CRASH officers were required to get to know gang members--their names, habits, friends--to keep on top of gang activity. The units were successful, city-wide, in reducing gang related crime. But some critics, especially after Rafael Perez's allegations surfaced, believed that CRASH administered rough street justice--harassing and abusing suspects and falsifying reports.Our Eyes have maintained for some time that APD's Special Investigations Unit (SID) - the unit where David Young was playing detective and fondling hookers - was out of control and bore a striking resemblance to the Rampart CRASH unit at LAPD.
According to Our Eyes, last week Nick Riccardi from the Los Angeles Times was poking around APD. Apparently, he met with Chief Schultz and others involved and is preparing a three part series for the LA Times. Word is, Riccardi found numerous similarities between the Rampart scandal and the SID debacle.
Should the Times run with the story they'll bring national attention to APD and the mayor who is directly responsible for their actions (or lack thereof). The worst thing for the Almighty Alcalde would be for the story to break before the October election. Should Marty manage to keep his police department out of the headlines until after the election and should voters choose to send him back to his perch on the 11th floor, he'll be in a far better position to defend himself and he'll be in direct control of at least one investigatory agency.
The Rampart story and subsequent investigation by the Feds was triggered by a story in the LA Times. Since it seems as if the FBI is already looking into the allegations and cover-up over at SID, a national story would serve to put pressure on a Justice Department still smarting from the very public political payback of dropping the indictments against Governor Richardson and his shakedown artists.
The Eyes have it that Chief Schultz believes that he has cut a deal to keep Riccardi's series out of the Times until after the election. However, their information is that the story will run before the election as early as this week.
If you think about it, there's no reason for the LA Times to throw a bone to the Chief and his boss The Almighty Alcalde. They're a national paper that doesn't have the cozy relationship that Marty enjoys with The Journal. They don't depend on Marty for access so there's very little that The Almighty Alcalde can do to hurt them. And sitting on this kind of story increases the chances that some other paper will pick it up and beat them to their own story.
Worse for Mayor Marty and his Minions, they won't be able to count on the cover so freely given to Richardson because besides being drummed out of not one but two elections by his own party last year, The Almighty Alcalde backed the wrong horse in the last election. Should allegations become indictments, you can bet that these indictments will go forward regardless of whether or not Marty is still mayor.
----- Update -----
Is our Eye red!!! We sat on the story about the story longer than the LA Times sat on the story itself! You can read Nick Riccardi's story here.
Our understanding is that there are two remaining parts... we shall see. By the way Sergeant, uh... Chief Schultz, it's not October.
For those of you who might have information for the LA Times' intrepid reporter, you can reach him by email at nicholas.riccardi@latimes.com.
52 comments:
"Et tu, Nick?"
-Marty Chavez
FARTY MARTY..... Indictments are coming......
Too late kiddos, it already broke:
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-fake-cop8-2009sep08,0,4402565.story
1. John Walsh--you suck. Have fun explaining some conduct if/when you run for Sheriff...
2. Dinelli--you're boring and can't see the forest for the trees.
Look! I founded the Urban dictionary for FARTY MARTY. Somebody also put on the internet a facebook
for FARTY MARTY! "Farty Marty had a big party, tuitti fruiti let out a beauty.... everybody went out for air."
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urban dictionary by googling FARTY MARTY... I'm not the founder of the website or facebook. What a great idea! I did happen across a merchandise location where you can buy online coffee mugs, T-Shirts,
etc.... with the logo, "FARTY MARTY."
Ok.... I actually found this defintion of MARTY FARTY on the internet.... The mugs and T-shirts for sale use FARTY MARTY, so I guess I will have to use MARTY FARTY on the Toilet paper. Really! Seriously, This is taken directly off the internet under URBAN DICTIONARY! Seriously... just google.
. " Marty Farty 4 up, 5 down
To continually make the same mistake and not realize that it was a mistake, therefore repeating the same error over and over again. Someone who has toxic-gas between the ears. Many doctors believe this type of illness is caused by an; obsessive-compulsive disorder believing that one can control things, events and even people if one can control time. In bizzare cases; one might even believe that the clock is plotting against them, putting the individual in an unhealthy and fearful state of mind. In laymens term; "shithead". There is NO known cure.
How many times are you going to Marty Farty the ball up the middle with 8 defensive players in the box?"
