tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5235442779484719952024-02-19T23:41:25.107-08:00Ethics in Law EnforcementAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02875589233005311890noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-523544277948471995.post-45227576186073815822016-02-06T09:38:00.004-08:002016-02-06T09:38:51.789-08:00PERF - The Police Foundation - and Peer Intervention
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">On January 29, 2016 the Police Executive Research Forum
published: </span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Use of Force: Taking Policing
to a Higher Standard - 30 Guiding Principles.</span><w:sdt citation="t" id="509333864"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"> </span><span style="font-style: normal; mso-no-proof: yes;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">(PERF, 2016)</span></span></w:sdt></i><span style="font-family: Calibri;"> There is a lot
of online discussion about the force policies. I must admit I have no argument
with any of the principles, in theory. It’s hard to be critical of a more
reasoned approach when we have created the problem ourselves. With the unreasonable
shootings and deadly force incidents documented in the social media how can we
expect to be able to carry on as usual? Our loss of legitimacy is compounded
daily by some of these events. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Now the Police Foundation has released an infographic on
police use of force that does a very good job of outlining when coercive force
is reasonable and legal.</span><w:sdt citation="t" id="-13390325"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"> (Use of Force Infographic, 2016)</span></w:sdt><span style="font-family: Calibri;"> However, it does not
deal with the legal responsibilities of bystander officers. Are we afraid of
that subject?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Policy item # 6 in the “PERF 30” shows the same reluctance.
It reads: </span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Duty to intervene: Officers need to prevent other officers from
using excessive force. Officers should
be obligated to intervene when they believe another officer is about to use excessive
or unnecessary force, or when they witness colleagues using excessive or
unnecessary force, or engaging in other misconduct. Agencies should also train
officers to detect warning signs that another officer might be moving toward
excessive or unnecessary force and to intervene before the situation escalates.</span><w:sdt citation="t" id="1611390972"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"> </span><span style="font-style: normal; mso-no-proof: yes;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">(PERF, 2016)</span></span></w:sdt></i></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">This type of peer intervention policy is important but it
does not go far enough. Agencies are losing officers to misconduct at a
documented rate 100 times greater than the officers being lost to felonious
assaults.</span><w:sdt citation="t" id="69700914"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"> (Cato
Institute, 2015)</span></w:sdt><span style="font-family: Calibri;">
There are many more undocumented losses of cops retiring or resigning while
under investigation. The cost to agencies in legitimacy and dollars is
astronomical. Peer Intervention offers police officers the opportunity to intervene,
not just in those instances of excessive force, but in any instance where
another officer’s </span><u><span style="font-family: Calibri;">actions</span></u><span style="font-family: Calibri;"> or </span><u><span style="font-family: Calibri;">inactions</span></u><span style="font-family: Calibri;"> puts them at risk of
dishonoring themselves, their family or the badge. Peer Intervention must
include “Permission” to all officers to intervene and allow the intervention. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Chevron has been using the permission model with great
success and law enforcement can learn from it. </span></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">The Stop Work
Authority pocket card encourages and enables every single worker at the
refinery, regardless of rank or expertise, to stop any work if they believe
that it is not being done safely. </span></i></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">All refinery workers
must respect an exercise of Stop Work Authority when someone raises a safety
concern. It has the full backing of the Richmond Refinery Management Team, and
the pocket card issued to employees and contractors includes my signature.
Employees are both encouraged and celebrated when they use their Stop Work
Authority.</span></i></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">After the work is
stopped or paused, a conversation about the concern follows. Next, the person
in charge of the work is notified, and we involve the right people in reviewing
the situation, sometimes even technical experts who can offer the best
knowledge about the situation.</span><w:sdt citation="t" id="264354534"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"> </span><span style="font-style: normal; mso-no-proof: yes;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">(Kory Judd, 2015)</span></span></w:sdt></i></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Chevron’s stop work authority gives every employee, from the
janitor to the CEO, permission to </span><u><span style="font-family: Calibri;">protect</span></u><span style="font-family: Calibri;"> other employees. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">I have talked to officers across the U.S. and Canada. I
always ask for officers to raise their hand if they have </span><u><span style="font-family: Calibri;">never</span></u><span style="font-family: Calibri;"> done
anything that could have cost them their job. I have seen one hand go up in 10
years. In that instance the other CLEOs in the room just rolled their eyes.
