sure the right
political contributions arrive into the right hands.
To prove the point, instead of hiring an outsider who will change
things, Bulova and her friends promoted whatever the hell is name is as chief
of police….it doesn’t matter what his name because he doesn’t matter. He won’t
rock the boat. He won’t change anything. That’s what matters to those people. To
prove the point, when asked what his plans for the department are, Chief
whats-it responded that he intended to hire more cops under the guise of
diversity. We don’t need more cops, of any color or creed. More cops will just
add to the problem. Fix the cops we have and then hire new ones.
It doesn’t matter, really. None of this matters because it will never
change. This guy, chief what’s his face,
will put in his time and retire with a pension that would make him a
millionaire in most 3rd world countries.
And when he goes, the next irrelevant person chosen from the inside the
department will take his place and nothing will change and Fairfax County, a
21st century place, will go on with its 19th century police force.
And no, correcting the corrupt and often
criminal Fairfax County Police Department won’t be solved by police oversight
because oversight can’t fix the core of the problem within the Fairfax County
Police Department which is contempt by the cops for the citizens who pay them (and
pay them much too much, way above the national average)
Oversight in Fairfax County will solve nothing except to give a bunch of
angry and bored retired guys something to do while adding even more bureaucracy
to a county government already saturated in red tape, overhead and redundancy.
Want an example of costly overhead and redundant positions? Former
police chief Rhorer’s six figure salaried job as “extra special police chief” or
Head Dwarf in charge or whatever the hell he is this month, can’t be justified any
more than the board of supervisors can explain the 20,000 foot, multimillion
dollar addition to the McLean police palace or the several hundred unused cars
the police department purchased and doesn’t use or the small fortune of public
money the cops are secretly pouring into drones.
Aside from not doing anything to change the cop’s culture of contempt
the claim that a citizen’s review board
would protect the public from continued
unlawful actions by the Fairfax County Police is unfounded . The fact is that is
no evidence can be found anywhere in the United States to justify that claim.
Citizen’s review boards do not curtail violence and other felonious activities
by the police upon the citizenry because virtually every citizen’s review board
in the nation is a dismal failure. Most are powerless to enforce their will and
are manipulated into subservience by local politicians, people like Bulova and
Hyland and that’s exactly what will happen in Fairfax County if we get
oversight.
It’s also not true that a citizen’s review board would protect the
police department from unjustified criticism by the public. Snap out of it….the cops in this county don’t give
damn what the public thinks. That’s mean
you. They could care less what you think. You have no value to them and in so
long as the board of supervisors continues to reward the cop’s culture of
contempt the police will continue not to give a damn about what the public
thinks of them or anything else.
Bulova and Hyland handed us an “independent
auditor” to investigate the hundreds and hundreds of complaints about abusive
behavior by the occupying force of outsiders that is the Fairfax County Police.
And to their credit they did with a straight face and doing anything straight
must have been a real chore for Hyland but anyway……the reason the board of
supervisors dreamt up the “independent auditor” wasn’t to derail calls for
police oversight. They did it because they can fire anyone in the position who
either audits the police or acts independently.
Elected officials, generally, are
all about power and live in the cult of self adoration. They don’t want or give a damn about what’s
good for you. They want what’s good for them and controlling the “independent
auditor” is what’s good for them. Citizens controlling a police review board
does not benefit members of the board of supervisors in any way, shape, manner
or form. In fact, police oversight would draw attention away from people like Sharon
“Show me the money” Bulova and Gerry Dearie Hyland and it would sap their
control over the county.
Besides, the fact that the board of supervisors funds almost 100
advisory boards but can’t bring itself to create a citizens advisory board
should tell the citizens advisory board advocates that a citizens review panel
ain’t gonna happen.……..so snap out of the piss trance and revert to plan B and
make a real difference, here and now, through political action and pulic awareness
because police oversight until pigs fly….pun intended.
If you want change don’t expect the local government to bring about that
change. The only way to rein the police in is to fire the people who hire the
cops and you will only be able to do that if you have grass roots support. Form
a political action. Work the polling precinct with handouts on the issue of
police corruption. That should be easy
since Virginia seems to have elections every three weeks.
