by Memo

Created on: September 23, 2008

It is a sad day in this world when you can hear on the news all the belligerent acts committed by law enforcement today, and as they report all of these in detail there is something left out of the reports, or follow-ups on these sad stories. The disciplinary actions taken against the police in regards to the criminal actions they commit. I personally can only attest to my experiences in my life with the wanton recklessness the local sheriffs in my area have acted towards myself and others in my community. Mainly the violations of the very rights they are sworn to protect. Keeping detailed records, photos, and any paperwork given to me at the times they've gone out of their way to "scare" me etc. has given me a filing cabinet full of counter-surveillance photos, logs, receipts, and various witness statements. All of which at the times you would think were needed, i.e. in a court of law, or during the filing of complaints either the judge, or the officers supervisors have not been interested. Why?

I don't know about how things go in other areas, that is true, but in my area what you get when you file a complaint is nothing. They don't offer any type of correspondence regarding whether or not disciplinary action was taken. Then within a weeks time, in my experience, you get arrested (detained if you will) and held for 48 hrs for "questioning" and during your stay you are subjected to taunts and comments all pertaining to the filing of a complaint. Now, if honestly, any such complaint was taken past the point of a superior making a joke and commenting to the offending officer, do you really mean to tell me that officer was disciplined?

Too many times now has it been my personal experiences to see the officer I've complained against recieve a promotion or some award a month later. How is this if they are being held accountable for the actions they've committed? It's simple, they are not. The world has given them the power to hide within themselves allowing those very few "good cops" fall behind the wall of corruption and gangster mentality they now blatantly flaunt to the public. There are "good cops" I know a handful, and have asked them their opinion on the ways they are held accountable in my area, and all have said to me that they know of no real discipline unless it's a high profile televised or published action that leaves no other choice but for the officer to be fired.

There it is as I know it to be true, I am not a cop, nor would I want to be, but I've dealt

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