Cops will make mistakes and sometimes they will deliberately break the law. In
most cases other cops know about the conduct but decline to intervene. They
decline because their training never included the idea of peer intervention or
permission to intervene in another officer’s behavior, but it should. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">The IELTB training has an oath that is based on the second
sentence of the law enforcement oath. It reads:</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">I promise that I will always have the
courage to stand by you and for you. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">I promise that I will never allow,
through action or inaction, any act that dishonors you, your family or the
badge. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">I ask that you promise to do the same
for me. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">With 30 years in law enforcement I
understand when cops read the oath and say “Yeah, sure.” Then I ask them to do
this simple exercise: Write a letter to the spouse and children of the officer
who just went to prison for something you witnessed or were aware of and could
have stopped. Tell them why you didn’t have the courage to protect that officer
when they clearly needed your help. Sign your name to it and then imagine
delivering it in person. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">PERF and the POLICE FOUNDATION both need
to step up and mandate Peer Intervention, in all its forms. We are our brother’s
keeper and Peer Intervention is about Officer Survival. Survival of your
career, your family and your freedom. </span><a href="http://ieltb.com/"><span style="color: #0563c1; font-family: Calibri;">http://ieltb.com</span></a></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Michael W. Quinn</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Managing Partner</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">International Ethics and Leadership
Training Bureau, LLP</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">February 6, 2016</span></div>
<b></b><i></i><u></u><sub></sub><sup></sup><strike></strike>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02875589233005311890noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-523544277948471995.post-45305121330933549082013-11-26T17:13:00.005-08:002013-11-26T17:13:42.157-08:00I testified last week against the City of Milwaukee in Betker V. the City of Milwaukee. The case was about whether or not an officer deliberately lied in an affidavit to obtain a no-knock search warrant. But it was also about accountability. The officer, Rodolfo Gomez, is awaiting trial for assaulting a handcuffed prisoner. He had a history of being arrested for minor crimes but was still a Milwaukee cop. The affidavit was so full of misleading statements that the jury deliberated for only a couple hours before coming back with a unanimous verdict. <br />
I am glad the jury got it right because this could have been bad. Bad for the plaintiffs and even worse for the SWAT team that served the warrant. <br />
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The plaintiffs in this case we're home and asleep in their bed when the SWAT team came through two separate entrances into their house. The target? A woman with a 24 year old credit card fraud conviction with no criminal history since then. The complaint "Felon in Possession of a Handgun." A complaint made by an angry sister. The target's husband, Richard Betker, responded to the noise and confusion with a gun in hand ready to repel the intruders. Luckily for the police officers Betker did not fire his weapon. Luckily for Betker, he was only shot in the shoulder and in the hand, losing half of one finger.<br />
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I know it seems wrong to say Betker was lucky, but he was standing behind a wall sticking his arm around the corner gun in hand and did not realize it was the police. I know from experience that when you serve a high-risk warrant people are often confused and respond as if being attacked. If Betker had responded with a high powered rifle, which he also had available, we might have seen line of duty deaths and the death of Richard Betker. All of this because one officer couldn't be truthful in his affidavit.<br />
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I cannot fault the officers of the SWAT team after reading the hundreds of pages of documentation on this case. I have looked down the barrel of my own gun at close range in the hands of a suspect I was trying to arrest, so I have some sense of what the officers felt at the scene. I wonder if the officers involved in serving this No-knock warrant are angry with Gomez for the position he put them in. They should be. As an investigator in internal affairs I saw other investigators, and sometimes the chief, give a pass to officers and either not ask the hard questions or condone conduct that should have drawn some type of corrective discipline. I wonder if this is the case with Gomez. If so, had Richard Betker shot and killed a Milwaukee police officer the Milwaukee police department would also be to blame. As it is, the jury is sending a message to them also; a $1,000,000 message.<br />
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We think we're doing officers a favor when we let their misconduct avoid accountability. But the truth is we are only feeding them rope to hang themselves with later.<br />
The city of Milwaukee will pay out one million dollars in taxpayers money. It could have been worse. It could've been paying for funerals for officers and benefits to their survivors. The disciplinary process may not change people but it can often change behavior if it is fairly applied. I hated being disciplined when I screwed up on the job, but I hated it a lot worse when I stood near the casket of an officer killed in the line of duty.<br />
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There will always be consequences for unethical behavior. Somebody will always pay the price. I am sorry Richard Betker has such severe injuries. He does not deserve them. <br />
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I am just glad it wasn't an officer's life. Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02875589233005311890noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-523544277948471995.post-57433599545093316602013-08-16T07:06:00.000-07:002013-08-16T07:06:40.618-07:00It will be worse than your worst case scenario, trust me.
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Many years ago I was teaching, part-time, at Minneapolis
Community College Center for Criminal Justice and Law Enforcement. On that day I was running a scenario wherein two officers confront two men
in a very tight and dark hallway at the scene of a possible burglary. I had come
to know both of these students, one male and one female, from prior training
with them and I expected them to do well. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They had demonstrated good communication and
officer survival skills in prior evaluations.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">The two role players were full time male cops at a local
department and in this case they were playing the role of ex-cons who attempted
to break into a business without success and were on their way out when the two
students blocked their way. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">I watched the event unfold from a point of view where I
could see and hear everything that happened. I was not under stress and I was
making careful observations about how the students were interacting with the
role players. I had run this same scenario several times already with other
students and I had some sense of how things should go, if everything went
right. What happened next is still etched into my training mindset and forever
changed the way I viewed future confrontations when I was on the street. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">The students initially took control with good verbal
commands and they demonstrated good tactics except - the male student did not
get the handcuffs on tight enough on his suspect. I cannot tell you exactly
what happened next. I was there. I carefully watched the entire scenario and yet,
even immediately afterward, I had great difficulty putting it all together and
would not have been able to do so without the help of the role players. But here
is the bottom line and the reason for today’s blog. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">The female student was the only survivor. Her partner was
shot twice in the back, with her weapon. One suspect was shot in the back, with
her weapon. The other suspect was shot in the chest by the male student, a
contact wound directly to the heart. The female student had no injuries, not
even a scratch. The entire incident took about 30 seconds and occurred in a space
about three feet wide by 10 feet long. She didn’t shoot her partner. One of the
role players did. Her partner did shoot the other role player. She was disarmed
early in the confrontation and after all was said and done she did recover her
weapon and fire the two shots into the back of the other suspect as he tried to
acquire her fallen partner’s handgun. Everyone in the scenario was initially
speechless, me included. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">In my critique I made three points. One, you have to make
sure you put handcuffs on properly. Two, when you go to write this up, as the
only survivor and witness, you are going to get things wrong. I guarantee it.