Build blogs and websites aimed at informing
the people of Fairfax County about how corrupt, contemptuous and bloated the
Fairfax County Police are. Send speakers
to community groups and churches to bring the issue to light. People will listen if you give them something
to listen too and if you include them in the process.
Police oversight isn’t the silver bullet that will end the systematic corruption
and contempt that is the Fairfax County Police ebcuase the answer to fixing the
Fairfax County Police isn’t one thing it’s many things.
Not running the police department like a secret hillbilly cult is also
part of the answer.
Firing Sharon Bulova and keeping
her out of public office forever is a very large part of the answer.
Holding Gerry…that’s Gerry with G dearies…..Hyland accountable for his
“spend whatever the cops want” actions over the past few years is part of the
answer as well.
Putting a stop to the cops costly an unneeded publicity campaign is part
of the answer.
Forcing the cops to live in the county that pays them (and again, pays
them better than the national average) is part of the answer.
Cutting the police budget by at least 20% and placing that cash where
it’s needed (Schools, highways, more roads) is part of the answer.
Explaining to the cops that using lethal force when unnecessary is a bad
thing. So is setting up school teachers and eye doctors for false arrest. The
cops don’t understand that those are morally wrong things to do and their
actions support the claim.
As to the suggestion of bringing in the FBI to investigate possible
civil rights violation by the Fairfax County Police. Forget it, that ain’t
gonna happen in a Democratic stronghold while we have a Democratic
administration in the White House.
Besides investigating civil rights violations isn’t what we need to
investigate. What we need to investigate is the reason that our elected
officials are so hell bent on making the cops happy. To find that out, don’t
send in the FBI send in the IRS to investigate the hundreds of nickel and dime
political contributions that come into the Board of Supervisors campaign offers.
Have the auditors pay special attention to those contributions that come in
from Louden and Prince William Counties….you know…those two places where 80% of
the Fairfax County police force lives.
And the investigators should ask “Are these low ball contributions,
intended to fly in under the radar, coming from the sons, daughters, in-laws
and other relatives of the Fairfax County Police at the urging of the cops
union and if so, what are the cops getting in return at our expense? A lot, actually.
Man Exposes Himself to Woman on Running Path
A 25-year-old woman was running on a path when she saw a man exposing himself, according to the Fairfax County Police Department. The incident took place at 12:35 p.m. on August 2 on the intersection of Fields Brigade Road and Walnut Cove Circle in Chantilly.
In other news Chief of police what’s his name (in photo above) says he
want to hire more cops….yeah that’s what we need. More cops.
When white trash attacks
Ceres
officer charged with assault
CERES — Prosecutors have charged a police officer with misdemeanor assault stemming
from an incident in April, Police Chief Art de Werk announced Tuesday.
Christopher Melton, a nine-year veteran of the force, is
accused of using excessive force on a suspect during an April 13 incident on
the 1600 block of Evans Road. Another officer reported the alleged misconduct.
Melton is on paid
administrative leave while the criminal and internal affairs
investigations proceed.
Prosecutors filed a criminal complaint against Melton on
July 23 that claims he assaulted a detained person while on duty.
Melton was once terminated
for failing his 12-month probation period.
A year after his reinstatement, he was among about a half
dozen officers named in a lawsuit filed by a group of partygoers that said
police used excessive force while breaking up the party.
Cop
gets probation for cuffing man who threatened to file complaint
Police Officer Admir Kacamakovic, 31, tells a Brooklyn
Federal Court judge, "My intent was not to commit a crime, it was to
prevent a crime." He was sentenced Thursday to probation for violating a
man's civil rights by handcuffing him after he threatened to file a civilian
complaint.
Kacamakovic was a cop in the 62nd Precinct when he responded
to an altercation outside his cousin's bar in Bensonhurst on July 5, 2008.
The cop resigned from the force last October after pleading
guilty. The feds dropped another charge that he had illegally used the NYPD
database to search for information on the victim.
Kacamakovic is also charged with using an NYPD computer to access
a federal database to search for the name on the driver's license.
