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Police Folk Allegedly Behaving Badly

We actually had difficulty in the beginning getting buy-in for the file coordinator role because everybody wanting to be out there kickin' doors and shakin' bad guys.

We had similar difficulties with 'cold case' teams. Instead of assembling records, notebooks, etc. and organizing the file to modern standards, as soon as they came across some loose end or lead that didn't look like it had been followed up 20 years ago, they were jumping in a car to chase it down.

I was part of the research team that brought in MCM to Ontario. The original impetus was to improve multi-jurisdictional major investigations after the Paul Bernardo/Scarborough Rapist/Green Ribbon Taskforce 'experience'. We worked with the FBI (not much help) but the UK was a major source of knowledge. A judicial inquiry (or whatever they call it) after the Yorkshire Ripper investigation in the 1970s revealed that they knew who the killer was, but didn't know they knew, and several lives could have been saved, primarily due to problems managing massive amounts of information. That resulted in them implementing their 'major inquiry' method and the development of HOLMES software (Home Office Large Major Enquiry System). They were in the middle of developing HOLMES II when we were there, simply due to tech advancements. They also developed training for 'case managers' vs investigators. After our work, another team developed MCM for Ontario and worked with a software provider to develop Powercase.

It was a high point of my career.
Yup, FC sucks. And because it sucks, there’s a bad and at time dangerous tendency to treat it as a “junior guy” job when it really shouldn’t be. Not how I landed this particular one, but I see it happen regularly. Especially if a file has any legal complexity with regards to disclosure, privilege claims, etc- you want someone switched on and, especially, organized for the role. But it sucks.
 
Yup, FC sucks. And because it sucks, there’s a bad and at time dangerous tendency to treat it as a “junior guy” job when it really shouldn’t be. Not how I landed this particular one, but I see it happen regularly. Especially if a file has any legal complexity with regards to disclosure, privilege claims, etc- you want someone switched on and, especially, organized for the role. But it sucks.
Ya, there really needs to be a mindset that disclosure, and building the Brief, starts on day one, not something to start thinking about after the charge is laid.
 
A legitimate businessman in Quebec is suing after $2.1M in cash was seized from his home, but no charges laid. He has claimed in court that $300K went missing.

"Levy’s lawyers have argued Longueuil police acted improperly in obtaining and carrying out the search warrant and $300,000 in cash disappeared from his home during the search."

 
A legitimate businessman in Quebec is suing after $2.1M in cash was seized from his home, but no charges laid. He has claimed in court that $300K went missing.

"Levy’s lawyers have argued Longueuil police acted improperly in obtaining and carrying out the search warrant and $300,000 in cash disappeared from his home during the search."

If nothing else, the CRA may become curious.
 
As long as they passed the written test ;)


Chicago Promoted Two Police Officers After Investigators Found They Engaged in Sexual Misconduct​



One of Chicago’s newest police sergeants had been deemed “unfit to serve” after an investigation uncovered evidence that he created a fake Facebook account and spread a nude photo of a woman he was sexually involved with, then lied to investigators about it.

Another new sergeant had been found to have engaged in conduct that “seriously undermines public faith, credibility, and trust in the Department” after he was accused of sexual assault and domestic violence.

The conclusions were made by independent investigators from the Civilian Office of Police Accountability. COPA recommended firing both. The first officer ultimately negotiated a one-year suspension and was assigned to supervise officers downtown and in the West Loop. The second officer’s case is still pending; he was assigned to supervise officers patrolling neighborhoods on the city’s South Side.

The officers’ promotions this spring were not due to an oversight. Department officials knew about their disciplinary records, but those records could not be considered as the department evaluated their fitness for promotion.

The main qualifying factor was their test scores from a two-part exam.


Ever heard of this shit show? I knew both of these officers professionally :(

 
Much like an onion, that story has many layers. But the allegation that police made off with $300K in cash is what brought it to this thread.
Perhaps he owned a car wash? Anyway, who among us peasants doesn’t have their estranged spouse keep handy a pallet of cash in the house?

