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Post by KC on Nov 23, 2006 21:35:20 GMT -5
FULTON - Fulton Police Officer Darrell Gates was arrested by the Mississippi Bureau of Investigations Tuesday and charged with two felony counts. Fulton Police Chief Ray Barrett said Gates has been with the department for the past four years. It was not clear if Gates is still on the force. Gates was arrested on charges of embezzlement, a public official accepting a bribe and disorderly conduct. Gates bonded out on a $9,000 bond out of the Itawamba County jail shortly after being arrested. www.djournal.com/pages/story.asp?ID=231543&pub=1&div=News
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Post by KC on Nov 23, 2006 21:35:20 GMT -5
FULTON - Fulton Police Officer Darrell Gates was arrested by the Mississippi Bureau of Investigations Tuesday and charged with two felony counts. Fulton Police Chief Ray Barrett said Gates has been with the department for the past four years. It was not clear if Gates is still on the force. Gates was arrested on charges of embezzlement, a public official accepting a bribe and disorderly conduct. Gates bonded out on a $9,000 bond out of the Itawamba County jail shortly after being arrested. www.djournal.com/pages/story.asp?ID=231543&pub=1&div=News
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Post by KC on Nov 23, 2006 21:27:19 GMT -5
Hahira - A South Georgia Police Officer has been arrested, accused of interfering with an investigation. Lowndes County Sheriff's Deputies arrested 43 year-old Deputy Otis Caimon Thursday night. Caimon is a police officer in Hahira. Deputies were sent to the home of Nicole Rachelle Hallman to execute an arrest warrant. Hallman was not home. They say Caimon had learned of the warrant and warned Hallman, who was then arrested Sunday night. Caimon is being charged with 2 counts of obstruction of a law enforcement officer. www.walb.com/Global/story.asp?S=5715118
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Post by KC on Nov 23, 2006 21:27:19 GMT -5
Hahira - A South Georgia Police Officer has been arrested, accused of interfering with an investigation. Lowndes County Sheriff's Deputies arrested 43 year-old Deputy Otis Caimon Thursday night. Caimon is a police officer in Hahira. Deputies were sent to the home of Nicole Rachelle Hallman to execute an arrest warrant. Hallman was not home. They say Caimon had learned of the warrant and warned Hallman, who was then arrested Sunday night. Caimon is being charged with 2 counts of obstruction of a law enforcement officer. www.walb.com/Global/story.asp?S=5715118
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Post by KC on Nov 23, 2006 21:15:10 GMT -5
BRATTLEBORO, Vt. -- A police officer may face disciplinary action for leading a car chase that sent five police cruisers through neighborhoods at midday. Officer Penny Witherbee violated the police department's policy on vehicle use. "She was not in compliance," Police Chief John Martin said Monday. Management will decide what action to take, he said. Witherbee started the chase around 3 p.m. on Oct. 31 when she spotted a driver who was known to have a suspended license. The driver sped away when she tried to pull him over near Fairview Street. Witherbee chased the vehicle at high rates of speed, witnesses said. Four cruisers were called to assist. But when other officers learned the driver's identity, the pursuit was called off. Witherbee received minor injuries after she hit a telephone poll while trying to get ahead of the driver during the chase. Frank Chalue, of Springfield, Mass., was arrested nearly a week later and charged with attempting to elude police, driving with a suspended license, grossly negligent operation and resisting arrest. According to the police department's policy, the decision to chase a vehicle is "based on the pursuing officer's conclusion that the immediate danger to the officer and the public created by the pursuit is less than the immediate or potential danger to public should the subject remain at large." Chalue had violated conditions of a drunken driving charge. The policy also requires that no more than two police vehicles be used in a pursuit "unless supervisory discretion requires." www.boston.com/news/local/vermont/articles/2006/11/21/police_officer_to_be_cited_for_car_chase/
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Post by KC on Nov 23, 2006 21:15:10 GMT -5
