Bad Cop Gets The Axe

This story has gotten some attention; some over-caffeinated cop slaps a guy around because he wouldn't waive his rights to a warrantless search of his vehicle. Said officer is now preparing his resume.

Sergeant Shawn R. Glans was arrested and resigned Monday, days after the deputy was suspended after a video posted on the Internet captured him allegedly slapping a young man as the deputy insisted on searching his vehicle.

Glans of the Saratoga County sheriff’s department was charged Monday with official misconduct and harassment. The misconduct charge, a misdemeanor, is a the more serious offense and carries a maximum sentence of one year in prison. A judge forbid him from having contact with the alleged victim.

More here.

There are circumstances where an officer can make a warrantless search, but that isn't one of them and roughing up the vehicle owner is never an option. I can't believe he slapped that kid and just walked away. This cop has a big problem and I am thinking that other instances of his misconduct may shortly emerge.

How Not To Start A New Job

Down in Hoboken where beer and wine flows

To carouse and cavort these new PA cops chose

To put on "beer badges" and show everyone their ass

And get fired next morning by pissed off cop brass 

9 Rookie Cops Lose Jobs Over Drunken Graduation Party

Nine rookie Port Authority cops were fired for “running wild” at a drunken graduation party — where some of them grabbed a woman’s butt, disobeyed their bosses and arrogantly flashed their badges to get out of trouble, sources said on Friday. 

Dozens of freshly minted PA Police officers flocked to Texas Arizona Bar and Grill in Hoboken after a Police Academy graduation ceremony at Dunn Sport Center in Elizabeth on Aug. 22, Port Authority police sources told The Post.

But the celebration turned into a booze-soaked mess when some of the newbie officers got drunk, hopped behind the bar and began pouring their own beers while still in uniform, the sources said.

[...]The bartender called Hoboken police, but the revelers were so out of control, they had to summon PA cops to the scene, sources said.

Even then, the rowdies ignored their supervisors and acted “drunkenly defiant,” according to a PA source..

Those hijinks wouldn't necessarily have lead to their termination. They would have to apologize, pay for damages, yada yada. But to refuse to obey a direct order from a superior - insubordination - for a rookie on probation? For that, the penalty is death.

Story here.

A Nation Of Felons

There are so many laws in this country that a lawyer has recently wrote a book detailing how the average American commits three felonies a day. There are so many unknown laws on the books that any one can risk a prison sentence for almost anything and never know that they're a felon.

The Smallest Minority has quite a work up on this.

Ayn Rand in Atlas Shrugged wrote: "There is no way to rule innocent men. The only power any government has is to crack down on criminals. When there aren't enough criminals, one makes them. One declares so many things to be a crime that it becomes impossible for men to live without breaking the law. Create a nation of lawbreakers and then you can cash in on the guilt."

If you have ten thousand regulations you destroy all respect for the law.
-- Winston Churchill

Judges, legislators and cops. It's a mess. And they are writing more laws every day.

Mook With A Badge

Stupid? Check...
Evil? Check...
Wearing a badge? Check...

Let's face it, we don't get our cops from a clone factory in Utah. Nope, our cops come from our neighborhoods, our schools, our communities. And as the standards for moral and civil conduct decline, so does the common stock from which we draw our public servants. Like this mook with a badge...

WASHINGTON D.C. - A seven-year veteran of the Metropolitan Police Department has been arrested and charged with production of child pornography after allegedly photographing a naked 15-year-old girl at a D.C. apartment, while he was on duty, and in uniform. After an investigation, Officer Marc Washington was taken into custody on Monday, shortly after allegations surfaced.

According to charging documents, Washington allegedly took photos of a 15-year-old girl while conducting an investigation into a missing persons report. He allegedly went over to the girl's house in Southeast Washington on Sunday night. Authorities say the girl had previously been reported missing and Washington claimed he needed pictures of her injuries despite the fact the girl said she had not been injured. Washington allegedly coerced her into stripping down naked, claiming he needed photos for identification purposes and that it was procedure.