Chicago Police Hid Mics, Destroyed Dashcams to Block Audio, Records Show

Re:Chicago Police Hid Mics, Destroyed Dashcams to Block Audi... by sixothree on Thursday January 28, 2016 @11:38AM (#10989184)

The worst years of my life were living next door to an Orleans Parish Sheriff. He would follow my friends home, he would spit out his gum onto my sidewalk, he let my dogs out of the yard every day for a week, he would blow his leaves onto my yard, he would let his dog bark all day and all night, he would hang his running leaf blower on the fence at 8:00 in the morning on a weekend. I really could go on and on.

There was no use getting help from the city. One night at maybe 1:00 AM I called the police because of the barking. He told me maybe I should just move.

I look at the police in a totally different way now. He was so clearly in the wrong and such a menace to all of the neighbors. Yet somehow he had an entire department on his side - a department he didn't even belong to. I told his wife my next step was the FBI. They moved shortly after that.

I'm sure wherever he is that he is harassing everyone around him. I can only imagine how his lack of ethics translates into his professional life.

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Re:Chicago Police Hid Mics, Destroyed Dashcams to Block Audi... by uremog on Thursday January 28, 2016 @01:18PM (#10990033)

Funny, I lived next to a police officer once. He was the only one with illegal fireworks every New Year's Eve (in Hawaii, where aerial fireworks are illegal).

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Re:Chicago Police Hid Mics, Destroyed Dashcams to Block Audi... by fapjacks on Thursday January 28, 2016 @03:05PM (#10990809)

Now that's true, but I will say that HPD on Oahu are the most professional and legit police officers I've ever had to deal with. I lived in town for six years and had run-ins with the law and no complaints about their behavior, including a couple of times when I thought that surely I would end up being taken advantage of.

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Re:Chicago Police Hid Mics, Destroyed Dashcams to Block Audi... by throwastone on Thursday January 28, 2016 @03:26PM (#10991015)

Seconded, HPD in my experience have been extraordinarily professional and helpful. 10 year resident of O`ahu.

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Re:Chicago Police Hid Mics, Destroyed Dashcams to Block Audi... by uremog on Thursday January 28, 2016 @04:29PM (#10991514)

Fair point, I think they're mostly professional too and have friends who went into HPD, but I've seen enough that are not (grew up there 20 years, Ewa and downtown).

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Re:Chicago Police Hid Mics, Destroyed Dashcams to Block Audi... by maxxxxx on Thursday January 28, 2016 @03:16PM (#10990938)

I have heard a lot of similar stories from credible people. Is there no department that people can complain to? It seems there is no interest in making sure that cops and prosecutors do a good job. You would think that somewhere up the chain people would be horrified by this lack of ethics.

I guess this bad attitude trickles down from DC.

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Re:Chicago Police Hid Mics, Destroyed Dashcams to Block Audi... by TallGuyShort on Thursday January 28, 2016 @04:32PM (#10991539)

The problem is it usually turns into a Think Of The Children argument. Among my friends on social media, everyone is either 100% anti-cop or pro-cop. No one is willing to discuss possible solutions to occasional injustice.

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Re:Chicago Police Hid Mics, Destroyed Dashcams to Block Audi... by selimthegrim on Thursday January 28, 2016 @04:55PM (#10991697)

Maybe OPSO promised him that as a fringe benefit on top of the $12/hour (no, I'm not joking, I live in Orleans Parish) salary

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