You will even have difficulty accurately recalling what happened to you, much
less your partner. And three, the most important part of the critique. A lot of
people are not going to believe you. If this scenario was real, and this was you
and your training officer in the first few weeks of training, most cops will
call you a liar. They will blame your gender. They will blame your lack of
experience. They will make a hero out of your dead partner. But most likely,
your career will not recover from this experience, even though you did nothing
wrong and it was your partner’s poor handcuffing technique that was the
proximate cause. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">As I read the StarTribune article today about the shooting
death of Terrence Franklin I was reminded of that training scenario from years
ago. My own experience on the street confirmed many times over that you cannot
conceive of some of the events you will encounter. If you can dream of a worst
case scenario for yourself there is always something even worse that is
possible. In the Franklin shooting there are multiple cops involved and I can’t
and won’t believe that they are all lying. Most cops do this job the right way.
Over the years I witnessed cops that should have been fired many times over
perform acts of selfless bravery. I am not a fan of Officer Luke Peterson but I
have no trouble believing that he would do the same and I applaud him for his
actions. It looks like the officers may have made some mistakes in the
confrontation with Franklin. I can live with that and at this point we have
to trust to forensics and the fact that there are multiple witnesses to this
event. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">I have consulted on several cases in recent years where
suspects have died at the hands of the police and I feel bad for the survivors
in those families. I understand the frustration and anger and I would never
attempt to minimize how awful it must be for the parents, siblings, and loved
ones who are asked to trust that the police did what they had to do. But in the
end, that is why we have cops. And I can’t imagine, in even a worst case
scenario, a world without them because it would be even worse than that. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02875589233005311890noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-523544277948471995.post-22982997986008518292013-08-06T13:09:00.003-07:002013-08-06T13:09:22.351-07:00It Has To Start At The Top
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">If you haven’t read it yet, I have posted a link to
Michael Friedman’s commentary in the Star Tribune on how to reform the Minneapolis Police Department.
This is by far the most realistic analysis I have read yet on on dealing the police
misconduct on the MPD. You can find it at <a href="http://www.startribune.com/opinion/commentaries/218437051.html"><span style="color: blue;">http://www.startribune.com/opinion/commentaries/218437051.html</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">In this same edition Chief Harteau is quoted as
saying she wants officers to “say something” if they see another officer
involved in misconduct. Say something? To Whom? The officer? Their supervisor? Internal Affairs? I
can tell you exactly how that works; it doesn’t. Unless saying something means saying it to the cops involved in the misconduct and the words are: “Not Here,
Not Now, Not in Front of Me, That's Not Going to Happen.” <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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There are consequences for cops who report other cops so they seldom report the misconduct even though the Minneapolis
Police Department manual is pretty clear.<o:p></o:p><br />
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></i><a href="http://www.blogger.com/null" name="P98_9540"></a><b><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">5-105
PROFESSIONAL CODE OF CONDUCT </span></i></b><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">6. Employees
shall immediately report any violation of rules, regulations, or laws that come
to their attention to the Internal Affairs Unit, regardless of the violator's
assignment or rank within the Department.<a href="file:///C:/Users/Michael%20Quinn/Documents/Blog/If%20you%20haven.docx" name="_ednref1" style="mso-endnote-id: edn1;" title=""><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="color: blue;">[i]</span></span></b></span><!--[endif]--></span></span></a></span></i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><o:p> </o:p></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Every police department in the country has a similar
policy. I have talked to cops across Canada and the United States and every cop
knows this policy is there but they all admit it is the most commonly violated
policy in the whole manual. It is seen by most as a “gotcha” policy to be used
to discipline an officer when a department can’t justify anything else. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Let me give you a Reader’s Digest version of my
history of reporting misconduct with the MPD. Late 1970’s I tell the Deputy
Chief Brucianni about two vice cops beating up a prostitute. Two days later one
of the cops grabs me and threatens to “kill me” if I ever snitch him off again.
He meant it.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">There are several incidents over my 23 year career
but skip ahead to the 1990’s. A rookie police officer in the academy relates an
event to the entire rookie class about how on her ride along the two cops
kicked in a door without a warrant and then admitted to her that they use
Creative Report writing and lie about their justification. They tell her “That’s
how it’s done in the 3<sup>rd</sup> precinct.” I take it to my Lieutenant. The two
cops are separated and sent to new precincts. No discipline. The department allows
the prosecution to proceed against the man arrested because drugs and guns were seized.
The cop who told the entire rookie class this story? No longer a cop.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">That is typical of what happens when cops report the
misconduct of other cops. They get put under so much pressure they resign. I like the idea of some sort of protection for
whistle blowers but written orders or even laws alone will have as much power as
the code of conduct rule I<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>listed above.
