“The advocates are intentionally misleading lawmakers about the nature of Civil Rights Law Section 50-a. Far from being the ‘most regressive’ law of its kind in the nation, it is on par with 23 states plus the District of Columbia that protect these records from public disclosure under most circumstances.“Additionally, the many agencies charged with overseeing the actions of police officers including district attorneys and civilian review boards, to name just two, have full and complete access to personnel records.“The law was created for two reasons that are as valid today as they were when it was signed into law. First, to prevent unscrupulous defense attorneys from abusing access to those records in order to win acquittals for criminals who prey on the public. Second, the law protects the personnel records of police officers in order to prevent criminals from identifying and locating those officers in order to extract revenge for their arrest.“Both reasons are in the public’s best interest. We don’t want criminals escaping justice through court room trickery nor can we expect police officers to risk their lives without at least a minimal amount of personal protection for them. Amending or repealing the law will have devastating effects on public safety and on the safety of all law enforcement officers throughout New York State.”
1st Rule of Policing: Police have the right and the duty to go home at the end of each watch. It does not matter how many non-law enforcement personnel are injured or killed or have their “rights” violated to achieve this goal as Police are entitled to impunity for their violence and protection from harm above all others.
Thursday, October 24, 2019
We don’t want criminals escaping justice through court room trickery
Monday, October 14, 2019
Former detective who handcuffed Utah nurse sues Salt Lake City Police Department
SALT LAKE CITY — The Salt Lake police detective who was
fired after his arrest of a hospital nurse went viral is suing the
department.
Former detective Jeff Payne filed a lawsuit Thursday
against the Salt Lake City Police Department, claiming he was wrongfully
terminated in 2017 after following orders from his commanding officer
and complying with department policies.
The lawsuit describes Payne and nurse Alex Wubbels as two
birds in a “cock fight staged and orchestrated by the persons in charge
at the Salt Lake City Police Department and those in charge of the burn
unit at the University of Utah Hospital,” each doing what they were
instructed to do by their superiors.
But while “Ms. Wubbles was paid $500,000 for her
involvement in the cock fight,” the suit says, “officer Payne’s life is
ruined forever forced to live a life in seclusion with scant employment
opportunities.”
The lawsuit comes two years after Payne was fired and
nearly one year after he declared his intent to sue Salt Lake City,
describing himself as a “fall guy” for the city and police department.
The veteran police detective’s name and face spread across the internet after an incident on July 26, 2017,
when he was sent to the University of Utah Hospital to collect blood
from a man who was injured in a crash that left another man dead.
When the charge nurse, Wubbels, refused to tell Payne
where the unconscious patient was or let him draw blood — citing policy
agreed upon by the police department and hospital that required he have a
warrant or meet certain criteria — Payne arrested Wubbels for
interfering with an investigation. Body camera footage showing the
detective dragging the screaming nurse out of the emergency room and
handcuffing her against a wall spread quickly online, drawing widespread
public criticism.
Payne was fired from the department the following October
in a 17-page letter from Salt Lake Police Chief Mike Brown, who wrote
that the detective’s 27 years of service was “outweighed by the glaring
absence of sound professional judgment and extremely discourteous,
disrespectful, inappropriate, unreasonable and unwarranted behavior you
displayed in this incident.”
Two years later, Payne, who has since been hired as
a part-time civilian corrections assistant in Weber County, is suing
his former employer for breach of contract, breach of implied duty of
good faith and fair dealing, wrongful termination, defamation, and false
light publicity.
Payne argues in the suit that he was following the
department’s training and policy manual in his interaction with Wubbels
that day. He claims he acted according to orders from his commanding
officer to pursue an obstruction charge against Wubbels, and blames what
he describes as a lack of clarity regarding department policies in the
manual.
The embattled former detective also says the city
prematurely authorized the public release of the body camera footage
that later went viral.
“The video released was wholly misleading,” the lawsuit
states. “Because of the backlash, defendants fabricated the events so
that officer Payne would take the blame for this event, when he was only
following orders of his supervisors.”
After the incident became public, Payne claims the city
and department slandered and defamed him in the public eye rather than
taking responsibility for the department’s role in the incident.
The former detective is seeking more than $300,000 in damages.