BRATTLEBORO, Vt. -- A police officer may face disciplinary action for leading a car chase that sent five police cruisers through neighborhoods at midday. Officer Penny Witherbee violated the police department's policy on vehicle use. "She was not in compliance," Police Chief John Martin said Monday. Management will decide what action to take, he said. Witherbee started the chase around 3 p.m. on Oct. 31 when she spotted a driver who was known to have a suspended license. The driver sped away when she tried to pull him over near Fairview Street. Witherbee chased the vehicle at high rates of speed, witnesses said. Four cruisers were called to assist. But when other officers learned the driver's identity, the pursuit was called off. Witherbee received minor injuries after she hit a telephone poll while trying to get ahead of the driver during the chase. Frank Chalue, of Springfield, Mass., was arrested nearly a week later and charged with attempting to elude police, driving with a suspended license, grossly negligent operation and resisting arrest. According to the police department's policy, the decision to chase a vehicle is "based on the pursuing officer's conclusion that the immediate danger to the officer and the public created by the pursuit is less than the immediate or potential danger to public should the subject remain at large." Chalue had violated conditions of a drunken driving charge. The policy also requires that no more than two police vehicles be used in a pursuit "unless supervisory discretion requires." www.boston.com/news/local/vermont/articles/2006/11/21/police_officer_to_be_cited_for_car_chase/
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Post by KC on Nov 23, 2006 21:38:26 GMT -5
BRIDGEPORT — The unpaid suspension of city Police Officer Douglas Bepko, facing criminal and departmental charges for allegedly assaulting his girlfriend Nov. 3, is illegal, a police union lawyer said Tuesday. The union will present its case to three members of the Board of Police Commissioners at a 10 a.m. Friday meeting in Police Department headquarters on Congress Street. The meeting begins the board's review of the case. Harry Elliott, a lawyer for Bridgeport Police Union Local 1159, made the charge at Tuesday's meeting of the board in City Hall Annex. Under the contract, an unpaid suspension can be imposed "where the officer has been arrested for felony charges or incarcerated" or institutionalized, Elliott said. Police Chief Bryan T. Norwood suspended Bepko without pay for 15 days starting Nov. 14, the day the department's Office of Internal Affairs lodged departmental charges against the officer, stemming from his arrest on an assault charge. Bepko, an officer for 12 years, is charged with third-degree assault, second-degree threatening and second-degree unlawful restraint. None of the criminal charges are felonies, and Bepko is not in jail, making the suspension illegal, Elliott said. Police said Bepko grabbed his girlfriend of three months by the hair and kicked her in the chest, causing her to fall out of his pickup truck during an argument in front of her Bridgeport home around 3:30 a.m. Nov. 3. Norwood wants Bepko fired, but the termination must be approved by the police board. He said Bepko has a history of excessive force complaints from civilians, as well as domestic violence. The officer also cannot carry a firearm because of a court-imposed restraining order resulting from his arrest. A 15-day suspension was the most the chief could impose at the time he disciplined Bepko. But now he can suspend personnel for up to 30 days, William Wenzel, a private lawyer hired by the city, told the board. Wenzel added that the board has 10 days from the start of the suspension to begin disciplinary hearings, under the union's contract with the city. The meeting Friday is part of that process. Departmental charges based on civilian complaints automatically go to the police board for review. For noncivilian based charges, the chief can punish the officer in-house or recommend a harsher penalty. As a result of a 1983 federal lawsuit filed by minority police officers — which established a special master to oversee the Police Department — a hearing officer would review the case and decide whether discipline is warranted. But Wenzel said U.S. District Judge Janet Bond Arterton, ruling Monday in New Haven federal court, allowed the police commissioners to take the case and bypass the hearing officer. Meanwhile, the panel also is reviewing a civilian's claim of excessive force by Bepko and three other officers. In May, the board cleared Bepko and another officer of charges of excessive force brought by a civilian over a 2004 arrest. www.connpost.com/localnews/ci_4710109
