Police Coverups, Conspiracies, and Cost to Taxpayers

I have a couple I want to post. The Fort Collins pepper spray incident and one that happened in Gainesville.

Do you know of any requirement in FL that would require a minor to identify themselves to law enforcement absent of any reasonable suspicion? Like some sort of community care-taking function? I haven't looked it up, so I'm not sure.

 

Gainesville, FL

This is a weird one. A Captain with Alachua County arrests a woman for not presenting ID, although there is no crime. The woman is 31 years old, but the captain put in her report that she thought she was 8 to 10 years old. All the woman was doing was praying on the side of the road. A Gainesville PD officer shows up but is no help to the woman.

This has to be the 7,357,368,932,146,505th cop that does not understand the law. "I made contact with you on the side of the road, you're REQUIRED to identify yourself to a law enforcement officer." This lady is a Captain. How are you employed for that long to make it to Captain and not know the law. That, or she knows the law, and just doesn't care. "You need to understand the law, and that you are required to identify yourself."

The Gainesville officer's Supervisor, another Captain, contacted the Alachua County Sheriff's Office that the Alachua Captain's understanding of the law is wrong and an internal affairs investigation was launched. Investigators came to the conclusion that the Captain enganged in conduct unbecoming of an officer (probably or the unlawful arrest, search, and forcing of an innocent person to identify herself...) They recommended a 2 day suspension. Well, Watson, the Alachua County Sheriff voided the suspension. So, this woman who made it all the way to Captain without knowing some the most basic laws and procedures got ZERO punishment for violating rights of a citizen.

It gets weirder... The Captain in this case had previously won a lawsuit against Sheriff Watson. The lawsuit was about... Her rights being violated . You can't make this stuff up. After all of this, just weeks after violating this woman's rights, the Captain was promoted. If the Captain can successfully sue the Sheriff, then this innocent 31 year woman should be able to win a suit against a trained professional for violating her rights, right?

Video: (In-video add from 3:08 to 4:49)



Body Camera: Captain accused of ‘unlawfully detaining’ woman, investigation voided

GAINESVILLE, Fla. (WCJB) - Sheriff Clovis Watson voided the investigation of an Alachua County Sheriff’s Office captain after an internal affairs investigation determined she had wrongfully detained someone. TV20 has obtained the body camera video showing the interaction between Cpt. Rebecca Butscher, the detained person, and a Gainesville Police Department (GPD) officer.

According to Administrative Investigation, Butscher saw a person on the side of the road on June 21. Her incident report described the individual as a girl between the ages of 8 and 10 years old. She refused to identify herself and Butcher handcuffed her.

GPD Cpt. Victoria Young became aware of the incident and reported it to Chief Lonnie Scott. She was concerned that Butscher detained the woman without probable cause. The report was then sent to the sheriff’s office and the investigation was launched.

Command staff recommended Butscher be suspended without pay for two days, however, Watson “administratively voided” the investigation. As a result, she was never suspended without pay due to the incident.

 

Ft Collins, CO

Lawsuit incoming. Cops may have blinded a man in one eye who was free to go. The man was pepper sprayed in the eyes from two inches away. Police are trained to not use pepper spray any closer than three feet. The manufacturer says do not spray any closer than 3 feet. Spraying the man directly in the eyes from inches away forced particulate from the pepper spray into his eyeballs. The police investigated themselves and found they had done no wrong. For some reason, a citizen review board came to the same conclusion. Despite these findings, all charges were dropped against the victim. Pay up, citizens of Ft Collins.

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Cop Attacks Man for Refusing to Take Paper Citation | Cop Attacks Man for Refusing to Take Paper Citation | By Indisputable with Dr. Rashad Richey | Facebook

Lawyers take:


Fort Collins man alleges police officer permanently damaged his vision with pepper spray in new lawsuit

A Fort Collins man is suing the city, alleging two of its police officers used excessive force while issuing a summons in 2021, causing permanent damage to his vision.

When Hanzlicek finished writing up the summons — an official notice telling a defendant they’re being summoned to criminal court — he attempted to hand it to Kulas, who refused to take it. Park then said if Kulas refuses to take it, he won’t know his court date and a warrant will be issued for his arrest if he misses it. The lawsuit states Kulas was within his rights to refuse the summons.

“Rather than leave Mr. Kulas alone and move on, however, Defendant Park decided to escalate the encounter by aggressively and menacingly pursuing after Mr. Kulas (who was walking away) and deploying excessive physical violence,” the lawsuit said.

