Georgia cops drive drunk; keep jobs www.privateofficer.com

Atlanta Ga. Nov. 27, 2007

One Hundred Georgia Cops Arrested for DUIMore than one hundred Georgia police officers have been arrested for driving drunk. Many received special treatment.
A local television news investigation last week uncovered the names of more than one hundred Georgia law enforcement officials who have been arrested for driving under the influence of alcohol (DUI).
WGCL-TV found evidence that these officers sought — and in many cases received — special treatment.Offenders included both low and high-ranking officers. Habersham County Sheriff’s Captain Freddie Chapman had four alcohol-related arrests and three DUIs while he was on the force. He was only convicted on the third DUI after pleading no contest in court.”He admitted he made a mistake and he was wrong,” Sheriff DeRay Fincher explained to WGCL.
Police in DeKalb County, a notorious speed trap, had the worst DUI record. Officers Wendell Campbell and Donald Cloudt were allowed to keep their jobs despite each being twice arrested for DUI. Sergeant Michael O’Neal’s July arrest, captured on dashcam video, was not enough to merit firing. He exchanged the following words with a police officer who had arrested him for DUI.O’Neal: Brother to brother, will you cut me a break?Officer: Absolutely not.O’Neal: Others have put me in situations that are unprofessional, and I let it go.Officer: You let a drunk driver go?O’Neal: Yes, I have.The officer arrested O’Neal, and the department allowed O’Neal to resign — an important consideration for his future employment prospects.
Former Clarkston Officer Neil Bullock, according to police reports, fired his gun out of his car window and caused an accident while drunk. He is now working as a police officer in Snellville.
Another DeKalb officer, Delvin McKibbens, blacked out behind the wheel and caused an accident that sent another motorist to the hospital. McKibbens received a one-day suspension.
Atlanta Police Officer James McGrath caused a three-car collision after he was stopped for DUI. Former Troup County Deputy Kevin Yarborough destroyed his patrol car while drunk behind the wheel in 2002.
And still there are other stories that are even worse yet these officers and many others remain on the force, carrying a gun and wearing a badge even though they have broken the law and put others in danger.
Source: Cops Over The Limit (WGCL-TV (GA), 11/21/2007)

Cop deported over I.D. theft www.privateofficer.com

MILWAUKEE WI. Nov. 27, 2007 — A former police officer who stole his dead cousin’s identity to get on the force will not go to prison but must leave the country, a judge decided Monday.
Oscar Ayala-Cornejo, 25, was charged in federal court with falsely representing himself as an American citizen after an anonymous tip led the U.S. Department of Homeland Security to him.
He was arrested May 31 and agreed to a plea deal about two weeks later. He resigned in June, his attorney said.
He was sentenced to a year of probation. The maximum sentence could have been three years in prison and a $250,000 fine.
Ayala did not fight deportation. He has said he plans to live with relatives in Mexico and study computer engineering. It was unclear when immigration officials would force him out of the country, but his attorney said it could be any day.
Ayala apologized to his family, friends, the community and the police department. More than two dozen supporters packed the courtroom.
“It was never my intention to do any harm to anybody,” he told U.S. District Chief Judge Rudolph Randa.
Ayala said after the sentencing that he was astonished the judge was so lenient. “It’s more than I can ask for,” he said.
In a recent interview with The Associated Press, Ayala said his father helped him change his identity to Jose Morales, his cousin who died as a child of stomach cancer.
He told his father he wanted to become a police officer after the department recruited at his high school for the police aide program.
He and his family moved to the U.S. from Guadalajara, Mexico, in 1992, and their first neighborhood was rough. They lived next to a crack house, often heard gunshots and had their home burglarized.
“I wanted to change my neighborhood, to change other people’s neighborhoods, so they could feel safe, you know,” Ayala said recently. “Because I didn’t feel safe. I was pretty passionate about that.”
His sister was married to a citizen, his brother was born in the U.S., and his parents were on their way to becoming permanent residents. He would have had to go back to Mexico when he became an adult to wait 10 years or more to become a citizen, and his father didn’t want to separate the family.
Before his junior year in 1999, Ayala switched high schools, cut his hair, replaced his glasses with contacts, got braces and became more outgoing. He says he became a different person, along with a different name.
His father died of leukemia in 2004, before he could see his son become a police officer that December.
Ayala doesn’t hold his father responsible.
“The cards that we were dealt just weren’t the best ones,” he has said. “If I wouldn’t have done this, I would still be in Mexico waiting to see if I could ever see my family.”
His 26-year-old brother, Alex, was fired from the department in September for withholding information about his brother. He is appealing.

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Officer wins $4 million dollar lawsuit against employer www.privateofficer.com

Minneapolis MN. Nov. 27, 2007

The Minneapolis City Council settled for $4.5 million a lawsuit brought by undercover police officer Duy Ngo, who was shot by a fellow officer in 2003.

The council voted 11-1 to settle officer Ngo’s lawsuit, which sought $12 million in compensatory damages and $10 million in punitive damages. Council member Lisa Goodman cast the only “no” vote.

The settlement is the largest involving a Minneapolis police officer. It will be paid out of the city’s self insurance fund.

Minneapolis Mayor R. T. Rybak said the settlement was a considerable amount of money, but “it’s also staggering how often officers put their lives on the line.”

On Feb. 25, 2003, Ngo, was on gang surveillance when he was shot in the side during a confrontation with a man. Ngo’s life was saved by his bulletproof vest.

Ngo called for help and described the suspect who fled on foot. Responding officer Charles Storlie arrived on the scene while Ngo knelt under a streetlight waving his arms. Storlie got out of his car and almost immediately began firing his semiautomatic machine gun, shooting Ngo six times.

Ngo returned to work after rehabilitation but is restricted to desk duty because the shooting permanently injured his left hand, making him unable to grip a gun.

Ngo sued the city and Storlie for damages in 2004, claiming Storlie violated his civil rights by improperly using deadly force. The suit asked for $12 million in compensatory damages and $10 million in punitive damages.

U.S. District Judge Richard H. Kyle ruled last year that the city was entitled to immunity in the case, but Storlie was not. Storlie appealed the ruling and lost. He resigned from the force in January, leaving for security work in the Middle East.

Bob Bennett, Ngo’s attorney, says Ngo was wearing a radio microphone and police insignia when he was shot. Bennett says the Vietnamese Ngo obviously didn’t match the physical description of the black suspect.
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NASHVILLE TN. NOV. 27, 2007

A Memphis man has been arrested and charged with the 1975 murder of a Vanderbilt student, Nashville police announced yesterday.
Nashville Police say they developed new scientific evidence over the past few months that linked 60-year-old Jerome Sydney Barrett to the crime.
Barrett previously served 26 years for the rape of a Belmont student and was released in 2002.
Police arrested him Monday night in the murder of 19-year-old Sarah Vanetta Des Prez, who was found dead in her Nashville apartment.
Nashville police say their cold case unit has cleared a total of 22 murder cases since it was formed in 2005.

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