Accounts
differ in cop’s murder trial
PHOENIX Jurors at the trial of a Phoenix police officer
charged with murder and animal cruelty in the on-duty killing of a man and his
pit bull were given conflicting accounts Wednesday on how a domestic dispute
call at a trailer escalated into violence.
Prosecutors making opening statements at Richard Chrisman’s
trial said the officer abused his police powers by fatally shooting 29-year-old
Daniel Rodriguez in October 2010 even though the unarmed man posed no threat to
officers. Authorities say he also deployed his stun gun on the victim, killed
his dog and placed the barrel of his weapon on Rodriguez’s temple at various
points during the encounter.
“He decided to step
over the line that day,” prosecutor Juan Martinez said.
Chrisman, who has pleaded not guilty to second-degree
murder, aggravated assault and animal cruelty charges, maintains the shooting
was justified because Rodriguez had reached for the officer’s gun during a
tussle that preceded the shooting. Chrisman, a nine-year veteran of the Phoenix
Police Department, was fired about five months after the death.
Supporters
call for action after disabled man claims police brutality
SYRACUSE -- About 45 people showed up in front of the
Syracuse Police Headquarters to rally in support of Brad Hulett, a severely
disabled man who claims he became the victim of police brutality on May 3rd for
refusing to sit down on a Centro bus.
Surveillance video of what happened to Hulett on May 3rd has
outraged many people in Central New york. He refused a bus driver's order to
sit down even though the bus accomodates standing passengers. Syracuse Police
Sergeant William Galvin and Officer William Coleman were called in. Hulett
continued to refuse to sit down or leave the bus. He was tasered twice and
dragged off the bus apparently breaking his hip during the incident.
"The police tased him not once, but twice. Then they
dragged him off the bus and broke his hip. Are these people insane? For
standing on the bus? This is criminal." said Sally Johnston of Disabled in
Action.
Hulett's supporters are calling for the immediate
suspensions of the police officers and a thorough investigation of their
actions. They also want an investigation into Hulett's treatment at the Justice
Center Jail where they say Hulett was forced to suffer with a broken hip
overnight before receiving medical treatment.
Philly
cop suspended with intent to dismiss still could retain job
Another Philadelphia police officer is on the way to being
dismissed because of credibility issues. Andre Boyer, a 17-year police veteran,
has been suspended for 30 days
with the intent to dismiss following charges of intention to deceive, failing
to follow department procedures for handling evidence and conduct unbecoming an
officer. The Philadelphia Daily News reports that Boyer had been the subject of 21 civilian complaints — more than any
other officer on the force.
Who much did the cops cost us this week?
Staten Island man sues city after false arrest
STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. - A false arrest and a conviction in a
Brooklyn shooting cost him more than two years of his life and left him
emotionally and physically scarred, a Staten Island resident alleges.
Lawrence Williams was raped and beaten in prison, prevented
from attending his mother's funeral and separated from his wife and children,
according to a lawsuit recently filed in Brooklyn federal court.
Williams, who was convicted in March 2010 of a shooting two
years earlier in Coney Island, maintains he was victimized by mistaken
identification and overzealous cops who "knowingly forwarded false,
unreliable and otherwise misleading evidence" to prosecutors and failed to
vigorously pursue evidence that could have cleared him.
Williams' conviction was reversed on Oct. 26 of last year,
based on the recommendation of the Brooklyn district attorney's office.
The lawsuit, filed in Brooklyn federal court, seeks
unspecified compensatory and punitive damages and names the city and several
cops as defendants. Williams alleges civil rights violations and malicious
prosecution.
Why we need national standard IQ tests for cops
Officer
charged in deadly crash appears in court
Memphis police
officer Alex Beard appeared in court Wednesday morning. He is charged with two
counts of vehicular homicide and two counts of aggravated assault. Mackala
Ross, 13, and Deloise Epps, 54, were killed August 2012 when the car they were
riding in collided with Beard's police cruiser..
"The issue is going to be whether or not he (Beard)
violated the law in the way he responded," said Beard's defense attorney,
Leslie Ballin. "The allegations are that just before the accident, he
turned off the lights and sirens ... That just before impact, he was traveling
at a high rate of speed."
Was it a tragic accident? Or should the former officer be
punished for the fatal wreck?