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Post by KC on Nov 23, 2006 21:38:26 GMT -5
BRIDGEPORT — The unpaid suspension of city Police Officer Douglas Bepko, facing criminal and departmental charges for allegedly assaulting his girlfriend Nov. 3, is illegal, a police union lawyer said Tuesday. The union will present its case to three members of the Board of Police Commissioners at a 10 a.m. Friday meeting in Police Department headquarters on Congress Street. The meeting begins the board's review of the case. Harry Elliott, a lawyer for Bridgeport Police Union Local 1159, made the charge at Tuesday's meeting of the board in City Hall Annex. Under the contract, an unpaid suspension can be imposed "where the officer has been arrested for felony charges or incarcerated" or institutionalized, Elliott said. Police Chief Bryan T. Norwood suspended Bepko without pay for 15 days starting Nov. 14, the day the department's Office of Internal Affairs lodged departmental charges against the officer, stemming from his arrest on an assault charge. Bepko, an officer for 12 years, is charged with third-degree assault, second-degree threatening and second-degree unlawful restraint. None of the criminal charges are felonies, and Bepko is not in jail, making the suspension illegal, Elliott said. Police said Bepko grabbed his girlfriend of three months by the hair and kicked her in the chest, causing her to fall out of his pickup truck during an argument in front of her Bridgeport home around 3:30 a.m. Nov. 3. Norwood wants Bepko fired, but the termination must be approved by the police board. He said Bepko has a history of excessive force complaints from civilians, as well as domestic violence. The officer also cannot carry a firearm because of a court-imposed restraining order resulting from his arrest. A 15-day suspension was the most the chief could impose at the time he disciplined Bepko. But now he can suspend personnel for up to 30 days, William Wenzel, a private lawyer hired by the city, told the board. Wenzel added that the board has 10 days from the start of the suspension to begin disciplinary hearings, under the union's contract with the city. The meeting Friday is part of that process. Departmental charges based on civilian complaints automatically go to the police board for review. For noncivilian based charges, the chief can punish the officer in-house or recommend a harsher penalty. As a result of a 1983 federal lawsuit filed by minority police officers — which established a special master to oversee the Police Department — a hearing officer would review the case and decide whether discipline is warranted. But Wenzel said U.S. District Judge Janet Bond Arterton, ruling Monday in New Haven federal court, allowed the police commissioners to take the case and bypass the hearing officer. Meanwhile, the panel also is reviewing a civilian's claim of excessive force by Bepko and three other officers. In May, the board cleared Bepko and another officer of charges of excessive force brought by a civilian over a 2004 arrest. www.connpost.com/localnews/ci_4710109
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Post by KC on Mar 4, 2006 21:30:30 GMT -5
03/04/2006 - The Troup police chief, Chester Kennedy, and police officer, Samuel Mark Turner, were arrested early this morning. Both men are facing felony charges.
Kennedy is accused of tampering and fabricating physical evidence. Turner is also accused of tampering and fabricating physical evidence, along with delivery of marijuana.
This investigation is ongoing, and started about 6 weeks ago. This morning, warrants were served.
The District Attorney, Smith County Sheriff's Department and the F.B.I. have put crime scene tape around the Troup city hall, along with the Troup Police Department.
Authorities have not gone into detail on the specifics of their investigation.
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Post by KC on Mar 4, 2006 21:30:30 GMT -5
03/04/2006 - The Troup police chief, Chester Kennedy, and police officer, Samuel Mark Turner, were arrested early this morning. Both men are facing felony charges.
Kennedy is accused of tampering and fabricating physical evidence. Turner is also accused of tampering and fabricating physical evidence, along with delivery of marijuana.
This investigation is ongoing, and started about 6 weeks ago. This morning, warrants were served.
The District Attorney, Smith County Sheriff's Department and the F.B.I. have put crime scene tape around the Troup city hall, along with the Troup Police Department.
Authorities have not gone into detail on the specifics of their investigation.