Friday, September 20, 2019
PA is a stop and ID state.
TITLE 34
GAME
§ 904. Resisting or interfering with an officer.
(a) General offense.--When an officer is in the performance of any duty required by this title, it is unlawful for any person to interfere with or resist an arrest, inspection or investigation of the officer by threat, force, menace, flight or obstruction. A violation of this subsection is a summary offense of the first degree.
(b) Failure to produce identification upon demand.--
(1) A person who refuses to provide identification upon demand of an officer whose duty it is to enforce this title after having been told by the officer that the person is the subject of an official investigation or investigative detention, supported by reasonable suspicion, commits a summary offense of the fifth degree.
(2) A person who provides false identification to an officer whose duty it is to enforce this title for the purpose of avoiding prosecution or hindering apprehension or obstructing an investigation commits a summary offense of the second degree.
(June 23, 2004, P.L.434, No.42, eff. 60 days; Oct. 7, 2010, P.L.474, No.64, eff. 60 days)
2010 Amendment. Act 64 amended subsec. (b)(1).
Wednesday, July 10, 2019
Lawsuit claims Des Moines police detained man who was legally filming them
Lawsuit claims Des Moines police detained man who was legally filming them
Stephen Gruber-Miller, Des Moines RegisterPublished 6:29 p.m. CT Sept. 5, 2018
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Des Moines police face a lawsuit alleging that officers unlawfully stopped a man and seized his phone after he recorded police department employees from a public sidewalk.
The lawsuit argues that the man, Daniel Robbins of Des Moines, "was surrounded, detained and threatened with arrest" on May 10 when he recorded a Des Moines Police Department employee illegally parked in front of a "no parking" sign outside the police station on East Second Street.
The suit names the city of Des Moines and police officers Brad Youngblut, Joseph Leo and Christopher Curtis as defendants.
Robbins argues in the lawsuit that the officers violated his First and Fourth Amendment rights under the U.S. Constitution, and that the city failed to properly train the officers on what his rights are when recording police. Robbins is seeking monetary damages for compensation and as a sanction on the officers' alleged conduct.
Robbins, a radio producer and journalist, alleges he was standing on East Second Street when he saw a police employee leave the police station, get into an illegally parked vehicle and drive away. Robbins began recording what he saw on his phone, the lawsuit states.
Robbins continued filming and crossed the street to stand on the sidewalk nearest to the police station, the lawsuit states. At that point, Youngblut approached Robbins in a vehicle and asked what he was doing and told him he was being "a little suspicious" because he was taking pictures of officers' personal vehicles, the lawsuit states.
Other officers, including Curtis and Leo, approached Robbins and asked what he was doing. He said "I'm taking pictures because it is perfectly legal for me to be taking pictures," according to the lawsuit. Robbins declined to give his name or produce an ID when asked.
Robbins alleges the officers continued to say he was behaving suspiciously and that Leo told him he was loitering. Police also told him that cars have been stolen out of the parking lot he was observing, Robbins says in the suit.
Robbins alleges police took his Samsung Galaxy phone and a Canon camera, stopped his recording, then patted him down and searched his pockets. After several minutes, police let him go without citing him or arresting him. Robbins says police told him he was trespassing at the police headquarters.
Gary Dickey, an attorney at Dickey & Campbell who is representing Robbins, said in a news release that citizens have a constitutional right to film law enforcement from public sidewalks if they are not interfering with official acts.
"When citizens have to worry about police retaliation, they are less likely to exercise these constitutional rights and democracy suffers as a result," Dickey said.
Dickey & Campbell filed the suit on Robbins' behalf along with Downey & Mundy Law Offices, the release states.
Sgt. Paul Parizek, a spokesman for the Des Moines Police Department, said there would be an internal review of the officers' behavior to investigate the allegations in the lawsuit, including claims that vehicles were illegally parked and that Robbins' was improperly detained and his property was seized.
Parizek said it would have been an "easy fix" for Robbins to report a complaint about the employee he saw illegally parked, rather than filming the person.
"If he had a complaint about an employee that was parked illegally, that’s a simple fix for us. Walk in the front door, tell us about that employee and we’ll handle it from there," he said.
Parizek said it was reasonable for officers to ask Robbins for his name and his reason for recording by the police station.