I guess I could use the words, "MARTY FARTY" which make more sense to use than FARTY MARTY. Here is the website address for MARTY FARTY:
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All joking aside... let's hope that the LA TIMES article comes out before the election, not after!
Just a reminder: Everybody voting by absentee ballot call the City Clerk to make sure that your vote was scanned in with bar code after you mail your Ballot back to Clerk's Office!
Schultz is untouchable like barboa! leave them alone and all will go back to normalcy soon.
The Times had already printed the story before the eye had posted this (9-8-09). Don't you guys check anything?? The story in the Times was a short recap of what the Journal had printed. There's no reference to Rampart and SID. The eye is just once again trying to stir up the crap. You guys really need to find some new "sources" that have at least some knowledge of what they gossip about!
Does the "EYE" have Nick Riccardi's phone number or e-mail address? I am sure there are plenty of officers that would love to talk to him.
Good story in the LA Times, and of course John Walsh comes out saying that the overtime was for setting up surveilance. If that is true he is the slowest person in the world, it doesn't take a long time to set up the wires and of course you don't make arrest when your setting up either. So John Walsh you are a bigger lier than anyone, how do you sleep at night! $100,000.00 a year can buy you off you looser! Just hope your son doesn't follow your foot steps I dont think you can do another 20 he has 19 left so watch out for him don't let him throw away his ethics like you have.
After Marty gave out money to the DA, then people began to question who, what, when, where and why? The
offering to the DA came on the eve of an election, but in 12 years.... there has not been that kind of open arrangment to fund a program in the DA's office. The Mayor might have some shady reason, not Kari. That might give reason for Kari to reexamine the David Young information.
The FBI usually tells people to go through their city resources first. This involves an Attorney, Mary Han who plans to do just that.
The in house investigation is not complete, yet. Should there be criminal charges filed? I believe and in my opinon, that the Mayor had everything to do with this David Young case. Gee, I wonder if David Young was involved in the Chief's Overtime Program, too and getting paid by businesses for off-duty security?
This corruption by APD MUST STOP! We need a mayor who will take control of the out of control Police Chief!
You people are absolute fools!! This article says NOTHING about LAPD's Rampart Division or anything of the sorts. I am NOT a marty supporter, but lets call this what it is. You are out to sink the current mayor and in doing so you are burning down the Police Dept by publishing these lies. Abq could not sustain a corruption such as the Rampart scandel. Waaay too small of a city..not to mention, ALL of the SID Detectives that I know are straight up hard workers and most importantly honest Police Officers. The Majority of APD does not like them because they want to BE them!! This website is the Inquirer of the City of Abq. If you are the writer on this site, YOU ARE IGNORANT! If you believe the crap you read here...well, you are just pathetic.
All of them huh?? I recall seeing a Rop det's monthly and seeing a big fat ZERO in the felony arrest column for the month. Your high on something bud.
Honest,,what did you put on your timeshhet for last thursady??comp or vacation?? I seem to remember seeing you at the baseball game...
Team building...right....
BARBOA STOP POSTING THAT YOU ARE UNTOUCHABLE. YOU AFRAID TO GO TO AUTO THEFT CUZ WE TOLD YOU HOW IT WAS GOING TO BE. YOU KEEP BRAINWASHING THOSE ROOKIES IN THE SE. YOU ROOKIES KEEP LISTENING TO THE LIAR BARBOA YOU WILL BE IN IMPACT FOR EVER CUZ NO OTHER UNIT WILL TOUCH YOU AND YOU ALL THE ILLEGAL SEARCH AND SEIZURES AND ARRESTS YOU DO. WE ALL IN THE SE KNOW THE TRUTH.
"The Majority of APD does not like them because they want to BE them!!"
No bro, I have friends who are in SID and passed on going there on three occasions. They do what they do, we do what we do. The fact is everybody bitches about everybody in APD...there are no sacred cows...and nobody wants to be anything they already are. Get over it.
Is Hudson still at SID or has he left too. Any Smith sightings or his still on vacation? To ashamed to show his face.
Mr. Romero if you get elected you need to start at SID and put in a leader there not someone like Schultz who tries to lead by intimidation. Hudson is Mccabe's bff and is not a leader.
To the above post you must be pathetic since you are reading it to.
Pete Dwyer stop putting stuff about Barboa on this site. You sucked as the APOA president (charged a massage on the credit card), ran away before your term expired, kept an open APOA credit card account and refused to close the account, and now you're bad mouthing people.