In other words, none. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We don’t need
whistle blowers. We need cops brave enough to stand up to the cops who are making
them look bad.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We need cops who are willing to intervene in the misconduct of other cops. Cops don’t need to say
something. They need to DO something. Cops need to know that their behavior
will not be tolerated by the other cops. The idea that we can make a difference
by offering more training on cultural diversity and racism is a smoke shield. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Most cops, as Chief Harteau points out, are good
cops. We need them to step up and hold the other cops accountable, but it has
to start at the top. As long as you have cops like Lucas Peterson that can get away
with excessive force, charging people with crimes they never committed, and
lying in their reports, working the street you will never get the good cops to
come forward. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Chief Harteau, you want to change the culture of the
MPD? Then hold cops like Peterson, Thole, and Powell accountable. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Make the rest of us, and your cops, believe
that you mean what you say. <o:p></o:p></span><br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02875589233005311890noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-523544277948471995.post-400827122251226862013-08-05T06:52:00.000-07:002013-08-05T06:52:14.552-07:00We ARE the heroes. I know that cops who bring disgrace to our profession bring us all down, across the country. I also know as I have noted in my book and in my lectures, that most cops do the right thing. We are all capable of acts of evil, yet the vast majority of cops do not give in to those desires to meet out justice on our own terms. Given the power and control we have over peoples lives and the opportunities for misconduct that are so tempting when dealing with the criminal element it makes me proud to know that most cops do not succumb but instead make us proud.<br />
My good friend and former partner Chief Greg Hestness at the University of Minnesota is always the advocate for all the good things cops do. He helps to keep me on track and remind me of the good work done by so many. The following is from the UMPD Report. My congratulations to all the officers involved especially Officer McElroy.<br />
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<b><span style="color: red;">MP13-251677 JUMPER 1
Portland Ave. S Officer McElroy responded to a jumper call on the Stone
Arch Bridge. Upon arrival he found a male straddling the railing with his
shoes off, telling passerby's he intended to jump. Officer McElroy
engaged the male in conversation and was eventually able to establish enough
rapport with the man to convince him to bring his leg back over the
railing. In the process of coming back over the railing, the man lost his
balance and began to fall backwards, off the bridge. Officer McElroy
grabbed the man and pulled him over the railing. MPD officers assisted
him with securing the male. Male was transported to HCMC APS on a
hold. Supplement was added.</span></b><o:p></o:p><br />
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<em><b><span style="color: red;">***Excellent job by Officer
McElroy and all MPD officers who assisted!***</span></b></em></div>
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<span style="color: red;"><span style="color: black;">Here are some of Chief Hestness' comments. </span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #1f497d; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt;">I know all the focus is on bad cops again and we give lip
service to the good ones out there. Case in point, Mark McElroy. He
is still on probation, almost done. I hired him away from HCSO last
year. He was a four year Gopher lineman under Coach Mason, 6-5, 300
plus. We often don’t credit huge guys with the gift of gab and empathy,
but he has it. .... I have to admit
when it comes to pulling people off the railing, being huge and quick has its
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02875589233005311890noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-523544277948471995.post-85976994590582245772013-07-27T17:44:00.000-07:002013-07-27T17:44:02.100-07:00The price cops pay when they report misconduct by another cop. <div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">A few days ago I was contacted by my friend Michelle
Gross of Communities United Against Police Brutality – <a href="http://cuapb.org/">http://cuapb.org</a> . She wanted to know if I could help some police
officers that they were supporting in a whistle blower case. Most cops don’t
like CUAPB because being called out publicly by Communities United Against
Police Brutality usually means being accused of brutality. What many people,
especially cops, fail to understand is that this organization is about justice,
for everyone. Cops complain about CUAPB unfairly accusing them of brutality but
the fact is that it is the cops who are continuously finding new ways to
embarrass themselves. Today’s article in the StarTribune is just one more
example. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">“Two Minneapolis police officers placed on
leave are being investigated for allegations that they used racial and sexual
slurs when talking to a Green Bay, Wis., police officer following an
altercation there, sources told the Star Tribune Friday.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">While the department declined to name the
officers or describe the incident, the sources said that officers Brian Thole
and Shawn Powell got into an argument last month with two black men in Green
Bay, where Powell used to be a police officer. The officers were off-duty at
the time.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Police were called but the dispute ended
without further incident and no one was arrested, the sources said. Thole and
Powell then contacted a higher-up within the Green Bay Police Department and
used a racial slur when describing the men, as well as a sexual slur about
Minneapolis Police Chief Janeé Harteau, who is the city’s first gay police
chief.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The Green Bay Police Department sent an incident report to the
Minneapolis Police Department about what happened, according to the sources.
That report made its way to Internal Affairs and to Harteau, who placed the
officers, who are white, on paid leave. They have been removed from the SWAT
team, the sources said.” <a href="file:///C:/Users/Michael%20Quinn/Documents/Blog/CrystalPDBlog.docx#_edn1" name="_ednref1" title=""><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="color: #333333; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">[i]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></a><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Most cops hate this kind of behavior even more than the public because they
know it reflects on all of them.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">I can virtually
guarantee that Officers Thole and Powell assumed that their use of racial and
sexual slurs would never be reported by another cop. There is a code of silence
that prevents that in most organizations, thankfully not on the Green Bay Department.