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Post by KC on Nov 8, 2006 23:31:59 GMT -5
A seven-year veteran of the Wilson County Sheriff's Department has been suspended as the Texas Rangers investigate a complaint that he beat up a suspect, Sheriff Joe D. Tackitt Jr. confirmed Monday. Deputy Jasper McDonald, 30, was placed on administrative leave with pay Oct. 12 after his supervisors were notified of the investigation, Tackitt said. The sheriff said he couldn't elaborate on the excessive-force complaint because of the investigation and because he didn't know all its details. Tackitt said the complaint involved an incident last month in which a suspect, Jesse Cervantes, was arrested on a charge of evading arrest. The sheriff said he did not know if Cervantes lodged the complaint against McDonald. "I don't know how the Ranger got ahold of this," Tackitt said. Texas Ranger Marrie Aldridge, who is investigating the complaint, could not be reached for comment. René Peña, district attorney for the 81st Judicial District, said the complainant alleged the deputy used "force that was not warranted." He said he could not recall who filed it but said his office takes such complaints "very seriously." McDonald's attorney, Mark Stevens of San Antonio, on Monday declined to comment on the investigation. McDonald became a Wilson County sheriff's deputy in January 1999 after leaving the Poteet Police Department, where he was a patrol officer for about a year. He became licensed as a peace officer in February 1998, according to the Texas Commission on Law Enforcement Standards and Education. Peña said the Sheriff's Department is cooperating with the investigation to determine if wrongdoing occurred. This is not the first time McDonald's actions have generated attention. In February 2003, McDonald was involved in a two-vehicle accident in South Bexar County that killed 35-year-old Jay Chaurette. Chaurette was driving a Ford Ranger across U.S. 181 South near Max Road, when McDonald's gold Chevrolet truck T-boned it, according to Bexar County deputies. Witnesses at the scene told deputies that the gold truck had been traveling at high speed along with a green truck when the collision occurred. McDonald was not charged in connection with the crash. www.familybadge.org/screenprint.cfm?newsletterid=15734
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Post by KC on Nov 20, 2006 22:26:26 GMT -5
CLOVIS, N.M. - Clovis has settled a civil rights lawsuit that alleged a former police officer used excessive force during a traffic stop two years ago. Federal court records show 39-year-old Charles Middleton of Colorado settled his lawsuit against the city, the Clovis Police Department and the former officer. Middleston’s attorney, Daniel Lindsey, says the settlement was substantial, but that he could not disclose the amount. He says Middleton was pleased with the settlement. The man’s lawsuit contended he was injured after being pulled over for allegedly speeding in August 2004. Middleston’s lawsuit says he passed a field sobriety test but was charged with aggravated DWI. Both the speeding and DWI complaints were dismissed. www.kobtv.com/index.cfm?viewer=storyviewer&id=28924&cat=NMTOPSTORIES
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Post by KC on Nov 20, 2006 22:26:26 GMT -5
CLOVIS, N.M. - Clovis has settled a civil rights lawsuit that alleged a former police officer used excessive force during a traffic stop two years ago. Federal court records show 39-year-old Charles Middleton of Colorado settled his lawsuit against the city, the Clovis Police Department and the former officer. Middleston’s attorney, Daniel Lindsey, says the settlement was substantial, but that he could not disclose the amount. He says Middleton was pleased with the settlement. The man’s lawsuit contended he was injured after being pulled over for allegedly speeding in August 2004. Middleston’s lawsuit says he passed a field sobriety test but was charged with aggravated DWI. Both the speeding and DWI complaints were dismissed. www.kobtv.com/index.cfm?viewer=storyviewer&id=28924&cat=NMTOPSTORIES
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Post by KC on Nov 28, 2006 0:43:43 GMT -5
NEW YORK: An internal affairs investigation into the complicity of Edison police with Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) in the arrest of an Indian man on August 2, has found two Edison police officers guilty of wrongdoing. Ironically though, the police officers are to be let off with mere counseling. In an emailed joint statement, Edison Mayor Jun Choi and Edison Police Chief George Mieczkowski, say that the investigation and subsequent arrest of Rajnikant Parikh was initiated by an ICE employee and that information was passed between the ICE employee and a member of the Edison Police Department. The statement further notes that the pre-arrest information was shared with another Edison Officer. “Neither of the Edison Officers have supervisory responsibility. The information was not shared with Command Level Officers. Had the Department known, our local agency would have requested the arrest take place in a different and appropriate manner,” the statement reads. Mayor Choi and the Police Chief concede that the internal investigation determined that while the arrest of Parikh served a legitimate law enforcement purpose, the timing and the environment of the arrest was inappropriate. Parikh was arrested from a rally outside the Edison Mayor’s office