If you will remember, Daskalos was sprung from the DWI paddy wagon by an off duty officer while awaiting transport to the west side jail. When the developer was found missing by on-duty officers, somehow the officer that removed Daskalos was contacted resulting in a return trip to the paddy wagon (ABQ Journal - Subscription). The officer in question turned out to be Officer Ben Kirby.
Kirby was ultimately fired for his role in Daskalos' little side trip. Now our Eyes tell us that Kirby is the target of a grand jury investigation; specifically containing allegations of conspiracy and tampering with public records.
The Daskalos arrest and subsequent joy ride with officer Kirby happened well over a year ago. Since that time, Daskalos has gotten a pass by a jury of his peers and our Eyes tell us that Kirby is out of state looking for a new life and employment.
Look, we're for prosecuting evildoers and criminals as much as the next Eye, but the move to impanel a grand jury over a year after the fact has us scratching our head and wondering what took DA Brandenburg so long. What is more interesting is the allegation of conspiracy.
con·spir·a·cy (kn-spîr
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n. pl. con·spir·a·cies1. An agreement to perform together an illegal, wrongful, or subversive act.2. A group of conspirators.3. Law An agreement between two or more persons to commit a crime or accomplish a legal purpose through illegal action.4. A joining or acting together, as if by sinister design: a conspiracy of wind and tide that devastated coastal areas.
This wouldn't be the first time that we've heard of special treatment for "special" people. Back in April we told you the story of retired AFD Captain Ralph Ortega. Ortega, the brother of AFD Chief Robert Ortega was allegedly given preferential treatment when he was personally escorted to the west side jail by an on-duty DWI officer despite the availability of a transport from the Prisoner Transport Center (read about it here). According to our Eyes the order to provide the AFD Chief's brother came from Chief Schultz and former public safety czar Nick Bakas. Could someone other than Kirby and Daskalos be involved here?
We don't know whether or not the grand jury will hand down an indictment and we certainly can't predict the contents of an indictment that doesn't yet exist. However, we can't wait to find out who the alleged conspiracy includes. Looks like there may be even more entries in the Daskalos Files.
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Chief Ortega also gave special treatment to his nephew (Alberto),(Adell)his niece, and his all too famous nephew (Damion Jenkins) who has since resigned because the Chief just couldn't hide him anymore. Bakas gave exception to all the Chief Ortegas family until he could not anymore. Look up Bakas in the Metro court web base case management. There is a case around 09/06 that deals with conspiracy. The public should know that the people on high passing judgement on others are shitbags. They fire others while others do what ever they want as long as their is a familial relationship or possible financial contribution down the road you get a pass.
Nothing will come of it, if Kirby had dirt on anyone else he would have used it in the termination process to get a pass. On the other hand, if there are others involved and they let him swing from the gallows this way they ought to all be horsewhipped on civic plaza at high noon.
Kirby won't rat on fellow Greek Nick Bakas. They are not like that, they stick togeather.
Bakas is all over the Daskolos case. He is involved like he has been in every other case.
He skated on the APD evidence case. He said Gallegos was the best APD Chief ever and covered for Gallegos, knowing full well Gallegos was dirty!!! He even went after his own officers who exposed Gallegos to try to convice the media. (Bakas is a shitbag).
Patricia Madrid would not let her investigators interview Bakas in the APD evidence case and they had enough to build a case against several high ranking APD Officers. However, it was a political year and she did not want the heat, so the case was dropped, although they stated some officers were up to illegal activity......
The mayor moved him to the airport to hide him and keep him(Bakas) out of trouble, but Bakas finds trouble everywhere, because he uses his position for personal gain!!!! Everyone knows that!! He has done it since he was a patrolman for APD.
He helped the Fire Capt and he helped Daskolos, who lends Bakas political support in the form of cash donations from the Greek community to get the high paying jobs from the mayor.
Bakas would constantly call high ranking APD Officers to help his friends with their personal issues, and cases while he was the Public Safety Chief.
The guy is dirty!
There is no more sure sign that the public has lost control over power and resources that are fundamentally theirs, than the fact that public officials can not be required to answer questions about their use of public power and resources.
We entrusted control over our power and resources to others, who have betrayed that trust.
They will not give back the control of almost unlimited power and resources.
If control is ever returned to the public, it will be because the public takes it back - in an uprising; torches and pitchforks at city hall.
Unless someone has a better idea.
Bakas has helped more than just Daskalos and the Fire Chief's family. He was the person who took charge to put the cabosh on Mayor Marty's domestic violence rumors. He's a pro, kind of like Michael Clayton, but without the conscience.
Don't forget the DCOP who Bakas helped out by destroying his IA investigation(rape.) And the other DCOP{one who found it necessary to put a gun to a persons head.
