This is one of the best well written articles I have ever seen. This article right here blows the lid off a management of pure misconduct and flat out corruption in part fueled by politics and also professional desires. I know from first hand experience this happens and LAPD got caught red handed. Not once, but twice, which is another key issue. They do not care if they are got. Arrogance and "I am god" attitude prevail. They try to mitigate their guilt, which is normal; however, they are caught. End of story. First part of my law enforcement career, was for a liberal University Police Department. Sgt.'s changed burglaries to thefts and when there was a rash of car prowls, the president of the university directed the police chief to create a second car prowl classification which was for theft of accessories. All of this was to decrease crime stats. I remember as a detective, investigating stranger rapes, and the Sgt. of Detectives would basically pressure and bully me into changing the location of the rape to "off campus." "off campus" that is another story completely. The few good detectives that exist in the U.S., know you always return to the scene of the crime with the victim, but seldom do. In the rape case, I did exact that and took a statement before returning to the police station. The Sgt. read the statement and was furious. He actually ran into the chief's office and slammed the door.
Dead bodies: this is another comical topic. I remember watching my captain, lieutenant and Sgt. arguing with the entire command staff at the City of Seattle Police Department. There was an elderly gentleman that had walked away from a residential home, slipped off the university owned dock, and into the water. He drowned. He was face up and his eyes were wide open. His cane was up above the dock on a wire. He must have tried to catch himself with the cane.
So anyway, I was primary on the scene. My command staff did not want the death statistic, so they told Seattle Sgt. they were primary. This lead to the entire command staff at Seattle coming to the scene. You see, the university owned the dock and the water was Seattle jurisdiction. My command staff argued the death occurred in the City of Seattle. This went on for about ten minutes, then the shouting started and a fight was inevitable. Calls were made and I ended up taking the case. After this, our relationship with the Seattle Police Department was forever tarnished.
Later, a speed boat crashed into the pier and up onto the grass. It collided with a tree and a gentleman was killed that had been sleeping down below. Again, the university attempted to argue the death accident was not within their jurisdiction; however, a Seattle Sgt. was on scene and recalled our command staff's position.
A few months later, I was working a large case and worked with the university risk management. There I learned that approximately 100 yards off shore is still the jurisdiction of the university. They told me that ALL command staff of the police department knew this and have know this for years. So what was the universities answer to not acquiring these stats, change what is considered on campus and what is not. Even though all the property belonged to the university. Basically, lying. Exactly what LAPD has been doing and does.
Just imagine what happened to my law enforcement career, when I was solely responsible for increasing the drug arrests by 50% within one year and seized over 24 cars. And to make matters worse, I arrested everyone, regardless of race. This angered the university more than anything.