The lawsuit alleges Kulas was functionally blind due to the pepper spray and couldn’t work for several days after being released. It also alleges the officers never told Kulas he was under arrest until after they sprayed him, and that he had the right to leave up until that point.

 

Oof. There are two officers on scene to report what happened and this is the story that the police present to the public? Par for the course, I guess.

 

Pathetic.

I thought that was going to be in reference to this, but it it wasn't.

Indiana cop gets $35 ticket for running over and killing a man crossing the street in his 5th on-duty crash

An Indiana police officer got a $35 ticket for hitting and killing a local attorney with his police car.

Najdeski died three days later from his injuries after what was the fifth on-duty crash of Hartup's career, according to the outlet.

Najdeski's niece, Hannah Reid, said in a TikTok video that she has paid "steeper parking tickets" in the area than the penalty that Hartup will have to pay for her uncle's death.

It's unclear if Hartup has ever faced disciplinary action for the crash that killed Najdeski. The Fort Wayne Police Department did not immediately return Insider's request for comment.

 

Have you been following or heard about the Coffee City, TX police? I've been following that one for the past couple weeks. A department of 50 officers for a town of 250 residents. I read this morning that the whole department was disbanded.

 

Coffee City, Tx

Population: 249
Police Chiefs (Last week): 1
Police Chiefs (Now):0
Cops (Last week): 50
Cops (Now): 0

Yikes. News outlet KHOU 11 reporting brings down an entire police force. They have 1 cop for every 5 people. Of the 50 officers, half of them didn't even work in Coffee City. They worked remotely out of Houston, 200 miles away. Over half of them have been suspended, demoted, terminated or dishonorably discharged from their previous law enforcement jobs.

Officers were previously suspended/fired/dishonorably discharged for:

• Excessive force
• Association with known criminals
• Public drunkenness
• Untruthfulness
• One officer smashed a window out of his GF's house without consent
• One had a laptop from a burglary case at their house
• At least a dozen officers have charges ranging from official oppression, family violence, DWI, theft, aggravated assault w/ deadly weapon, endangering a child, and harassment
• The Chief failed to disclose that he had an open DWI case

Coffee city brought in over $1,000,000 in court fines for over 5,000 violations in a town of 250 people. The legality of half the force working 200 miles away is in question, and once KHOU started reporting on it, the chief immediately suspended the program. This whole department stinks.






Coffee City, Texas has 250 residents and 50 police officers | khou.com

COFFEE CITY, Texas — There’s not much to Coffee City, Texas. Two liquor stores, a couple of dollar stores, a pizza joint and a motel. But this town, which is three hours north of Houston, has quite a reputation among those who drive through.

The city limit sign on the side of State Highway 155 reads “POP 249.” In a town of barely 250 residents, there are 50 full-time and reserve officers in the department. That is five times the number of cops than any town its size, according to Texas Commission on Law Enforcement records.

Coffee City’s budget shows the town collected more than $1 million in court fines last year. That came from more than 5,100 citations officers wrote, the most in the state for a town its size according to the Texas Office of Court Administration.

But there is more to this story than a small town writing a bunch of speeding tickets. KHOU 11 Investigates discovered Coffee City is a magnet for troubled cops. More than half of the department’s 50 officers had been suspended, demoted, terminated or dishonorably discharged from their previous law enforcement jobs, according to personnel files obtained through open records requests to other law enforcement agencies.

A spokesperson for the Texas Commission on Law Enforcement confirms the agency has an open investigation into the Coffee City Police Department but would not say if it concerns hiring practices or any other issues.


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Coffee City, Texas fires police chief, deactivates department | khou.com

COFFEE CITY, Texas — City Council members in Coffee City unanimously voted Monday to fire Chief of Police JohnJay Portillo and to deactivate the entire department until a new chief can be hired.

The City Council took less than 15 minutes to reach its decision. It means the town of 250 people that once had 50 police officers on the force now has none.

KHOU 11 Investigates also uncovered Portillo did not disclose an unresolved DWI charge out of Florida on his Coffee City job application. Portillo also launched a questionable warrant division, in which full-time Coffee City officers were not even required to work in Coffee City at all.

As for the 50 full-time and reserve officers, Blackstone said they will not be allowed to perform police officer duties unless they are picked up by another department.