They even have a tape of that victim saying that the DCOP held a gun to her head during an argument in his office after hours, but Schultz did nothing to the DC except give him a job because no one else would hire him. In fact, none of the three pasted DCOP's that Gallegos appointed could get jobs after they retired, so Schultz gave them all jobs. One even went so low as to become a CSA. That's how bad their reputations are in the public sector. Two wanted to teach at Sandia, but Sandia would have nothing to do with them. So their all back at APD. hahahahaha what a laugh. Bakas also protected all of them and held all their IA cases back waiting until they retired. Then they just went away. It does not work like that for officers. They continue with the case even after the officer retired.
Schultz would not let his buddies swing for their crimes, only his officers pay the price.
Seems as though there is a lot of real shitty laundry piling up at City Hall. Guaranteed, is that this Mayor, Nick Bakas, Bruce Perlman and Ray Schultz are up to their eyeballs in it. Everyone in the land of Oz seems to know what's going on except the newspaper and the news channels. Maybe because they're ordered not to run these stories as the public can never know about the rapes, the thievery, the conspiracies, the cover ups, the domestic violence, the whoring around which promps certain spouses to committ suicide and God only knows what else. Oh, and these are the things that are happening within and by members of this upstanding administration.
So WHO was it that text Officer Kirby to go get Daskalos out of the DUI unit? We all know the answer to that.
And where is officer Maes in all this with this rape allegation hanging over him? If I were him I'd take everybody down, unless they pay him off and somehow get this dismissed to shut him up.
As seen from the inside I can tell you that Ed Saur should leave the country. Paul C, should leave he country, Ray will most likely be forced to resign and find solice in Scottsdale and Nick(?)will most likely need to... well roll over on his superiors to save his neck.
Yeah, maybe Ms. Vasquez needs to step up and really stir this shit pot up.
Right on brother. Lets also not forget the 'gun to the head' incident and the belt tape that you know who has.
Forrr.. sure. There's also another copy in a desk drawer as well.
Someone forgot to take it with themmmmm....
Tomorrow morning that will be a frantic egg hunt.
Ha, Ha!!
Maybe tonight
Is there anyone out there that is willing to investigate this stuff. Is everyone so involved in this all the way up the later that no Federal agency can get involved. Obviously this whole system of government in this city is filthy with corruption and criminal cover up and misbehavior.
Come on DA, Come on Attorneys General.
Clean up this town and put 'em all away.
There is a strange under-current going on right now that will spell trouble for a whole lot of people.
Resign while you can.
Actually it appears to me that the Chief is the only one who IS cleaning things up. He fired Daskalos, he initiated the criminal investigation against Maes, he fired Camacho, he fired Wilcox, etc... Hopefully, he will also hold those of you who are wasting your time on this web page instead of working "accountable". You want a raise? You need to prove that you are worth it first, and so far you are not there.
Signed, Concerned
That was a great slip. The chief fired Daskalos? Are you saying what all us lurkers are think you are saying. Well done.
Daskalos, Wilcox? didn't know Daskalos worked for APD, or Wilcox the animal control women for that matter.
I'll bet the Chief had a hand in sending Nick out to pasture at the airport too.
"Signed concerned"
About what? That the deck of cards is finally falling?
A LT on APD had a great IA case against DC's E.S and F.J, but Chief Schultz just held the case until they all retired. The Lt even had a statement taken by in deposition where FJ admited he and ES had violated policy!!!! I read it.
IA had the case, as well as an I number, but the case was never completed, although FJ stated they had violated policy. The DC's would have receiced about 30 days off each just for that violation.
Chief Schultz promoted that LT to Capt even though that LT told him he was retiring in three months. Nobody knew why he was promoted, but it was so the Lt would keep his mouth shut on the ES and FJ case. Guess what, That Newly promoted VA Capt Gomez, retired three months later, as he said. It really helped his cash out.
Now think,,, if you were the APD Chief, would you promote a LT who said he was retiring in three months even if he was promoted to capt!!!!!
The IA case on the two DC's just vanished! There is an I number though. I would like to see what they did to make it go away!
It's do as I say and not as I do on this dept!!!!!!!!!
The corruption continues.......
You guys are all barking up the wrong tree... the guys who are gone are just that, GONE. They have got nothing to do with what is going on NOW.
Big deal -- making a few bucks as a CSA. If they had all this secret knowledge that was worth getting a payoff wouldn't they be making real money?? Jeeeze you guys, deal with the current problems not guys who work part time so they can go fishing. If they were such a evil cabal they'd be getting political appointments for 6 figures... you make Andy Griffith sound like Tony Soprano
Please; "Booger -eating"?
What, are you in first grade?
No, you're a DC
bakas and marty are all dirty!! favors are owed to many. Look at ex fire chief carlos dominguez, got caught shopplifting and possesion of a controlled substance and they bring back after retirement in charge of afd supply making 80 grand!!!