"We had a civilian female employee getting into her personal car when she saw a guy video taping her," Parizek said. "Obviously for reasons that are self-explanatory that made her very uncomfortable."
He said that although a crime was not reported, police were investigating a call about suspicious activity as they would have if someone had called from a private business.
"Let me put it in perspective: if I were to go up to any public building and stand on the sidewalk lawfully and take video of their female employees coming and going from their personal vehicle, I don’t think the impression I would leave those ladies with was that I was exercising my rights," Parizek said.
The lawsuit is the latest against the city's police. Another suit filed in August accuses officers of racial profiling. Civil rights groups are pushing a law that would ban that practice.
Other lawsuits include one against two former Des Moines officers who resigned after officials said they planted methamphetamine on a suspect in 2015. One of the officers, Tyson Teut, pleaded guilty in June to non-felonious misconduct in office and was sentenced to probation.
In another lawsuit, a man alleges his constitutional rights were violated when a Des Moines police officer with a history of excessive force attacked him in his home after he called the police for help.
Monday, May 13, 2019
PPPP Policy, Process, Procedures and Protocol are Paramount.
The Courts ruled Police have No duty to protect in Town of Castle Rock v. Gonzales.
Who cares what the Courts and the Law say. PPPP Policy, Process, Procedures and Protocol are more important to Law Enforcement.
Who cares what the Courts and the Law say. PPPP Policy, Process, Procedures and Protocol are more important to Law Enforcement.
Wednesday, May 1, 2019
Thursday, April 25, 2019
Hero cop Nouman Raja joins Jason Van Dyke and Roy Oliver as another victim in the Public Anti-Police witchhunt.
Ex-Florida policeman gets 25 years in prison for killing black motorist
- Nouman Raja: 25 Years
- Jason Van Dyke: 6.75 years
- Roy Oliver: 15 Years
Thursday, March 28, 2019
All law enforcement records should be sealed from the public
“These records are replete with factual details regarding misconduct
allegations, hearing judges’ impressions and findings, and any
punishment imposed on officers — material ripe for ‘degrading,
embarrassing, harassing or impeaching the integrity of an officer,’”
Friday, February 15, 2019
The thin blue line must defend Officers Gerald Goines and Steven Bryant.
Shame on Chief Art Acevedo
"That’s totally unacceptable. I’ve told my police department that if you lie, you die," Acevedo said. "When you lie on an affidavit, that's not sloppy police work, that's a crime."
and Joe Gamaldi,
"If these allegations are true, it is certainly concerning and disturbing, but I would certainly want the public to know that this does not reflect the hard work of the brave men and women of the the Houston police dept."
https://www.khou.com/article/news/crime/you-lie-you-die-hpd-undercover-cop-lied-about-drug-buy-that-led-to-deadly-raid-chief-acevedo-says/285-54ca0bb4-ba03-4e9d-ab6e-7d40bab2b356
"That’s totally unacceptable. I’ve told my police department that if you lie, you die," Acevedo said. "When you lie on an affidavit, that's not sloppy police work, that's a crime."
and Joe Gamaldi,
"If these allegations are true, it is certainly concerning and disturbing, but I would certainly want the public to know that this does not reflect the hard work of the brave men and women of the the Houston police dept."
https://www.khou.com/article/news/crime/you-lie-you-die-hpd-undercover-cop-lied-about-drug-buy-that-led-to-deadly-raid-chief-acevedo-says/285-54ca0bb4-ba03-4e9d-ab6e-7d40bab2b356
Thursday, February 14, 2019
Glendale’s fiduciary responsibility to the tax payers of Glendale has limited our ability to engage on the specifics of this incident and we are unwilling to litigate it in the media.
https://www.abc15.com/news/region-west-valley/glendale/city-of-glendale-says-suspect-tased-11-times-requested-15-million-dollar-settlement?fbclid=IwAR20Kxc9hOEnow16Hq8VfoQi5fYCYRKdAoPV-pQeyzZb5XrMUmEnntesp18
Here is the full statement from the City of Glendale:
GLENDALE, Ariz. – This past Monday, prior to the Governor’s comments, the City of Glendale was in communication with the FBI and preparing to send all the documents and videos associated with the July 2017 Wheatcroft incident. In addition, on Tuesday, the City of Glendale committed to fully cooperating with the Maricopa County Attorney’s Office decision to re-examine the incident.
