Police integrity

[Lawman 27]

From the article:


I-Team questions how accused officers still on patrol affect cases

http://www.wbaltv.com/news/maryland/...#ixzz2MAv5A7oy

Before anything else, let me remind everyone that honest Officers do not like dishonest Officers. It makes the job much harder than it already is.

Another thing honest Officers do not like is when pretend investigators (you know, like the I-team) trash Officers just to get some ratings.

A perfect example:

From the article (Case #2):

"Besides being a witness, Jaskot is a lawyer, Miller reported. Judge O'Malley said she saw no reason for Jaskot to lie, but the police officers were a different story."

Excuse me, a lawyer is honest while the Officer isn't? That is rich! Let's be real here, if you assuming that an Officer is dishonest, just because a lawyer says so, you don't really have too much of a story do you?

[Lawman 27]

Personally, I don't think the I-team wants to answer the question (why are these Officers still on the job) as much as they want to gain some ratings by trashing Police.

If however they want to investigate why some Officers are still on the job, here are several reasons:

1) The witnesses against the Officers are themselves full of stuff. (If your witnesses have been convicted of "crimes of moral terpitude" themselves, they aren't considered very reliable).

2) (and I know this one will UPSET the media) Just like the local drug dealers, Officers do have the right to a presumption of innocence. Just because someone makes a BS charge does not mean it is automatically true. The Officer must be given the right to a trial to prove or disprove the crime.

3) Just because IAD says something happened does not make it so. Again, a trial is conducted to determine guilt (and as IAD Officers are not known to be great detectives, then the cases do tend to fall apart).

[demopublican]

In case #1 I don't see anything shocking. If I had to guess I would say that the cops acted on an accurate hunch and wrote up a report indicating seat belt violation as probable cause for the stop. SOP.
Case #2: Is it really shocking that Lady O'Malley would take a fellow lawyer's word over a cops? Would most cops trust a cop over a lawyer or judge? Same deal here.

[Cameron]

From the article:


I-Team questions how accused officers still on patrol affect cases

http://www.wbaltv.com/news/maryland/...#ixzz2MAv5A7oy

Before anything else, let me remind everyone that honest Officers do not like dishonest Officers. It makes the job much harder than it already is.

Another thing honest Officers do not like is when pretend investigators (you know, like the I-team) trash Officers just to get some ratings.

A perfect example:

From the article (Case #2):

"Besides being a witness, Jaskot is a lawyer, Miller reported. Judge O'Malley said she saw no reason for Jaskot to lie, but the police officers were a different story."

Excuse me, a lawyer is honest while the Officer isn't? That is rich! Let's be real here, if you assuming that an Officer is dishonest, just because a lawyer says so, you don't really have too much of a story do you?

HUH?!

Try real hard to think of the guy as an independent third party witness with no motive to lie who just happens to be a lawyer.

Hilarious thread title, btw.

[dialtone]

From the article:


I-Team questions how accused officers still on patrol affect cases

http://www.wbaltv.com/news/maryland/...#ixzz2MAv5A7oy

Before anything else, let me remind everyone that honest Officers do not like dishonest Officers. It makes the job much harder than it already is.

Another thing honest Officers do not like is when pretend investigators (you know, like the I-team) trash Officers just to get some ratings.

A perfect example:

From the article (Case #2):

"Besides being a witness, Jaskot is a lawyer, Miller reported. Judge O'Malley said she saw no reason for Jaskot to lie, but the police officers were a different story."

Excuse me, a lawyer is honest while the Officer isn't? That is rich! Let's be real here, if you assuming that an Officer is dishonest, just because a lawyer says so, you don't really have too much of a story do you?

Well more often than not this assumption is in the favor of the police. At least if it's against most residents of the city. Though it has to be hard for anyone that is disparaged like that. As far as doing your job. That should be based in the in person that you are.

[RalR]

Nothing new here, police misconduct is common in Baltimore.

Jaskot testified he saw the officers punch the man they were arresting, and that Officer Keith Chase confronted him.


"I yelled to the officer, 'Stop. Stop hitting him.' And Officer Chase looked at me and told me to shut the (expletive) up," Jaskot said in court.

http://www.wbaltv.com/news/maryland/...#ixzz2MChcsIZj

[RANII]

I was stopped by the police and asked what was I doing in a public park! When I told them I've done nothing wrong one of them said, "well I ca write it up as if you did". I dont trust any Baltimore City Police Officers.

[Lawman 27]

I was stopped by the police and asked what was I doing in a public park! When I told them I've done nothing wrong one of them said, "well I ca write it up as if you did". I dont trust any Baltimore City Police Officers.

I am sorry that this happened to you.

As I said, their are honest City Cops that really try and Officers like that make the job much harder.