Thank you Green Bay Police Department for doing the right thing. You showed a
level of professionalism that is clearly not present in the Minneapolis Police
Department. Why would I say that? Let’s look at this case. Clearly the Minneapolis
cops thought that their conduct was acceptable based on the way they work in
Minneapolis. Why else would they think they could get away with that kind of language
with another agency? That leads us right to the supervisors and other officers
on the streets who tolerate their behavior. But what happens when cops do report
misconduct on the part of other cops? </span><b><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Retribution!<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Which brings me back to the cops at CUAPB: Officer
Alan Watt and Sergeant Robin Erkenbrack of the Crystal Police Department wanted
to know why Sgt. Greg Burstad, a Brooklyn Park Police Officer assigned to the
now disbanded Metro Gang Strike Force was able to kick in the door of a home in
Crystal MN, seize the entire contents of the home, and not be held accountable?
When these two honorable officers started to push the investigation with the
Crystal Chief their lives were turned upside down, and remain that way. It
appears that the Crystal Chief is protecting Burstad although it is hard to understand
why. In an arrest Burstad made in December of 2011 Burstad reported: </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">“At that time I did pull my squad car along
side the driver’s side portion of the suspect vehicle and attempted to stop Lee
from running. I did exit my car and observed that A.L. was attempting to run
northbound away from officers and I came around the front portion of my squad
car and attempted to tackle him so that he could not get away. I was giving him
numerous verbal commands to cooperate and get down on the ground so that he
could be taken into custody. A.L. was not cooperating and I attempted to grab
his arm and take control for A.L. I did receive minor injuries to my right
kneecap and began struggling with A.L to get him to the ground. It should be
noted at this time I was stuck between my car and the suspect vehicle in tight
quarters in attempting to get A.L. into custody. I was able to physically
wrestle and fight L. to the ground and attempted to handcuff Lee. It should be
noted that I gave A.L. numerous commands to cooperate and put his hands behind
his back but he was not responding.” <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Now watch the video at this link and tell me what you
see. This is the actual arrest. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">I’ll tell you what I see: a black man with his hands
in air, standing still, and a cop assaulting him with as many as 20 punches. And
this cop is still patrolling the streets after a 5 day suspension for policy
violations. Policy violations? Are you kidding me? How about assault? <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">As you read through the statements to follow by
Erkenbrack and Watt, which are public information and were shared with me by
the officers, I know that you will have the same question any reasonable person
has: What? You will have that question because there is no way to understand
what has happened to them. I do know that what is happening to them is wrong
and needs to stop. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">In early Fall 2012, I became aware of an incident
related to the Ramirez family in Crystal in which the family experienced theft
and burglary of their possessions from their apartment that involved the Metro
Gang Strike Force. I learned that the family filed an offense report that was
not being investigated and, in fact, was being covered up. I did not feel it
was right that the family was being denied police services simply because
another police agency may be involved. I also heard that the investigator,
Brandon Johnson, was being pressured not to investigate the case. The only
people who could pressure him would be police administration.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">I heard from coworkers that the FBI was investigating
the Ramirez incident. I contacted the FBI and told the investigator that I felt
that because of past practices by police administration of engaging in other
cover ups, I believed they were responsible for this cover up. I listed the
following examples of police administration misconduct:<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"> I became
aware that then Sgt. Fealy (now Chief Revering), Sgt. Gustafson and another
officer had gone to a strip club off duty. While there, they got into an
altercation with a patron they recognized as a Crystal resident known to the
police department. During the course of the altercation, they had to be
escorted out by strip club management. A complaint was made with Chief Banick
but it was covered up and not investigated.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"> I was present
when Sgt. Fealy performed the second day of a two-day check out of former
police officer Michael Keller. Prior to the end of shift, at approximately 2:00
a.m., he was packing up his locker and I later found out that he had been let
go in the middle of the shift. I was told later by other officers that Sgt.
Erkenbrack had found a note in her old desk stating that Sgt. Fealy and Ofc.
Krob had made a bet about when Keller would be fired and the wager would be for
a bottle of booze. I was told by Ofc. Krob that neither Fealy nor Krob was ever
disciplined. Once again, the misconduct appears to have been covered up.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"> I heard from
other officers that Sgt. Todd Gustafson, supervisor of investigations, had
brought a large, cone-shaped mortar round—a bomb—back from a search warrant and
left it in the police department. The bomb squad was called by another police
officer and they ordered the police department to be evacuated. They later
determined that the bomb was a live round and had to detonate it. By bringing
the bomb back to the police department and placing ¡t in the building,
Gustafson endangered the officers, city workers and the public. Yet there was
no internal affairs investigation.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"> In yet a
different situation, Chief Banick and Deputy Chief Fealy falsified a complaint
against Ofc. Jessica Donahue regarding some property that had no dollar value
(three homemade music CDs). Ofc. Donahue had recovered this property during an
offense report incident. The property had been placed ¡n a secured area until
it could be logged into evidence. She momentarily forgot to move the items into
evidence as her father was dying of cancer. Deputy Chief Fealy went to the
people listed on the offense report and attempted to solicit a complaint from
them. After Donahue returned from funeral leave from burying her father, she
was pulled into the office and told there had been a complaint. However, the
people listed on the offense report stated they never made a complaint. Donahue
got a letter ¡n her file even though there was no actual complaint. Donahue had
a previous dispute with Fealy and Banick and this appears to have been
retaliation.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">On October 7, 2012, I sent an email to Assistant
City Manager Kim Therres expressing my concerns about “the Ramirez family
situation with former Chief Banick” (the lack of investigation and the
following cover up). I also sent the message to City Manager Anne Norris. In a
follow up email to Norris I asked “why former Chief Banick, current Chief
Fealy, and Lt. Gustafson are allowed to commit acts which are morally,
ethically and legally wrong without consequence” and I predicted that “I’ll be
punished in some way” as retaliation for raising these allegations. (See
attached.) I soon found that my prediction would come true.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">On October 15, 2012, I was called to the chief’s
office regarding leaving my unloaded side arm in a secured area in the police
department eight months prior—a common practice among Crystal officers. I was
told several times by Chief Fealy and Lt. Leslin that I was not in trouble and
I did not need any sort of representation, even though I asked. I answered
their questions but they kept badgering me to give them the answer they wanted.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">On October 18, 2012, in the evening, I received a
call from Chief Fealy asking me to come ¡n the next day, which was my scheduled
day off. As a single father, I explained that this was too short of notice and
that I would have to bring my kids. She demanded that I come in but not with my
kids. I contacted my union rep, who sent a letter explaining my situation.