Within days of the incident, the City forwarded the case to the Maricopa County Attorney’s Office for official review. Glendale’s only role in that investigation was providing all the evidence for their independent review. They notified the City that after their extensive examination, they were declining to pursue criminal prosecution against any of the officers involved.
We have no basis to believe that the County Attorney’s original investigation was not thorough and comprehensive, and we accepted their findings.
In December 2018, prior to the plaintiff shopping their story to the media, they offered to settle with the City for the absurd amount of $15 million. Glendale’s fiduciary responsibility to the tax payers of Glendale has limited our ability to engage on the specifics of this incident and we are unwilling to litigate it in the media.
This case will ultimately be decided on all the facts including a comprehensive analysis of all the evidence. For example, not all of the videos show that one of our police officers was assaulted and knocked unconscious by one of the plaintiffs that pled guilty to aggravated assault.
The citizens of Glendale know that the City of Glendale holds our Police Department and its officers to the highest standards, and we are proud to have some of the most well trained and dedicated men and women in the law enforcement serving our community. We will fully cooperate with any additional investigations into this incident.
Here is the full statement from the City of Glendale:
GLENDALE, Ariz. – This past Monday, prior to the Governor’s comments, the City of Glendale was in communication with the FBI and preparing to send all the documents and videos associated with the July 2017 Wheatcroft incident. In addition, on Tuesday, the City of Glendale committed to fully cooperating with the Maricopa County Attorney’s Office decision to re-examine the incident.
Within days of the incident, the City forwarded the case to the Maricopa County Attorney’s Office for official review. Glendale’s only role in that investigation was providing all the evidence for their independent review. They notified the City that after their extensive examination, they were declining to pursue criminal prosecution against any of the officers involved.
We have no basis to believe that the County Attorney’s original investigation was not thorough and comprehensive, and we accepted their findings.
In December 2018, prior to the plaintiff shopping their story to the media, they offered to settle with the City for the absurd amount of $15 million. Glendale’s fiduciary responsibility to the tax payers of Glendale has limited our ability to engage on the specifics of this incident and we are unwilling to litigate it in the media.
This case will ultimately be decided on all the facts including a comprehensive analysis of all the evidence. For example, not all of the videos show that one of our police officers was assaulted and knocked unconscious by one of the plaintiffs that pled guilty to aggravated assault.
The citizens of Glendale know that the City of Glendale holds our Police Department and its officers to the highest standards, and we are proud to have some of the most well trained and dedicated men and women in the law enforcement serving our community. We will fully cooperate with any additional investigations into this incident.
Monday, February 11, 2019
Illegal release of bodycam footage gives Cop haters reason to attack hero Glendale, AZ, Officer Matt Schneider
https://www.facebook.com/GlendaleAZPD/videos/408883013014089/?__xts__[0]=68.ARD1W9wLJBWHHolBgAtsxht5nqMtQAihXnkJVkalrx9R3eCF-_wZ4wweXO6uSm4rXf7C8iyBT2C5neg-0XvwuMPO5baihsWhbZMxaG_ISRadutm3r_l7Vdp9Hr1eTlP-TtAKzdxNSnhIiwyEa4jnaz7xzeWpZVOatmHdm4QJqI_JKIaC2kI3e47F-RQu-NweuoJDcnpQWGWBGhateciAg3Prnm-V1zv9m0dkHW1sJ0uCvcsKiLcqzbaaCiYI_L2WsYCqIJDYhB_8eHEKtcz_Jqe741NWS6fxI3G1VhURespCyoMfSD0SiJcqe5VKyyuJTnlWwJrxq5CdsRA_UZnQYXk_sufkBVrK7BN8W1N5&__tn__=-R
Volatile Glendale Policing Situation Detailed
GLENDALE, Ariz. – On July 26, 2017, Glendale Police Officers were in the area 5900 W. Myrtle Avenue conducting intensive patrol due to increased crime reported in the area. At approximately 7:30 PM, Officers Matt Schneider and Mark Lindsey contacted the occupants of a Ford Taurus after Officer Schneider observed a traffic violation. The contact occurred in a parking lot that was included in a blanket trespass agreement with the City and parking lot owner. The officers both approached the Ford Taurus and found that it was occupied by three adults and two children. Upon contact, officers discovered that the driver did not have a driver’s license and began to address an observed seat belt violation. The occupants of the vehicle were identified as Shawn Blackburn (34), the driver of the vehicle; Johnny Wheatcroft (37), the front seat passenger; and Anya Chapman (34), the driver’s side rear passenger with two children beside her, ages eleven (11) and six (6).