You should leave this department. You are a disgrace!
I thought SE Impact was SID based on all of the undercover narcotics operations they are doing without proper oversight or training...
SID should try to explain that they never went to 5-8 shifts like the field did. SID stayed on 4-10s. Sounds like timesheet fraud to us in the field that actually abide by the LAW!
Field officers are the hardest working officers in the department. Rampart/SID should do some work instead of acting like the "secret police" of a third world country.
Does this sound familiar? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Secret_police
Whatever happened to the "team" concept at APD? I thought we were all on the same side, but it sure seems like we are more than happy to knock each other down and eat the remains. What is wrong with APD? Should the academy do more to instill a feeling of belonging to the brotherhood? Is it the chief's leadership that has caused this butchering of each other? At what time do we stop this?
And some wonder why the APOA backed Marty again. Let the BS continue.
The Eye was correct. The LA Times did run the story before the election and the story is a three part series. The article points out and reminds other police departments that a bad Mayor can make more rotten apples in the barrel! Yesterday, I saw a person overdosing on meth right in front of me yelling out, "Am I going to die?" The contrast from that to when I got home and sat with my dog as a group of adults, high schoolers and middle schoolers went jogging by.... people that are out their doing something great and wholesome vs. people that are addicted to drugs like Meth and can't cope with their life. Sure, maybe my personality sits well with people who laugh when a person hears, "he pooped in his pants" and laughs at fart jokes only because without humor there would be no way to show how silly people can be.
It would seem that the Mayor went to court to overturn term limits. I believe that there are other people out there either Berry or Romero that could serve Albuquerque well. I nicknamed Martin Chavez the Mayor stinks because he couldn't realize the plain truth about people in positions of power that too much power in one branch of government can create inequality, bad case verdicts and people in a rank and command that no longer have anybody to answer to.
APD has a vast majority of its police officers working in administration; as detectives; in supervision. There are less than 400 police officers actually taking care of initial contacts with crime victims, patrol and regular contact with the citizenry. That is under 40% of the supposedly 1200 officers! You have 400 overworked street cops doing their best to deal with work overload. Then Chief Schultz attempts to solve the problem by taking away one of the street cops days off. No wonder APD struggles to maintain a full roster of police officers. Not only does this provide the public with tired, demoralized cops, but it cost APD a whole bunch of needless expense. Private companies have figured out that a four day work week allows employees, in high stress jobs, to come back to work invigorated, rested and able to do a better job. It is a benefit that has no direct expense. The cost of turn-over, recruiting and training is far higher than the cost of retention. Chief Schultz should be fired for creating poor morale, reduced production and improper management of the taxpayer's dollars.
Chief Schultz needs to be fired! He has lost control over his department. Whenever a program is suspended, then that is a sign of lost control of department. Tonight on the news, Chief Schultz implied that the City was looking for other prostitutes as possible suspects to the West Mesa murders by suggesting that the person wasn't some guy that had a baby and was hired by a politician to print at a printing company. Chief Schultz would rather pin this on somebody else... I got the feeling that he would even look at a female rather than a male. That felt like the typical horrific attitude of a female getting raped and somehow the female is to blame. There was a tendency for females during 2002-2005 to be attacked, raped and for police to conduct investigations as though the female was to blame. This happened quite a bit in the last few years documented in court cases... where a female would complain file a criminal complaint, yet somehow those criminal charges were overturned against her, dismissed etc..... Chief Scultz is a danger to females!
Put it this way if Chief Schultz were to have taken a statement from a female (not a stripper or a stripper) that she had witnessed the La Cueva Coach hire strippers for the team, then Chief Schultz would have looked at the female as though she were crazy and needed to take a mental health evaluation rather than believe that a Math teacher at La Cueva would hire strippers for his team. This is disgusting behavior of men. In 2007, the Hinkle Family Fun Center owners had allowed the seedy, low -brow culture of "Girls Gone Wild," to operate for one night in the parking lot of Cowboys despite how many missing females there were in Albuquerque! I reported that and Chief Schultz didn't stop that operation that evening when I called cops to report it! That kind of behavior that is illegal is abhorrent and the Chief has lost control over his Department long ago....