Fealy later characterized this as “being insubordinate” and failing to respond”
despite offering to meet her on the following Monday.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">On October 19, 2012, I was placed on administrative
leave. I was told I was not ¡n trouble and this was not a disciplinary leave.
However, they took my badge, keys and other police equipment. I was told not to
identify myself as a police officer while on leave. Further, I was ordered not
to have any contact whatsoever—even socially—with any coworkers, city officials
or any city employees except my union rep. This Is an illegal order in
violation of my Constitutional right to free speech and freedom of association.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">On December 20, 2012, I attended an interview
regarding the incident noted above. However, now this became an investigation
for discipline. I was later told that the result of the investigation was
inconclusive but was still sent to a city-selected and hired psychiatrist, who
stated “Mr. Watt is able to safely perform his duties as a peace officer at
this time. There appears to be no physical impairment or condition at this time
that would prevent him from safely performing those duties.” Despite this
determination, I was still not allowed to return to work.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">In a letter dated April 18, 2013, Chief Revering
stated “Your anger and criticisms of superiors appear to be at odds with a
common understanding of the employment relationship.” She added, “You have
engaged in a number of angry outbursts toward coworkers and superiors” and “you
failed to use calm and respectful ways of resolving problems.” No particular
incidents or details were given. This is clear retaliation given that Fealy
(Revering) herself has been involved in a number of specific incidents of angry
outbursts ¡n the work place. Examples include:<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Revering became angry at Ofc. Drake and threw a
pencil that hit him in his eye.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">At a staff meeting, Revering became angry at Sgt.
Holm and began swearing and screaming at him. She followed him through the
department as he retreated to his office while she screamed “do your fucking
job!” over and over. This was so loud that it was heard throughout the
department, including downstairs.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Ofc. Phil Johnson was supervisor of the shift and
assigned Revering to an end of the city along with other officers coming on
shift. In front of other officers, she began screaming about her objections to
the assignment and that she was not going to do it. Ofc. Leslin moved
Revering’s squad car as a joke. She thought I did it and followed me into the
men’s locker room screaming where’s my fucking car?” and things to that effect.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">On April 19, 2013, I was told I would be placed on
30 days of unpaid leave, during which time I could not work any outside job. As
an afterthought, Revering then stated that this would be 30 business days—6
weeks—without income. As a single father of three children, this has created a
genuine hardship for me and appears to have been the intent. In addition, I was
told that despite the favorable determination by their psychiatrist, when I
returned to work I would be banned from carrying a gun and making arrests, the
most humiliating thing you can do to a police officer. This clearly shows
personal retaliation by Chief Revering.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">I was supposed to return to duty on June 3, 2013
however on May31 I received an email from Chief Revering (formerly Fealy) and
copied to City Manager Anne Norris informing me that I am not to report to work
and that I would remain on home assignment until further notice. I was also
told that my pay is being reduced from investigator to patrol.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">I remain on administrative leave to this day, with
no indication as to when I may come back to work. I believe all of the things
that have happened to me are retaliation for complaining about misconduct by
police management, especially my complaint about the Ramirez cover up.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">I have been a Crystal police officer for 17 years. I
have received numerous commendations and much praise from business owners and
community members for going the extra mile. I have never had any complaints by
community members and no prior significant discipline to the best of my
knowledge.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">This statement is true and correct to the best of my
knowledge.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Statement
is signed by Alan Watt and Dated June 16,2013<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><br /></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Statement
of Robin Erkenbrack<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">I am filing this complaint against Crystal Police
Chief Stephanie Revering. I am experiencing illegal retaliation from her as a
result of being a whistleblower for reporting corruption on the part of
Revering and for expressing concern over the lack of investigation into a crime
that occurred to the Ramirez family by a police officer from another police
agency. Further, in this retaliation from Chief Revering, she knowingly has
exceeded her authority in violation of Minnesota criminal statute 609.43,
subdivision 2.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Corruption by Stephanie Fealy (now Revering)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">On December 9, 2007, I was moving to a new desk ¡n
the sergeant’s office. The desk I was moving to had been occupied by Stephanie
Fealy (now Revering) and she had moved to another office. In the process of
cleaning out the desk, I found a note taped to the back of a drawer. This note
was a bet ¡n writing between Fealy and Jerry Krob, a background investigator,
on when a new officer, Mike Keller, would be terminated. The reward for winning
the bet would be “a bottle of booze.” See attached. At the time, Fealy oversaw
training of new officers and would have control over whether new officers
successfully passed training and kept their position. The date of the bet was
12/6/06, before Keller had even been hired. This was clearly gross misconduct
on the part of now-chief Revering.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Upon finding the note, I followed department policy
mandating that I report it and saw to it that it was submitted to police Chief
John Banick. My reason for reporting this incident was that Sgt. Fealy, who was
in charge of training, entered into a bet for value on when someone who was
under her authority would be fired. It
should be noted that this was not a “gentleman’s bet,” a bet with nothing
wagered, as both Fealy and Krob said in their statements. This was a bet to win
a tangible item of monetary value, a bottle of booze, as evidenced ¡n the
written bet itself. Subsequently Fealy saw to it that Keller was fired. It
should be further noted that both Fealy and Krob used the term “gentleman’s
bet” in their statements—a term rarely used—and an indication that they likely
collaborated prior to giving their statements, the very thing I am now being
accused of.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">My report of this matter led to an internal affairs
investigation in which Fealy admitted participating in the bet but the matter
was apparently found not to be misconduct. In her statement, Fealy stated “Rob
and I have had a conflict for quite a while.”