on August 2 where he was protesting against his illegal arrest and brutal assault by a police officer on July 4 outside his residential complex at Hilltop Apartments on Oak Tree Road. The protest rally was organized by Pradip ‘Peter’ Kothari, a travel agency owner and community leader, along with about a 100 other members of the community. Mid-rally, federal agents belonging to the ICE arrested Parikh allegedly on pending deportation proceedings against him on grounds that he was an illegal alien. Mayor Choi and the Police Chief, who maintained ever since that they had no knowledge of the federal action, had instituted an internal investigation to determine as to who in the police department, had leaked information to the ICE officer regarding Parikh. A statement on the completed report of the Edison Police Department internal affairs investigation was released to the media on the eve of the Thanksgiving Day weekend. It said the Edison Police Department internal affairs investigation inquiring into Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) coordination with local police before an August 2 arrest has been completed. The joint statement says the Middlesex County Prosecutor’s Office and the state Office of the Attorney General have reviewed the investigation and concluded that it is a complete and an accurate recitation of all facts leading up to and including the arrest. Terming it “an unfortunate incident”, the statement says, the Mayor’s Office and Police Department have established various community relations initiatives, including: liaison officers, the Mayor’s Advisory Committee on Community Relations, mandatory cultural sensitivity training for all sworn officers and other community outreach programs. Further it says, measures have been taken to avoid such incidents happening again. “This incident is a singular event in the history of the Edison Police Department and not the normal course of business. Previous to this incident there was an absence of procedures regarding interactions with other law enforcement agencies. The commitment now is to ensure an incident like this will not occur in the future.” www.indiapost.com/members/story.php?story_id=5854
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Post by KC on Nov 28, 2006 0:43:43 GMT -5
NEW YORK: An internal affairs investigation into the complicity of Edison police with Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) in the arrest of an Indian man on August 2, has found two Edison police officers guilty of wrongdoing. Ironically though, the police officers are to be let off with mere counseling. In an emailed joint statement, Edison Mayor Jun Choi and Edison Police Chief George Mieczkowski, say that the investigation and subsequent arrest of Rajnikant Parikh was initiated by an ICE employee and that information was passed between the ICE employee and a member of the Edison Police Department. The statement further notes that the pre-arrest information was shared with another Edison Officer. “Neither of the Edison Officers have supervisory responsibility. The information was not shared with Command Level Officers. Had the Department known, our local agency would have requested the arrest take place in a different and appropriate manner,” the statement reads. Mayor Choi and the Police Chief concede that the internal investigation determined that while the arrest of Parikh served a legitimate law enforcement purpose, the timing and the environment of the arrest was inappropriate. Parikh was arrested from a rally outside the Edison Mayor’s office on August 2 where he was protesting against his illegal arrest and brutal assault by a police officer on July 4 outside his residential complex at Hilltop Apartments on Oak Tree Road. The protest rally was organized by Pradip ‘Peter’ Kothari, a travel agency owner and community leader, along with about a 100 other members of the community. Mid-rally, federal agents belonging to the ICE arrested Parikh allegedly on pending deportation proceedings against him on grounds that he was an illegal alien. Mayor Choi and the Police Chief, who maintained ever since that they had no knowledge of the federal action, had instituted an internal investigation to determine as to who in the police department, had leaked information to the ICE officer regarding Parikh. A statement on the completed report of the Edison Police Department internal affairs investigation was released to the media on the eve of the Thanksgiving Day weekend. It said the Edison Police Department internal affairs investigation inquiring into Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) coordination with local police before an August 2 arrest has been completed. The joint statement says the Middlesex County Prosecutor’s Office and the state Office of the Attorney General have reviewed the investigation and concluded that it is a complete and an accurate recitation of all facts leading up to and including the arrest. Terming it “an unfortunate incident”, the statement says, the Mayor’s Office and Police Department have established various community relations initiatives, including: liaison officers, the Mayor’s Advisory Committee on Community Relations, mandatory cultural sensitivity training for all sworn officers and other community outreach programs. Further it says, measures have been taken to avoid such incidents happening again. “This incident is a singular event in the history of the Edison Police Department and not the normal course of business. Previous to this incident there was an absence of procedures regarding interactions with other law enforcement agencies. The commitment now is to ensure an incident like this will not occur in the future.” www.indiapost.com/members/story.php?story_id=5854