A person who was charged for shoplifting and possesion has a city job or contract position w/ the city for 80 grand? WHAT.....................?
Listen to this APD. The fire department is now adding 4 Assistant Chief positions at $103,000 a pop, with 3 more on the way shortly. In addition to that, the three Deputy Chiefs will go from $105,000 per year to $112,000. That's alot of cash that can be spent on APD or AFD raises. This money would sure come in handy now during contract negotiations. My understanding is that AFD is much more top heavy than APD as it is. Can anyone verify this? I also understand that the fire chief's brother (Ralph)now works for the City in the environmental health department. What a waste of money,all the way around, if this happens to be true. I guess we know which Chief has the real stroke around here. Hey City Council, APD could sure use you now!!!!
fire chief carlos dominguez mentioned above had numerous cocaine related mishaps, in those days one of his LTs was sent for Coke re-hab 3 times (on your tax dollars expense) b4 they fired him!!! No way APD can ever reach the level of scumbags of AFD -- even if they tried the urine testing alone would curtail it.
Yeah but...... AFD kicked your ass at the RUMBLE IN THE RIO! BIATCH. AFD has it's problems but come on are you serious? Your dept. is full of wife beaters/rapists, let's not talk about the beat downs you guys put on cuffed drunks on a daily basis. Oooh well it's not all bad maybe, Hindi can come out of (boxing) retirement and try to NOTCH a win for ya' next year! HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA ...........!
Hey APD, at least our chief sticks up for us. Ray Schultz sells you poor guys down the river every chance he gets. Our chief got everyone a raise, not just the high ranking brass.
Your chief fu*ks you everytime. We all feel sorry for you guys. Maybe next time around you will get a chief who will take your interest first, rather than his own!
Hang in there!
Where's Ms. Vasquez? Come out, come out, wherever you are.
Ed knows.
So does Schultz & Maes
Is her first name Valerie?
Yes, the one and the same. Worked at TDs
AFD guys, yeah you are right, hiding coke heads in public safety equals being able to win a charity boxing match. retard.
If your chief wasnt cousins with half the community you wouldn't have a raise either... he brings the votes so he gets the scratch.
Now shut up, go work out and cook a meal and then have a strenuous 1/2 day washing the truck and call that a workday.
Dont forget to stop at albertsons and park in the fire lane, then go inside and buy as much hydroxycut as you can. Then its off to TLC to purchase some new shorts and T-shirts to wear as your best duty uniform. Finally its back to the frat house station to work out for 4-6 hours
Ahaha OMG now this is getting funny
Now stop!! You guys are doing just what the Mayor, and the Chiefs want. Get them fighting amongs't themselves.Focus on the real problem,
this mayor, and the ass holes that are running this city and your departments.
Ha ha ha ha ha ha Alb. Ambulance.....??? This is about APD thinkin' their shit doesn't stink. They should watch out who they shit on. Until they can drop tubes, start I.V.'s, and perform adavanced life support functions to save their own well they shouldn't bite the hand that could possibly be called upon to save theirs. But APD doesn't think like that like the post a couple up said they are SELF ABSORBED.
Schultz has made them that way..They are a reflection of top management.
They are a reflection of the management -- think back just 5 or 10 years, the department was professionial and not a bunch of plant eaters who have to or are forced to hide from police work out of fear. AFD, to their credit, has always been the same... but their job is vastly different. If they fought fires the way cops fight crime they'd have to drive around the city all night looking for smoke. They can be reactive, cops are meant to be proactive, but strong proactive measures get you into trouble because they lead to explaining crime fighting to guys who havent done it in years if ever..... trust me, that will give you an ulcer.
Well said.
Hey everybody, the wives and girlfriends(hoes) are chasing the ambulance.
B Kirby is a criminal & belongs in jail for what he did........
What did B. Kirby do?
He was going to take Daskalos directly to jail rather than have him wait in the transport van. Yup, that is a definate violation of procedure and he should be dealt with but I don't think going to jail is a remedy for a SOP violation. We don't even jail burglars or rapists why would we incarcerate a guy sidestepping GO and taking somebody to jail???
What Ben did is no different from what has been done a thousand times -- and in the long run its not what it was but who it was thats involved
Exactly
Ooh I got it now. He did nothing other than made a bad decision. APD fires people for bad decisions now? Does officer Floyd still have his job? Should used the break instead of gas. Does officer Chavez still have his job? Should have at least acted some what concerned and dialed 911 himself and showed some empathy for Ms. Regensburg, after all he did advertise he was an officer with his take home car in the driveway, but he "was offduty".
here here! its not who u know its who u got dirt on!