During the officers’ contact at the vehicle, they each noted Johnny Wheatcroft reaching down below the seat into a backpack. Mr. Wheatcroft also immediately upon contact exhibited verbal non-compliance by refusing to identify himself and failed to obey the officer’s instructions to stop reaching his hands beneath the seat into the backpack and about the vehicle in the area between the seat and console. For the safety of themselves and those around them, including the minor children, the officers attempted to remove Mr. Wheatcroft from the vehicle so they could maintain a safe eye on him for the duration of the traffic stop as well as conduct a pat down for weapons.
Mr. Wheatcroft immediately began to physically resist the officers’ attempts to escort him from the vehicle while continuing to place his hands where officers could not see them. Officers displayed their Tasers and warned him of potential Taser use to gain his compliance; however, Mr. Wheatcroft continued to argue, yell and physically resist the officers’ control holds. Due to the physical resistance from Mr. Wheatcroft, the Taser was used in a drive stun capacity in order to gain control and avoid physical injury.
While officers attempted to detain Mr. Wheatcroft, Anya Chapman swung a bag filled with bottled drinks, striking Officer Lindsey in the head, rendering him unconscious. Seeing his partner unconscious, coupled with Mr. Wheatcroft’s continued resistance and the unknown threat from within the vehicle, Officer Schneider deployed his Taser, striking Mr. Wheatcroft. Dealing with two adults that were being physically aggressive and had already assaulted one officer, Officer Schneider asked for additional officers to respond. As multiple officers arrived on scene, they tended to the injured officer and helped detain Mr. Wheatcroft as he was continuing to resist officers by kicking and screaming. Mr. Wheatcroft was eventually able to be calmed down, and he and Anya Chapman were taken into custody without further incident. As officers continued their investigation, a usable quantity of methamphetamine was found within the vehicle. Mr. Wheatcroft and Ms. Chapman were charged with Aggravated Assault due to their actions, in which Ms. Chapman subsequently plead guilty.
Fire personnel responded to the scene to evaluate Mr. Wheatcroft and the injured officer. Mr. Wheatcroft refused medical attention. The officer that was struck was transported to a local valley hospital for medical treatment and returned to full duty several days later.
The Glendale Police Department is dedicated to remaining transparent with the community that we serve, and public safety is the top priority. The Department recognizes that society expects accountability and we hold ourselves to the highest standards set by Arizona Police Officer Standards and Training as well as state law. Per Department protocol regarding any response to resistance, a review of the officers’ actions has been performed and discipline implemented regarding certain tactics used by one officer.
The video below shows the Glendale Officer being knocked unconscious by one of the occupants in the vehicle.
Volatile Glendale Policing Situation Detailed
GLENDALE, Ariz. – On July 26, 2017, Glendale Police Officers were in the area 5900 W. Myrtle Avenue conducting intensive patrol due to increased crime reported in the area. At approximately 7:30 PM, Officers Matt Schneider and Mark Lindsey contacted the occupants of a Ford Taurus after Officer Schneider observed a traffic violation. The contact occurred in a parking lot that was included in a blanket trespass agreement with the City and parking lot owner. The officers both approached the Ford Taurus and found that it was occupied by three adults and two children. Upon contact, officers discovered that the driver did not have a driver’s license and began to address an observed seat belt violation. The occupants of the vehicle were identified as Shawn Blackburn (34), the driver of the vehicle; Johnny Wheatcroft (37), the front seat passenger; and Anya Chapman (34), the driver’s side rear passenger with two children beside her, ages eleven (11) and six (6).