I don’t have a personal conflict with her. However, by her own
admission, even before her retaliation against me began, she had a conflict
against me. She also stated that I should not have reported the matter, even
though that would have been in direct violation of department policy.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Concern about Ramirez Incident<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">In fall 2012, I learned about complaints by
community members that the Crystal police department had failed to investigate
a felony theft/burglary and dispossession from their home of a Crystal Hispanic
family involving the Metro Gang Strike Force. I was asked to meet with two
newly-elected city council members. During those meetings, I expressed my
concern about misconduct on the part of Crystal police management for failure
to investigate an obvious felony, and the need for an investigation into whom
within police management blocked the Investigation and then participated in the
resulting cover up. I know that Chief Banick was aware of the lack of
investigation into this serious crime and then-Deputy Chief Stephanie Fealy
worked closely with him and would have been aware of this situation. I also
expressed my concerns to other members of the police department.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Retaliation Began<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Stephanie Revering (formerly Fealy) was promoted to
police chief in early Fall 2012 then shortly after meeting with the city
council members, I was investigated for an incident that I was not involved in
nor present for, then placed on administrative leave. I was pressured to retire
and told that if I did not accept the retirement, I would face possible
termination or demotion and that police administration would open up other
internal affairs investigations on me. These statements were recorded by my
union attorney. After refusing to retire, I was demoted from Sergeant to patrol
officer. Although I was to return to work on May 24, 2013, I have since been
told that I am to remain on leave. Further, I was told that my office was cleaned
out, my department email was shut down, and I was required to turn in my badge.
To this day, I still have not been given any particularized findings as to why
I was disciplined/demoted or why I am still on leave. I have not been told when
I can—if ever— return to duty. I have attached correspondence from the city.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">I am a 27 year veteran of this department and have
received numerous commendations. In my
27 years with the department, I have never received a complaint by a community
member or had any significant discipline that I am aware of. I have devoted my
entire career to integrity in law enforcement. I love serving the residents of
the city of Crystal.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">It is my belief that the current situation I am
experiencing is illegal retaliation for being a whistleblower related to
corruption on the part of Crystal police administration, especially on the part
of Chief Stephanie Revering.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">I was ordered by Chief Revering not to discuss this
matter with anyone other than union or legal counsel. Chief Revering exceeds
her authority when she orders me not to discuss matters which involve her own
misconduct as this is a matter of public concern.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">This is a complaint of gross misconduct against
Chief Stephanie Revering. However, one of the letters I received was signed by
city manager, Anne Norris. Therefore, following the chain of command and proper
procedure, I submit this complaint to Norris’ supervisor, the Crystal city
council.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">This statement is true and correct to the best of my
knowledge.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Statement
is signed by Erkenbrack and Dated 6-13-13. Mq.<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Now the question is what does the community wants
out of this. If you want your cops to continue to cover for each other, lie,
and get away with assault you do nothing. You say<br />
“There must be two sides to the story” or “It is an internal problem, nothing I
can do.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Or, you call your city council members and the mayor
in Crystal and demand that the Chief of Police explain what she is doing to
these cops and why. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">CRYSTAL CITY COUNCIL<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Name<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Voicemail<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">E-mail<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Jim Adams<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Mayor<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">(612) 805-5101<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><a href="mailto:jim.adams@crystalmn.gov">jim.adams@crystalmn.gov</a><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Laura Libby<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Section I; Wards 1 & 2<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">(763) 670-2721<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><a href="mailto:laura.libby@crystalmn.gov">laura.libby@crystalmn.gov</a><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Mark Hoffmann<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Ward 1<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">(763) 531-1006<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><a href="mailto:MrkHoffmann@aol.com">MrkHoffmann@aol.com</a><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Joe Selton<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Ward 2<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">(763) 535-3564<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><a href="mailto:iamjcsjr@aol.com">iamjcsjr@aol.com</a><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">John Budziszewski <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Section II; Wards 3 & 4 <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">(763) 531-1003 <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><a href="mailto:john.m.budziszewski@gmail.com" target="_blank">john.m.budziszewski@gmail.com</a> <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Casey Peak<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Ward 3<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">(763) 531-1008<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><a href="mailto:casey.peak@crystalmn.gov">casey.peak@crystalmn.gov</a><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Julie Deshler<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Ward 4<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">(612) 306-5808<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><a href="mailto:uuijad@aol.com">uuijad@aol.com</a><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">ADMINISTRATION<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">City Hall Switchboard: (763) 531-1000</span></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">
