Laurie Roberts writing an opinion piece in The Arizona Republic asked this question
What does it take to get rid of a randy cop?
". . . .While he was the city’s SWAT team sergeant, various female officers complained that he gave them naked pictures of themselves – pictures he had drawn based upon photos of them fully clothed – and/or notified them via text that he was masturbating as he thought about them. . . .
Based upon the many women accusing Neese of randy behavior, this guy put the a-s-s in sexual harASSment.
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Policing Pensions
Shocking abuse of authority in California shows how far some public unions will go to protect their contracts.
September 27, 2018
City Journal These tactics draw on what’s widely called “the playbook.”
It was written by the Costa Mesa Police Officers Association’s now-defunct law firm, Lackie, Dammeier, McGill & Ethir.
It advises unions to “focus on a city manager, councilperson, mayor, or police chief, and keep the pressure up until that person assures you his loyalty and then move on to the next victim.” Clients were told to employ work slowdowns and sick-outs, to “storm city council,” and, above all, to convince the public that higher compensation and pension benefits ensured continued public safety.
Their service on that line of duty is not free, nor should it be, but when the unions representing those in uniform abuse their members’ privileged status to secure lucrative payouts, they risk crowding out essential public services—and even bankrupting cities.
“Public officials should not be extorted over public benefits,” concluded Righeimer’s colleague, former Costa Mesa city councilman Steve Mensinger. That’s a lesson that many more cities in California, and beyond, may learn in the coming years.
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The Free Thought Project
Because the Mesa police chief said cops shouldn't beat up innocent people, nearly the entire department voted to remove him.
Despite trying to hold Mesa police officers accountable, Batista has been incredibly ineffective, and now, we likely know why—the entire department thinks accountability amounts to intimidation.
This is in spite of the fact that the Mesa police department is an incredibly violent unit.
As TFTP has previously reported, this is the same department that responded to the hotel room of an innocent unarmed father and murdered him on video as he begged for his life on his knees. . .
Playing victim when there are literally pools of blood left behind by these officers — from innocent people — is a kick in the teeth to all that is just.
This situation shows the problem with policing.
It is not just one bad apple either. That is inaccurate. In this case 95 percent of the department is acting out in support of bad apples, in turn, making them all bad apples. Until this culture of protecting bad cops is brought to a halt, we can continue to see this problem get worse until American police departments are completely filled with violent unaccountable criminals perpetually playing the victim card
This is in spite of the fact that the Mesa police department is an incredibly violent unit.
As TFTP has previously reported, this is the same department that responded to the hotel room of an innocent unarmed father and murdered him on video as he begged for his life on his knees. . .
Playing victim when there are literally pools of blood left behind by these officers — from innocent people — is a kick in the teeth to all that is just.
This situation shows the problem with policing.
It is not just one bad apple either. That is inaccurate. In this case 95 percent of the department is acting out in support of bad apples, in turn, making them all bad apples. Until this culture of protecting bad cops is brought to a halt, we can continue to see this problem get worse until American police departments are completely filled with violent unaccountable criminals perpetually playing the victim card
