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Old 02-28-2014, 04:45 AM
 
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Old 02-28-2014, 05:59 AM
 
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Cool It gets better...

The interrum police chief that has been put in charge has past allegations of sexual deviancy...nice place, huh? I can hardly wait to see how this plays out.
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Old 02-28-2014, 06:31 AM
 
Location: Dana Point
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The FEDs should just take over the department like they almost did in Oakland.

A car theft ring? This is straight out of a movie.
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Old 02-28-2014, 07:52 AM
 
Location: Business ethics is an oxymoron.
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I suspect that this is only the tip of the iceberg and that such corruption is highly widespread in departments of all sizes. Remember that between the "blue wall" and the fact that judges and police chiefs tend to be in bed, it's highly unlikely that many will ever come to light. By and large, most police are every bit the thugs that they purport to protect us from. The only difference is that they can hide behind a State issued badge. But they otherwise operate with impunity.
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Old 02-28-2014, 10:41 AM
 
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Ah, King City... speed trap of the 101. This is one of those police departments that shouldn't exist - 12 officers total? They should just contract out to the Sheriff. We have a police department where I come from that has more sergeants than officers.

Departments vary widely.
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Old 02-28-2014, 10:30 PM
 
Location: Tucson/Nogales
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Back in the 1890's in NYC, when a police chief resigned, he was worth over $1.5 million, and in today's dollars? Some of the wealthiest in NYC were those of the police force. That's when we were still a third world country.

I keep hearing it: this country is headed back to being a third world country.

Perhaps we've arrived there sooner than we predicted, with this incident!
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Old 02-28-2014, 11:11 PM
 
Location: Silicon Valley
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I'm trying to picture the kind of car that poor, underprivileged people own...and what on earth these guys wanted them for...
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Old 02-28-2014, 11:14 PM
 
Location: State of Transition
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The FEDs should just take over the department like they almost did in Oakland.

A car theft ring? This is straight out of a movie.
The feds actually did take over management of the town of Taos, NM, some years ago, due to corruption from the mayor's office. Congress also took over the management of the entire USPS service in NM, due to floods of complaints over many years. These things do happen.
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Old 03-01-2014, 02:52 PM
 
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Back in the 1890's in NYC, when a police chief resigned, he was worth over $1.5 million, and in today's dollars? Some of the wealthiest in NYC were those of the police force. That's when we were still a third world country.

I keep hearing it: this country is headed back to being a third world country.

Perhaps we've arrived there sooner than we predicted, with this incident!
Or maybe nothing has changed. New times, same old ways.
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Old 03-04-2014, 11:34 AM
 
Location: zooland 1
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I suspect that this is only the tip of the iceberg and that such corruption is highly widespread in departments of all sizes. Remember that between the "blue wall" and the fact that judges and police chiefs tend to be in bed, it's highly unlikely that many will ever come to light. By and large, most police are every bit the thugs that they purport to protect us from. The only difference is that they can hide behind a State issued badge. But they otherwise operate with impunity.

What a load of crap...

Lets see you put on the uniform...
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