I will never, ever, ever forget about the guy that attacked me and tried to hijack my car in broad day light in 2003 in snow conditions.... I believe he would kill is the kind of person that would kill a female and even if thought a female was pregnant that would make him upset and he would want to kill her. I was delivering the yellow pages and
this guy was the one not thinking clearly, I who am female and was steadily employed with not just one job, but two jobs both delivering because I have an excellent clean driving record really, really, startled me, tried to hijack me and basically I fought the guy off. Anybody that would be out jogging in 32 degree temperature wearing a Texas Longhorn sweatshirt, but with shorts, not pants and no jacket is not a person that feels pain! I would highly suggest that guy be looked at as a suspect in the West Mesa murders! The obvious person is Lorenzo Montoya and his hatred toward women. Instead, the police harrassed me and made me think I was crazy.... hey... you *(********O*(U(*)*)*)*_* I am a licensed health care worker by the State and I worked my (*)()*)** off !
Chief Schultz should be fired because he has made alliances with people that are disgusting men who believe females are to blame... Hey! is that another attack add on Chavez because your watching Chavez's ad on himself!
I bet you that if it's not the most likely person of Lorenzo Montoya that it was this guy that tried to hijack me..... in 2003 while I was delivering the Yellow pages... this guy's eyes... were cold.. steely.... he had brown-red hair.... there was just something not right about him. I had no criminal history/record whatsoever and was working steady two delivery jobs requiring me to drive a vehicle and carry commercial insurance. This guy stoped a driver en route and tried to assault me... The police believed him over me... which shook me up and told me and had the audacity to tell me that I would loose my job delivering if I reported the criminal complaint to the Police... I will put 100% of belief that if Lorenzo Montoya didn't committ the West Mesa murders than this guy wearing a Texas Longhorn sweatshirt and shorts did!
Yes Schultz doesn't like females and we hate him as much with the exception of the PIO, so its all even.
The mental midget who posted "sid works 4-10s insted of 5-8's" needs to stop drinking and blogging.They dont.
CIB works 4-10's Why can't the field? CACU has them! What's up with that? They try to hide it, but look at their timesheets. I saw them.
Chief, why do they get 4-10's
IS THERE ANYMORE WORD ABOUT ED SAUR IN BED WITH TRISH HOFFMAN WHEN HER HUSBAND ARRIVED HOME AND BUSTED THEM
Speaking of Marty have you seen his bill boards they have the same exact background as do the bill boards that announce the construction city workers are conducting, you know, the ones where some say "your bond dollars at work". the tax payers paid for those it looks as though we also are paying for marty's campaign too
shame shame shame on you lil marty
Give me a break! I dont think anyone at the city works an honest 8 hours in any one day. They might be able to hit 8 hours of work if you count their time for the whole week.
When you see a city employee screwing off you should call 311 and report it. Maybe if the city gets enough calls then they'll learn how to supervise their employees.
CIB works 4-10's Why can't the field? CACU has them! What's up with that? They try to hide it, but look at their timesheets. I saw them.
Nobody in CIB is working 4-10's u idiot!! Stop spreading BS rumors. Or better yet learn how to actually investigate a crime and you to might be able to go to a specialized unit.
i don't think it was a bed that Sauer and Hoffman were in when her husband found them....i think it was on city property.
ed sauer cheating again? is that even news?
It is sad and disappointing to witness such vicious hatred amongst us. The Field doesnt work harder than CIB, or SID or SWAT or anybody. And none of them work harder than each other or the Field. Our jobs are just different, Spending 16 hours watching a house with the air conditioning off, waiting for a suspect to come out is not glorious. A Det. getting a homicide callout on his day off on his kids birthday, with 30 victims that need to be interviewed; and no one knows what happened because no one wants to write a sup, or go to trial, that a standard FSB response is "I didnt talk to anybody-thats your job" while homicide and robbery detectives work 20-30 hours at a stretch pateiently interviewing people docuementing and painstakingly doing paper work...The Field cop who cranks out reports goes call to call, arrests 2 people took a DV and 3- 27-5 reports working his/her butt off, gets held over and doesnt complain and is 5 reports down. But face the truth in yourself, a harder worker works hard if there in the field or CACU, or SWAT. The slacker finds a bridge to park under while he stays logged on and lets some knew guy take a 42 in his beat, or does the same thing from a desk. If your are busy worring about what other units are doing and so self absorbed to think that you are the most important person on the department you are not...The people who are working hard are in every area of the department. The slackers, professional 82, fuck ups, cowards, or negative complainers, are also in every unit. Stop worring about SE impact, SID, CIB the fifth floor, who fucking cares no one is getting over..and if they are so are you, when your