At this point, the defense is requesting medical records.Michael
Ross, who still has visible scars, says that is all fine by him. "Hospital
records. Yeah, they should get them because I've got a list of my injuries that
were caused by Alex Beard driving 94 miles an hour with no lights or sirens on,"
explained Ross.
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Common theives
Wisconsin
Police Officer Charged with Two Felonies
Officer Bradley Young
has been charged with one count of Fleeing an Officer while in a Vehicle, and
one count of Vehicle Theft, both of which are felonies. Young was arrested this
week after several law enforcement agencies pursued him through multiple
counties for several alleged burglaries.
RPD
officer arrested, charged with theft
Benjamin Aumada a 3-1/2 year veteran of the Rockport Police
Department (RPD) was terminated and arrested recently and charged with theft in
connection with the pawning of equipment he had been issued while working for
the RPD. Aumada was charged with theft, more than $1,500, but less than
$20,000.
Pawtucket
police officer charged with stealing gasoline
Officer Ken Provost, who patrolled the streets of Pawtucket
for 30 years, surrendered at state police headquarters Wednesday and was
charged with stealing about $700 worth of gasoline from city pumps. They really taught him a lesson by sending him home during the summer in "The ocean state" with full pay.
Cop
Convicted of Robbing Hispanic Motorists
Marvin Blades a Tulsa police officer was convicted and
sentenced to prison Thursday for robbing Hispanic motorists during traffic
stops. Blades faced five counts of robbery with a firearm on
allegations that he repeatedly pulled over Hispanic drivers, then either took
or ordered them to abandon their wallets, and then stole money from the wallets
before returning them. District Judge Tom Gillert found Blades guilty on all
five counts and sentenced him to a split sentence of 35 years in prison,
followed by 35 years of probation.
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The national epidemic of drunk and drugged up cops
Off-duty
cop arrested for drunkenly driving wrong way on freeway
NYPD cop Ronald Holmes of Belmont was busted for smashing
into five cars for his Saturday morning joyride, which sent one person to the
hospital. The Brooklyn NYPD officer was suspended without pay, according to an
official. Authorities said he was driving drunk.
Police
report: Officer accused in a drunken house break/ Cops has since been fired.
A witness at a home in Warwick claims a Johnston police
officer has a serious drug problem and that's why she came barging into his
house. Officer Marisa Ciccone was
charged with assault and breaking and entering. According to the police report,
a homeowner on Byron Boulevard told officers that Ciccone came into his house
uninvited Monday and punched his niece in the face.
The witness said when Ciccone came in, she started yelling
and swearing, "Where is my (expletive) money?" and "Where is my
drugs?" while she was apparently looking for someone who had lived in the
house.
The homeowner said he had kicked out the person Ciccone was
apparently looking for.
The homeowner said Ciccone was highly intoxicated and kept
repeating that she was going to get her gun and blow everybody away.
Ciccone then allegedly started throwing things off a dresser
and punched the homeowner's niece in the face when the niece tried to protect
her mother from Ciccone.
The homeowner told NBC 10 that Ciccone was looking for her
drug partner.
According to the police report, he told officers that
Ciccone has a serious cocaine problem, that his former roommate and Ciccone
made drug deals, and that the former roommate was holding Ciccone's share of
the profit and that's why she was looking for him.
Hughestown
officer suspended indefinitely after federal drug arrest
Hughestown Police Officer Robert F. Evans Jr. has been
suspended indefinitely without pay following his arrest last week on a federal
drug charge, the borough council said Thursday. Federal agents charged Evans,
of Moosic, after he allegedly sold the powerful painkillers oxycodone, Percocet
and Vicodin out of his cruiser while in full uniform.
IMPD
officer suspended after DUI arrest
MORGAN CO., Ind. (WISH) - An IMPD officer was suspended
without pay Tuesday after he was arrested in Mooresville for driving while
intoxicated. Officer Kevin Brown, 41, was arrested around 3 a.m. Tuesday
morning. Brown was a patient of the St. Francis Hospital emergency room for an
injury to the right hand he received during a bar fight.While at the hospital,
Brown admitted he was drinking alcoholic beverages Monday night and said he had
seven beers.