During the officers’ contact at the vehicle, they each noted Johnny Wheatcroft reaching down below the seat into a backpack. Mr. Wheatcroft also immediately upon contact exhibited verbal non-compliance by refusing to identify himself and failed to obey the officer’s instructions to stop reaching his hands beneath the seat into the backpack and about the vehicle in the area between the seat and console. For the safety of themselves and those around them, including the minor children, the officers attempted to remove Mr. Wheatcroft from the vehicle so they could maintain a safe eye on him for the duration of the traffic stop as well as conduct a pat down for weapons.
Mr. Wheatcroft immediately began to physically resist the officers’ attempts to escort him from the vehicle while continuing to place his hands where officers could not see them. Officers displayed their Tasers and warned him of potential Taser use to gain his compliance; however, Mr. Wheatcroft continued to argue, yell and physically resist the officers’ control holds. Due to the physical resistance from Mr. Wheatcroft, the Taser was used in a drive stun capacity in order to gain control and avoid physical injury.
While officers attempted to detain Mr. Wheatcroft, Anya Chapman swung a bag filled with bottled drinks, striking Officer Lindsey in the head, rendering him unconscious. Seeing his partner unconscious, coupled with Mr. Wheatcroft’s continued resistance and the unknown threat from within the vehicle, Officer Schneider deployed his Taser, striking Mr. Wheatcroft. Dealing with two adults that were being physically aggressive and had already assaulted one officer, Officer Schneider asked for additional officers to respond. As multiple officers arrived on scene, they tended to the injured officer and helped detain Mr. Wheatcroft as he was continuing to resist officers by kicking and screaming. Mr. Wheatcroft was eventually able to be calmed down, and he and Anya Chapman were taken into custody without further incident. As officers continued their investigation, a usable quantity of methamphetamine was found within the vehicle. Mr. Wheatcroft and Ms. Chapman were charged with Aggravated Assault due to their actions, in which Ms. Chapman subsequently plead guilty.
Fire personnel responded to the scene to evaluate Mr. Wheatcroft and the injured officer. Mr. Wheatcroft refused medical attention. The officer that was struck was transported to a local valley hospital for medical treatment and returned to full duty several days later.
The Glendale Police Department is dedicated to remaining transparent with the community that we serve, and public safety is the top priority. The Department recognizes that society expects accountability and we hold ourselves to the highest standards set by Arizona Police Officer Standards and Training as well as state law. Per Department protocol regarding any response to resistance, a review of the officers’ actions has been performed and discipline implemented regarding certain tactics used by one officer.
The video below shows the Glendale Officer being knocked unconscious by one of the occupants in the vehicle.
Thursday, February 7, 2019
Hero Cops must have complete privacy from the criminial public.
http://nycpba.org/press-releases/2019/pba-reacts-to-discipline-report/
PBA President Patrick J. Lynch said:
PBA President Patrick J. Lynch said:
“When we see a panel of distinguished law
enforcement figures bowing to the demands of anti-police, pro-criminal
advocates, it is clear that public safety in this city is headed down a
very dark path. The panel’s recommendation to shred the confidentiality
protections for police personnel records will put all New Yorkers in
jeopardy. Criminals will exploit this supposed ‘transparency’ in order
to escape justice, and police families will be exposed to even greater
threats and harassment. With respect to the NYPD’s disciplinary
processes, the panel’s recommendations amount to more of the same. They
contain no enhanced accountability for supervisors and decision-makers,
and nothing that would prevent meritless or fabricated complaints from
derailing cops’ careers. Just more bureaucracy engineered to pummel
rank-and-file police officers, while holding the city and NYPD
leadership blameless. None of this is surprising, because this
supposedly ‘independent’ panel was created to provide political cover
for these exact conclusions. New York City police officers long ago
received the message: our city’s leaders have chosen their public safety
priorities, and they have nothing to do with the actual concerns of the
communities we protect. Police officers on patrol must conduct
themselves accordingly.”
Wednesday, January 30, 2019
Cop haters question Heros of Deadly Houston Drug Raid.
https://reason.com/blog/2019/01/30/the-cops-were-the-aggressors-in-this-wee
https://thefreethoughtproject.com/houston-police-officers-shot-track-police/
https://thefreethoughtproject.com/houston-police-officers-shot-track-police/
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