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Post by KC on Oct 29, 2006 22:04:13 GMT -5
A man claiming to work for the New York City Police Department sent an angry letter to Reno County court officials last week complaining about a speeding ticket on his way to the Kansas State Fair. His primary complaint? That the Kansas Highway Patrol didn't follow "professional courtesy" and disregard a traffic infraction upon learning that the motorist was a fellow law enforcement officer. Clerks at Reno County District Court received the letter Monday morning, along with a check for the $126 fine Officer John McNeeley received for traveling 85 mph in a 70 mph speed zone on K-96 near Hutchinson. "I pulled over, gave the officer my driver's license and my NYPD identification card. I was polite and I did everything I was supposed to do," McNeeley wrote in the letter. "About five minutes later, he brought back a summons to me and thanked me for my cooperation. I was dumbfounded. I then tried to ask him why a cop would write another cop a ticket. He would not answer." Local law enforcement officers say there isn't any standing rule of "professional courtesy" that prohibits, or even discourages, officers from writing traffic tickets to each other. Furthermore, Capt. Joleen Smith with the Reno County Sheriff's Office said pulling out a law enforcement commission card during a traffic stop generally insults the on-duty officer - a presumptive move that amounts to a wink and a nod. "If they're worried about professional courtesy, they wouldn't speed in our county and put our officers in that situation," Smith said. "I'm not saying I'm an angel, because I'm not. But when I'm in another county, I'm more cautious because I don't want to be put in that position." McNeeley's letter presents a different point of view, where a career in law enforcement comes with a get-out-of-jail-free card. "I have stopped many people and the minute they pull out the law enforcement ID card, I say 'Sir or Mam, (sic) have a nice day.' No questions asked, no matter where they are from or what they do," McNeeley wrote. "... I just hope that one day that I get the opportunity to pull over a Kansas Highway Patrolman who is visiting our city, and let him or her know what their fellow officer did to me." Kansas Highway Patrol Technical Trooper Gary Warner said that troopers don't issue tickets to people who don't deserve them - speeding tickets are earned. Like Smith, Warner said it's a professional courtesy for other law enforcement officers to follow the rules laid out for everyone. "Maybe they do things a little different back East than we do here," Warner said. "But if people got a ticket coming, they get it - and we don't let anything else factor into our equation." Smith agreed, saying that several of her officers have received speeding tickets and that they got what they had coming. "They have no one to blame but themselves," Smith said. "If they're speeding, they're fair game, just like everyone else. We're not above the law." www.hutchnews.com/news/local/stories/ticket102406.shtml
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Post by KC on Oct 29, 2006 22:04:13 GMT -5
A man claiming to work for the New York City Police Department sent an angry letter to Reno County court officials last week complaining about a speeding ticket on his way to the Kansas State Fair. His primary complaint? That the Kansas Highway Patrol didn't follow "professional courtesy" and disregard a traffic infraction upon learning that the motorist was a fellow law enforcement officer. Clerks at Reno County District Court received the letter Monday morning, along with a check for the $126 fine Officer John McNeeley received for traveling 85 mph in a 70 mph speed zone on K-96 near Hutchinson. "I pulled over, gave the officer my driver's license and my NYPD identification card. I was polite and I did everything I was supposed to do," McNeeley wrote in the letter. "About five minutes later, he brought back a summons to me and thanked me for my cooperation. I was dumbfounded. I then tried to ask him why a cop would write another cop a ticket. He would not answer." Local law enforcement officers say there isn't any standing rule of "professional courtesy" that prohibits, or even discourages, officers from writing traffic tickets to each other. Furthermore, Capt. Joleen Smith with the Reno County Sheriff's Office said pulling out a law enforcement commission card during a traffic stop generally insults the on-duty officer - a presumptive move that amounts to a wink and a nod. "If they're worried about professional courtesy, they wouldn't speed in our county and put our officers in that situation," Smith said. "I'm not saying I'm an angel, because I'm not. But when I'm in another county, I'm more cautious because I don't want to be put in that position." McNeeley's letter presents a different point of view, where a career in law enforcement comes with a get-out-of-jail-free card. "I have stopped many people and the minute they pull out the law enforcement ID card, I say 'Sir or Mam, (sic) have a nice day.' No questions asked, no matter where they are from or what they do," McNeeley wrote. "... I just