Officer
charged with DWI on desk duties
Sergio Reyes a 16-year veteran Laredo police officer has
been assigned to desk duties following his suspected drunk driving arrest early
Sunday in the Del Mar Hills Area C neighborhood, according to authorities. He’s
been charged with driving while intoxicated.
Soddy
Daisy Officer Suspended After Early Morning Drunken Road Rage Run In
Soddy Daisy Police Officer Ryan Patterson has been suspended
in connection with an early morning road rage incident that led to gunfire and
a female fight. He is on administrative leave without pay pending an internal
investigation, Chief Phillip Hambrick said. The sheriff's office said the
incident shortly after 3 a.m. Saturday involved Officer Patterson, who had been
to a birthday celebration at Charlie's Lounge with two women, Carrie M. Rogers
and Bridget Frederick. Deputy William Ben Johnson said he determined that
Officer Patterson had been drinking but was not too intoxicated to drive after
he was given field sobriety tests. Ms. Frederick was too drunk to give a
statement.
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Minneapolis officers investigated for bar fight
ST. PAUL, Minn. — Days after responding to allegations that
two off-duty white Minneapolis police officers used profanity and racial slurs.
The department is investigating a bar fight involving three other off-duty
white Minneapolis officers in Apple Valley last November. Two of the officers,
Christopher John Bennett and William C. Woodis, pleaded guilty in June to
charges of disorderly conduct in Dakota County.Apple Valley police initially
cited Bennett, Woodis and another Minneapolis officer, Andrew R. Allen, for
assault, damage to property and disorderly conduct following the fight at
Bogart's Place on Nov. 19, 2012. After the plea agreement by Bennett and
Woodis, the other charges were dismissed.
Tyrone Franson, Rodney Spann, Michael Spann and Lovell
Gamer, who are black, told Apple Valley police that a group of white men glared
at them when they entered the bar that evening. Franson said when he and a friend
went out to the patio to smoke, at least four men followed them and told them
they shouldn't be at the bar, according to the incident report.
"My little brother was left inside with the
gentlemen," Franson said. "And they started hard mugging him. I told
him to come outside with us. I came outside [and] as he came outside the four
gentlemen followed him outside. The next thing I know all hell broke
loose."
Franson said the Minneapolis officers told him and the other
black men "You ain't supposed to be here. Your kind ain't welcome. Get out
of here, you don't belong here."
The four men told police that when they tried to leave,
Woodis grabbed Michael Spann and started hitting him. They told police that a
group of about eight white men started punching and kicking Michael Spann.
Franson said his group didn't fight back and that Woodis also punched Rodney
Spann when he tried to break up the fight.
Haverhill
cops blame West Newbury officers for ex-trooper avoiding arrest
HAVERHILL — Legal arguments by two Haverhill police officers
— Lt. William Leeman and patrolman Christopher Pagliuca —fighting suspensions for
giving special treatment to an ex-state trooper show the officers blame West
Newbury police for not charging him with drunken driving.
The Haverhill officers were suspended without pay for ten and
five days, respectively, for violating police rules and ethical standards, as
well as unsatisfactory performance. Harry Miller, another Haverhill officer at
the scene of the crash involving the retired trooper, previously agreed not to
fight his 10-day suspension. He accepted a demotion from sergeant to patrolman
to save his job.
According to the legal briefs, here’s what the Haverhill
officers said happened:
Pagliuca, the first Haverhill officer on the scene of the
Mach 2012 crash, said West Newbury and Merrimac police officers were already
investigating the accident near the Rocks Village Bridge involving former state
trooper Charles Noyes when Pagliuca arrived at the scene. Noyes, who lives in
Haverhill, was a lieutenant colonel with the State Police when he retired in
2006.
Police reports show West Newbury Sergeant Daniel Cena was
first on the scene, that he spoke to Noyes through the driver’s side window of
his vehicle, and that he told other officers that Noyes was intoxicated.
Reports said Cena asked Noyes to take a field sobriety test, but that Noyes
refused.
Miller and Pagliuca testified at a local Civil Service
hearing that they believed Cena was in charge of the scene. Pagliuca testified
that Cena told him that he smelled “booze” on Noyes.