in your drive way well before the end of shift, when You hide in your office and micro manage your troops, when you dont do a case that your know has leads..., and go shopping or go home. We may not all like each other and that is okay, we may disagree on who is good and who sucks and that is okay, but try to remember before the next funeral, that all we have is each other, We didnt do this job for money, fame or credit...if you did you are in the wrong field. Try for once to take some fucking pride in the job you do and the product you create, even if its a stupid 27-5 report, that shit means something to somebody. Try to take some personal responsibility for your role and impact on the department and your co-workers. If every one in your squad or unit is fucked up, that has nothing to do with you, focus on what you can improve, take some people to jail, learn a new skill on how to do your job. Be the most badass mutherfucker in that squad and be humble... help they guys with you, teach them something, teach them everything you know, and be so open minded that you can learn something from them, even the rookie whose been on 2 months. We chose this job to put criminals in Jail, help a victim, manage the crime problem, try to make a difference to someone in a nieghborhood who is victimized on a daily basis by thugs...Ironic the Eye talks about 9/11, duty? It is our duty to do our job, Face it no one cares about the P1/C or Detective, we are just pawns in the game...But that doesnt matter, If you dont like the situation, run for the APOA spot, put in for a unit, try to get promoted, and try getting there by hard work, not a hook up, and when you get there try to leave the department a better and more positive place than it is. This is an all volunteer job, you all are not in the military on an enlistment, if you dont like it leave, the bitching, whining, crying, deceitfulness, is getting in the way of my job. This website is a cancer to the department and everyones soul who participates in it, especially mine. ugh. I fail every day to meet my own expectations as a human being, husband, dad and cop... but when i get kicked in the teeth, dragged in the ground, I dust myself off, pull my tooth out and keep going...
"He who is with out sin, cast the first stone"
This blog and the comments are not at all, "Like a cancer," but more like a fresh baked apple pie where people can enjoy and appreciate shared experiences in an atmosphere that supports democracy over marty farty.
So when are the supervisors, who should be monitoring the work of subordinates, going to be held accountable?
There are so many weak sargeants in APD no wonder officers are blaming other officers,
The same goes for the Lt's!
They are only looking out for their careers.
It is a sad state of affairs when the managers (that's what the city calls them) become selfish.
There is a big difference between being a manager and being a leader.
The APD is lacking true leaders...when this is recognized and corrected then things will change. Until then, same old...same old!
hAMBY IS SLEEPING WITHY sAUER AGAIN?
Now, just a question.... is this the actual physical sleeping together as in sex or is this the metaphorical comment that "two people are in bed" together? For example, two politicians who are "in bed" together (are not really in bed), but are just in like mind on an issue?
To the person who posted on September 15, 2009 3:40:00 PM MDT
So, your at home and you receive a call that the Mayor has jet setted off to Paris because the Mayor scammed his way into getting the French Government to pay for his trip except, you, as the taxpayer get a small bill of 1,000 just so that the Mayor can fly first class while your at home relaxing just to get enough relaxation in before having to pull another long shift perhaps, without air conditioning.
A New Mayor would bring better vision and change with not just Albuquerque taxpayers, but also to the APD Officer.
Instead, of putting his need to jet set and fly to Paris, a new Mayor would work out partnerships with other cities to allow APD Officers the change of routine that could help foster and create better working relationships.
An Exchange APD Officer program would be an opportunity to have APD became brushed up on their own State Statutues in explaining the differences between their state laws and another States laws while in the exchange program which would add increased knowledge base for the typical APD Officer.
Instead, there is Mayor Chavez who like to travel and jet set and make plans that involve only himself and family to travel and have fun.
Don't Vote for Martin Chavez and expect great improvements with APD.
To the one who posted September 15, 2009 3:40:00 PM MDT
You really have some mental issues get some help before you eat your gun!
Look at the constant stress that APD is put under.... now, look at how Farty Marty doesn' t have stress despite a high crime and unemployment rate, despite 11 murdered females found in the West Mesa, despite the entire neighborhood street on Buena Vista having their houses totally blithed, despite everything... Farty Marty wants to go to Paris, Farty Marty wants to go skiiing,
Farty Marty wants to go skate boarding, Farty Marty wants to go out to dinner to drink wine with his girlfriend, Farty Marty wants to seal his divorce, Farty Marty
overturns term limits and Farty Marty ignores real issues for everyday real people!
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