Re: Law enforcement disrespect
<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Brian</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Broker thats so true. Just like any field you can find idiots. I don't go around bitching about mechanics or an plumber just because one wasn't good. Everyone hates us but yet when your at a party you are introduced as a cop and everyone tells you their stupid cop stories. Sure a few give us a bad name. <span style="color: #CC0000">If you don't break the law we wont bother you plan and simple </span> . Even I have run into my share of asshole cops. At the same times they are plenty of guys who will bend over backwards to help someone. </div></div>
Thats just not true. For many, perhaps, but read the article below. This was happening at a STATE level and only 2-3 guys stepped up. I could cite MANY more. Believe me this is rampant and is just one example. Its one thing for an officer under stress to make a mistake, thats human, understandable, and forgiveable, but this type of shit is dirty and is why the public is loseing respect and trust in our police.
Officers file suit alleging wrongdoing in police dog training program
http://www.lvrj.com/news/officers-file-s...-160469575.html
A Reno lawyer has filed a lawsuit against current Department of Public
Safety Director Chris Perry that alleges he ruined the state's police dog
program by training canines to be "trick ponies" and falsely detect the
presence of drugs on cues from handlers.
Lawyer Ken McKenna said Tuesday he filed the lawsuit in federal court in
Reno. Perry, who oversees state law enforcement agencies, was formerly the
chief of the Nevada Highway Patrol.
McKenna said he represents three "honest" police officers who want the
canine program cleaned up and Perry immediately fired. By cueing dogs to
falsely detect drugs, McKenna said Highway Patrol troopers could conduct
illegal searches of vehicles.
"Perry destroyed the program," McKenna said. "He intentionally committed
crimes, whether out of jealousy, a power trip or other reasons. The dogs
now cannot even detect drugs."
Perry did not respond to a call and an email requesting comment . The
governor's office declined comment and referred the matter to the attorney
general's office. Representatives for the attorney general refused
comment. Gov. Brian Sandoval hires and fires agency directors. The
attorney general's office serves as legal adviser to Perry's department.
Perry, a former Las Vegan who graduated from the University of Nevada, Las
Vegas, has more than 30 years of law enforcement experience. He became the
head of the Highway Patrol in 2006 after the previous chief was fired in
the wake of sexual harassment complaints.
When he was appointed as Highway Patrol chief, Perry promised a higher
ethical standard for troopers.
Bringing the lawsuit are current Highway Patrol officers Matt Moonin and
Donn Yarnall and former Los Angeles police officer Erik Lee, who ran the
state dog training program for two years before Perry replaced him.
The lawsuit also accuses Perry and other top Highway Patrol officers of
violating the federal Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act.
According to the lawsuit, former Public Safety Director Jerry Hafen sought
to replace the existing K-9 program with one that would rank among the
best in the country. He asked Perry, then head of the Highway Patrol, to
create the new program. But Hafen was not satisfied with his work and
assigned another officer to finish the program.
Perry, according to the lawsuit, told other officers he hated Hafen and
was going to have to fix everything Hafen had messed up. After Hafen
retired, Perry became public safety director and replaced Lee with a new
dog trainer willing to train dogs to become "trick ponies," according to
the lawsuit.
McKenna said Moonin and Yarnell filed complaints with supervisors over
illegal searches and the deficiencies in the new dog training program but
were ignored. Yarnell and Moonin were removed as canine officers but
remain with the Highway Patrol.
Contact reporter Ed Vogel at
[email protected] or 775-687-3901.