Interestingly enough you bring up two great examples of the paradigm known as policing. With Floyd you have an officer wanting to do the right thing, hustling to get to a domestic violence call and help somebody. Unfortunately things go really bad and a citizen is indiscriminately killed by sheer accident (do you really think there was any malice on Floyd's part, do you really think he's not living with that incident every day?). Then with Chavez, he doesn't/can't do anything. Nobody knows but him why nothing occurred but the results appear the same...somebody dies.
Perhaps the police should just sit in their miserable cars at their substations and only go out when called upon like firefighters do. Would that make you feel better? Is that what people expect of the police?
Wake up to the fact that cops make life and death decisions every day and sometimes a wrong decision is made. Does that suck, yes
So was HE speeding or not? Law states you can only go over the posted speed limit by 10 mph. Then again APD will tell you they have there own policy still doensn't supercede state law. What was the outcome of the call he was responding to? Also the PIO on the case (Hoffman) stated to the media that speed was not a factor. How does a 2,000 pound car jump a curb and a 18 inch wall go through a yard and kill someone if speed is not a factor? To the second point because the officer chose to be lazy, non careing, "I'm offduty", he should get a pass at his inaction? What would the same officer say if city payroll acted the same way with his paycheck? To the refrence you made about firefighter. Their response times to calls puts APD's to shame so maybe you are on to something there.
Watch CH. 4 news tonight at 10 p.m. to see Kirby's side of the story. HIRE KIRBY BACK NOW! Our hopes and thoughts are with you Ben.......!
I am so shocked and horribly disappointed that APD officers and firefighters from AFD are leaving such repulsive messages here. I sort of stumbled upon this website and I couldn't believe what I was seeing. We have always been taught to revere police officers and firefighters. You all are supposed to be our heroes. I know that sounds naive but it's true. Please don't take that away from us.
Who said anyone posting in here is a Firefighter/Police Officer? The last time I checked 99.9% of the time people leaving messages in here are doing so under an anonymous identity. So people can post in summations, and hyperbole all they want it doesn't make any of it more true than if I posted I was Jesus Christ himself. Then again I did sleep at a Holiday Inn!
What a sad state of affairs. I run a daycare and I like to take the kids to the fire station to meet real life heroes. I won't be doing that anymore. I'm sure they are not all like the firefighters posting here, but I'm not taking any chances. No integrity. No character.
Above poster, don't you realize: even heros have opinions, stresses, and viewpoints and having such does not make them any less of a hero. This blog is an opportunity for all people (not only officers and fire-fighters) to VENT!! Real life heros especially need to VENT to keep a healthy perspective in life, considering their jobs, what they see day in and day out. VENTING is a healthy way to blow off steam and to get stuff off your chest! That doesn't make them any less of a hero! They will still come to rescue you if your house is burning, if you or your family need medical attention or gets into an accident, or if you are a victim of crime. It would sure be a sad state of affairs if they didn't have some place to come and blow off steam. They are heros, always will be, even if you can't see that. So don't deprive your daycare kids the opportunity to meet these brave men and women who risk life and limb day in and day out to help us. I'm not a sworn officer or a firefighter, just a civilian city worker who is very glad that these people are out there everyday helping us when we need it.
Darn well said poster... thank you
I completely understand everyone needs to vent. To blow of some steam. I get it. This is an inappropriate place for that. Just like I stumbled across this website, so to will younger people who have no business reading this kind of nonsense. To make this kind of information public is irresponsible on every level. I didn't mean to target AFD. It is very apparent there are plenty of cops posting junk here too. Like I said before, I have always seen cops and firefighters as heroes. I don't want that to change for me or my children. Please take a look at some of these postings and tell me that you woudn't mind your teenage children reading them. We can't always monitor what they're looking at online. We all need to take responsibility for the things we say and do.
It occurs to me that people who post here use the word hero pretty liberally. Cops and firefighters are just regular folks doing their job. There aint no heros here. That's for sure.
B Kirby is a criminal & belongs in jail for what he did........
What's Hydroxycut? Why would firemen need so much of it?
Hahhahaha...this is great!! the rumble in rio just goes on and on!!! I love it!!!!
I think if they tie one arm behind the firefighters back. The cops should have a chance at the "Rumble" next year.
God created cops so firemen can also have heros
You all are soooo catty! I thought this kind of behaviour was usually reserved for teenage girls. Actually, that's an insult to teenage girls everywhere. They're so much more imaginative than any of you. Dare I say, more intellectual?
Can teenage girls "Bitch slap" cops too?
Teen girls are across the street, up an additional 6 floors above our top floor.
Sooo boring! Maybe one of you meatheads could pick up a book every now and again. Maybe a book is too ambitious. Let's start with a magazine. A pamphlet? A bumper sticker?
How about you pick up MY Head Meat......!
Thank you for so clearly illustrating my point.
I think I may be in love with you.
So beastly.
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