hope that one day that I get the opportunity to pull over a Kansas Highway Patrolman who is visiting our city, and let him or her know what their fellow officer did to me." Kansas Highway Patrol Technical Trooper Gary Warner said that troopers don't issue tickets to people who don't deserve them - speeding tickets are earned. Like Smith, Warner said it's a professional courtesy for other law enforcement officers to follow the rules laid out for everyone. "Maybe they do things a little different back East than we do here," Warner said. "But if people got a ticket coming, they get it - and we don't let anything else factor into our equation." Smith agreed, saying that several of her officers have received speeding tickets and that they got what they had coming. "They have no one to blame but themselves," Smith said. "If they're speeding, they're fair game, just like everyone else. We're not above the law." www.hutchnews.com/news/local/stories/ticket102406.shtml
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Post by KC on Nov 20, 2006 22:23:54 GMT -5
FREDERICK, Md. -- A Frederick County sheriff's deputy has been indicted on an arson charge. Theodore Dorsey, 37, of Knoxville, faces one count of second-degree arson in the burning of his girlfriend's sport-utility vehicle on Sept. 2, police said. Dorsey was charged along with his live-in girlfriend, former Brunswick police officer Elizabeth Anderson, in October in what investigators described as an insurance fraud scheme aimed at getting Anderson a bigger SUV. Anderson's lawyer said prosecutors have told him the state intends to drop charges against her at a hearing scheduled Monday afternoon in Frederick. www.thewbalchannel.com/news/10362813/detail.html
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Post by KC on Nov 20, 2006 22:23:54 GMT -5
FREDERICK, Md. -- A Frederick County sheriff's deputy has been indicted on an arson charge. Theodore Dorsey, 37, of Knoxville, faces one count of second-degree arson in the burning of his girlfriend's sport-utility vehicle on Sept. 2, police said. Dorsey was charged along with his live-in girlfriend, former Brunswick police officer Elizabeth Anderson, in October in what investigators described as an insurance fraud scheme aimed at getting Anderson a bigger SUV. Anderson's lawyer said prosecutors have told him the state intends to drop charges against her at a hearing scheduled Monday afternoon in Frederick. www.thewbalchannel.com/news/10362813/detail.html
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Post by KC on Oct 31, 2006 21:13:34 GMT -5
A former Des Plaines alderman and police sergeant was found not guilty of a battery charge against a Des Plaines police detective on Oct. 16 in connection with a toothpick-throwing incident that occurred in the downtown police station. The trial stems from an incident that occured on May 19, 2005. Wayne Adams, the defendant in the case, was brought in for questioning after being spotted sitting in his car at a car dealer lot on Oakton and River roads. He was checking out a yellow sports car after business hours, around 11:15 p.m. While at the police station, Adams and Detective Jeffrey Rotkvich got into a dispute over a toothpick Adams had in this mouth, with Rotkvich demanding its removal. Adams then either flipped or tossed the toothpick at Rotkvich, hitting him in the right chest area. Adams, who has been practicing law for 27 years and was a Des Plaines alderman for many years, is claiming to have been a victim of police brutality, with two civil cases pending, one against Rotkvich, and another against the officers who initially brought him in. The police, though, contest that Adams was uncooperative throughout the process and that he maliciously flung the saliva-coated toothpick at the officer without provocation. Adams defended himself in the criminal trial, and made the case that he was simply tossing the toothpick into Rotkvich's hand. In his closing statement, he told the jury that if they went to the police saying they'd been assaulted with a toothpick, nothing would happen. Adams said he believes the only reason the trial was held at all was because of the civil cases he has pending. "Nobody else can use the criminal justice system against you like this," Adams said this week. "The average person couldn't fight them like I have." This was the defense he used with the jury, and it worked, but Adams is still reeling from what happened. "It was a nightmare. It was really ridiculous that this was a crime. A year in jail for the difference between four inches between his hand and his chest. I said I tossed it to him, he said I flipped it at him. Between tossing and flipping, we had 12 people on the jury, and three days in the courtroom." The first of Adams' civil suits is pending in the Circuit Court of Cook County. It charges Rotkvich with holding Adams against his will in an interrogation room, forcefully squeezing his genital area, and using great force to push him down the hallway to the lockup area. The second suit is pending in the U.S. District Court, and it charges Des Plaines police officers Oscar Szczerbinski, Richard Lalowski, and Carol Dougherty with violating Adams' civil rights by falsely arresting him in a painful manner. Deputy Chief of the Detective Bureau of Investigations, Terry McAllister, said that any charges of police brutality are totally false. www.journal-topics.com/dp/06/dp061027.1.html
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