(M-F 8:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.) <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Position<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">E-mail<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Anne Norris<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">City Manager<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">(763) 531-1140<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><a href="mailto:anne.norris@crystalmn.gov">anne.norris@crystalmn.gov</a><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Kimberly Therres<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Assistant City Manager/HR Manager<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">(763) 531-1132<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><a href="mailto:kim.therres@crystalmn.gov">kim.therres@crystalmn.gov</a><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Chrissy Serres<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">City Clerk<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">(763) 531-1145<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><a href="mailto:chrissy.serres@crystalmn.gov">chrissy.serres@crystalmn.gov</a><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">And if they can’t or won’t help you can contact the Minnesota
Chiefs of Police Association at <a href="http://www.mnchiefs.org/contact-us">http://www.mnchiefs.org/contact-us</a>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">I know the Crystal Community wants good police
officers who stand up for what’s right. Here is your chance to do something to support
right conduct in the Crystal PD. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">You can see Ramirez’ testimony about the night his
home was seized at: The Uptake: Joint legislative committee on public safety
agenda: Testimony on MN Seizure Laws. Youtube link - <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Im17SumqoWE">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Im17SumqoWE</a><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">These cops need and deserve your help. Please take
the time to help them. Feel free to forward this blog to your neighbors and
friends. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">When I was writing my book, <i>Walking With the Devil: The Police Code of Silence</i>, I thought I was
writing a book about police training. Turns out, with a little introspection,
that I didn’t want to write a book about training I wanted to write a book
about how to be a good cop. After 23+ years with the Minneapolis PD, 18 months
with The Police Corps Program, 17 years of SWAT, 8 years with FBI SWAT and 4
years as supervisor of Minneapolis Police Academy I was an instructor in almost
every skill set necessary to be a cop with good technical skills. But good
technical skills are only part of the job. Over the years I came to know some decorated
officers that had great technical skills but were also racist, homophobic,
and/or brutal. Many of them were powerful informal leaders that arrested a lot
of bad guys. They demonstrated a gift for creative report writing and smooth
talking. They were allowed to stay cops only because no one challenged them;
not their co-workers, not their supervisors and not their departments. All of
which brings me to Officer Lucas Peterson and the Minneapolis Police
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Peterson has 13 excessive force complaints. He has
cost the community $700,000.00 in law suit payments. In 2006 Peterson was
caught lying in a police report where he charged a woman with a crime<a href="file:///C:/Users/Michael%20Quinn/Documents/Blog/When%20I%20was%20writing%20my%20book.docx#_edn1" name="_ednref1" title=""><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">[i]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></a>
she never committed. Chief Dolan did not hold him accountable. He sent him back
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Now he shoots and kills a man, is given an
outrageous amount of time to get his story straight, and the police federation
calls him a hero. <b><i>“He’s kind of, in my opinion, what we wish every cop could be,” said
John Delmonico, president of the Police Officers Federation of Minneapolis.<a href="file:///C:/Users/Michael%20Quinn/Documents/Blog/When%20I%20was%20writing%20my%20book.docx#_edn2" name="_ednref2" title=""><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">[ii]</span></b></span><!--[endif]--></span></a><o:p></o:p></i></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">The fact that Delmonico said that does not make it
true. I know that most of the cops working the street in Minneapolis are good
cops and they do not support lying or excessive force. So, does Delmonico think
he is speaking for our federation representatives or the department as a whole?
I can tell you this – John Delmonico does not speak for me as a retired cop or
as a Minneapolis resident. He does not speak for my father Lt. William B.
Quinn, MPD Retired/Deceased. He does not speak for my sister Special Agent Ann
Quinn-Robinson, formerly a sergeant with the MPD. The fact that Lucas Peterson
can do what some people call heroic does not excuse being brutal or being a liar.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">“Communities
that allow their cops to ignore the rules and marginalize any part of the
community are only trading one form of violence for another—and it is a bad
trade. You cannot separate individual justice from community justice. It is a
symbiotic relationship. Like an injury to the human body, an injury to the
justice system at the personal level is an injury to the body of the community.
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<i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">To “protect and
serve,” that is our real mandate. If there is going to be pain and injury, it
should be the result of our efforts to carry out that mandate, not the result
of violating it. No matter how hard we try, innocents will suffer and evil will
occasionally win. We cannot protect everyone, everywhere, and there will always
be some pain in the community. The community understands that. <o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">What they cannot
understand, and should not tolerate, are protectors that are the cause of their
pain.<a href="file:///C:/Users/Michael%20Quinn/Documents/Blog/When%20I%20was%20writing%20my%20book.docx#_edn3" name="_ednref3" title=""><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">[iii]</span></b></span><!--[endif]--></span></a></span></i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;"> <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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2012 Minnesota Statutes: 609.2231 ASSAULT IN THE FOURTH DEGREE. Subdivision
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