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Perhaps he owned a car wash? Anyway, who among us peasants doesn’t have their estranged spouse keep handy a pallet of cash in the house?

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You're likely overestimating the size of the stash. $2.1M = 21 000 x $100 = 420 bundles of cash. A Canadian bill is 6" x 2.75"; so a 5x7 array would be 30" x 19.25", stacked 12 bundles high. A bundle is 0.18" tall; the stack would need to be 12 bundles tall, or just under 2 1/4".

Conservatively speaking, that stack looks to be about 18x as large (if not more), so could be closer to $38M. Of course, if it's $20 bills, then you're down to $7.6M...


(aka I watched Dodgeball!)
 
Not high ranking, but what is amusing in this synopsis is trying to untangle all the relationships - it's like this detachment decided to keep everything in the family.

Not really? Married dude grabs and kisses (formerly) close friend’s fiancée at a Christmas party. The rest are witnesses. Pretty straightforward. If you subbed in Pte, Cpl, and MCpl, it would be a pretty stereotypical ‘Christmas party gone wrong’ story most would recognize I think.

A group of cops working the watch together can be very close. Probably not unlike a close knit rifle section just everyone’s a few years older. Not to excuse any of the obvious misconduct; just that the seeming tightness of the group doesn’t surprise me at all.

Ordered to resign, and I bet his marriage to another Mountie doesn’t survive. That’s an expensive bad choice. What an idiot.
 
Not really? Married dude grabs and kisses (formerly) close friend’s fiancée at a Christmas party. The rest are witnesses. Pretty straightforward. If you subbed in Pte, Cpl, and MCpl, it would be a pretty stereotypical ‘Christmas party gone wrong’ story most would recognize I think.

A group of cops working the watch together can be very close. Probably not unlike a close knit rifle section just everyone’s a few years older. Not to excuse any of the obvious misconduct; just that the seeming tightness of the group doesn’t surprise me at all.

Constable Miranda's spouse was Constable H.D. Constable Miranda was found to have forced himself on Complaintant, who was engaged to Constable X while they were at a house party of Constable D.A and Constable D.R., who were married. Constable Miranda also told Constable X, his buddy and the fiance of the Complaintant that he assaulted, that they could get some "road head" from Corporal A.F.

That would be a pretty messed up rifle section!
 
Constable Miranda's spouse was Constable H.D. Constable Miranda was found to have forced himself on Complaintant, who was engaged to Constable X while they were at a house party of Constable D.A and Constable D.R., who were married. Constable Miranda also told Constable X, his buddy and the fiance of the Complaintant that he assaulted, that they could get some "road head" from Corporal A.F.

That would be a pretty messed up rifle section!
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Constable Miranda's spouse was Constable H.D. Constable Miranda was found to have forced himself on Complaintant, who was engaged to Constable X while they were at a house party of Constable D.A and Constable D.R., who were married. Constable Miranda also told Constable X, his buddy and the fiance of the Complaintant that he assaulted, that they could get some "road head" from Corporal A.F.

That would be a pretty messed up rifle section!
Everyone throw their car keys into the same bowl vibes.
 
Constable Miranda's spouse was Constable H.D. Constable Miranda was found to have forced himself on Complaintant, who was engaged to Constable X while they were at a house party of Constable D.A and Constable D.R., who were married. Constable Miranda also told Constable X, his buddy and the fiance of the Complaintant that he assaulted, that they could get some "road head" from Corporal A.F.

That would be a pretty messed up rifle section!
Yea but they wouldn’t all be on the same watch. Spouses are generally put on different shifts/teams for obvious reasons. Looks like Cst Miranda, Cst X, and one of either of DA/DR - the couple who lived at the house and hosted the party - were likely all on a watch together, along with Cpl whomever.

I dunno, I didn’t find it hard to follow.
 
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