Miller testified that he said to Pagliuca, “What do you
think?” Pagliuca responded that Noyes “cannot stand up, his eyes are glassy,
and I think he is intoxicated.”
Miller then went back to Cena and asked him, “So are you
charging him with leaving the scene and OUI?” Cena responded, “No, I am
charging him with leaving the scene, but not OUI.” Miller then said, “Why
aren’t you charging him with OUI if you are charging him with leaving the
scene?” Cena responded, “My chief and the district attorney will get mad at
me.”
Miller then called Leeman at the Haverhill Police Station
and told him what was happening at the scene. Leeman was the senior Haverhill
officer on duty at the time.
While they were deciding what course of action to take,
Miller said Noyes started speaking to him about how they all work the same job
and that if this was the good old days, the officers would just let him go.
At that point, Miller said he told Noyes, “If I get the
green light to charge you, you are getting charged.”
A few moments elapsed and then Miller called Leeman back.
Leeman told Miller that he researched case law, but could not find any case
that would justify Haverhill officers charging Noyes with drunken driving based
on the facts presented to him by Miller.
Miller then discussed with Cena which department was going
to charge Noyes. It was at the point that Miller realized that Noyes was not
going to be arrested nor charged with drunken driving.
Eventually, Noyes agreed to get into an ambulance and go to
the hospital to be checked out.
The legal brief goes on to describe a tense discussion
between Cena and Noyes as Noyes boarded the ambulance.
“It was at this point that Cena began yelling at Noyes,” the
brief said.
It went on to explain what happened next.
Cena accused Noyes of giving officers the run-around,
claiming they could not prove Noyes was the operator of automobile.
“Are you really going to play this (expletive) game,” Cena
asked Noyes. “You are lucky you made it to Haverhill because if you didn’t
you’d be going to jail right now.”
The brief also said Cena told Noyes that he was almost
killed by a drunken driver in a previous incident and that Noyes’ “failure to
take ownership of what happened was ridiculous.”
In its decision to uphold the suspensions of the Haverhill
officers, Civil Service chairman Christopher Bowman accused Noyes of lying to
police at the scene of the accident as well as to the commission at a
disciplinary hearing for the two Haverhill officers earlier this year. Bowman
said Noyes’ testimony to the commission was “wildly unbelievable and tarnishes
the image of the Massachusetts State Police.”
The rest of the 41 page legal brief goes on to document how
police handled the subsequent investigation and testimony at the Civil Service
hearing.
In a statement on the Civil Service Commission’s recent
decision to uphold the city’s decision to suspend Leeman and Pagliuca, the
police patrolman’s union claimed the commission failed to consider key factual
and legal issues in the case.
“The true issue before the commission was not whether
Charles Noyes was actually intoxicated, which is what one may assume after
reading the decision, it was whether Officer Pagliuca and Lieutenant Leeman had
violated their duties as police officers. They did not,” the statement reads,
in part.
“Perhaps the most important overlooked fact was West Newbury
Sergeant Daniel Cena’s role in how this matter was handled,’’ the statement
continues. “Sergeant Cena did have the authority to lawfully summons Noyes for
operating under the influence but failed to do so. In fact, Worcester County
Assistant District Attorney John Hartmayer told the city during their
investigation of this matter that “if Mr. Noyes was to be charged with OUI, the
charge should have been brought by West Newbury.
“Unfortunately, that fact appears nowhere in the city’s nor
the commission’s decisions and, instead, unjustified blame is placed on Officer
Pagliuca and Lieutenant Leeman as a means of addressing the public’s legitimate
concerns with how this matter was handled as a whole,” the statement says.
According to police reports, Noyes crashed his Cadillac
Escalade in West Newbury on March 30, 2012, then kept driving with his air bags
deployed until police found him in the travel lane just over the Haverhill
line. The crash snapped a utility pole on Route 113 in West Newbury, cutting
power to the surrounding area for almost 11 hours.
An internal Haverhill police investigation concluded that
Noyes was given special treatment by West Newbury and Haverhill police officers
due to his previous state police position, and that officers acted to cover up
their actions in investigating the incident.
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