“The misconduct definitely occurred, but the officer on a technicality slipped through the cracks.” For these reasons, Chief Schultz apparently thinks its ok to subvert, and side step, the Constitution of the United States. As Chief Schultz stated in an interview, an officer’s certification is like a license and failure to meet certain requirements may lead to its suspension. Yes, thank you Chief Schultz we are aware of that. And like your statement about officers needing probably cause in order to stop a person for DWI, you are once again wrong. A person’s driver’s license gets placed in suspended status when they fail to do certain things or are to have been found to have committed certain violations NOT when they are accused of wrong doing. A “certain thing” necessary to deprive a person of their license is more than a suspicion. As with a criminal indictment, an officer facing felony charges is again accused of doing something. While Chief Schultz seems to routinely forget we are not in 1933 Germany. Under OUR laws, a person is presumed innocent until they are proven guilty. Our Legal Eyes tell us that what Chief Schultz and Mr. Korn are proposing is simply a violation of due process in an effort to remove a person’s property interest in their job. With an officer’s certification suspended, the means by which Chief Schultz can terminate the officer’s employment is clear and fast. We are not saying people have a “right” to be police officers. What we are saying is that once a person is employed, the courts recognize one’s employment as their property. And you cannot take away a person’s property without due process.
Look, we recognize that if an officer has been charged with a serious misdemeanor or felony crime, their ability to function as a police officer is all but impaired. However, remedies exist to deal with this scenario in order to respect the presumption of an officer’s innocence. The officer is relieved of their badge and gun and they are assigned an administrative duty outside of sworn officer responsibilities. In some cases administrative leave without pay may be justified. The case the media loves to point out is former APD officer Levi Chavez. But our Eyes tell us endless supervisors tried to have Mr. Chavez disciplined up through termination before the suspected murder of his late wife. There’s only one person who kept Mr. Chavez from being terminated: Chief Schultz. Now, Chief Schultz wants to put the cart before the horse and terminate officers before they’ve had their case adjudicated. There is considerable precedent where officers have been cleared of charges who have been reinstated because it was found that their termination was unjust. Chief Schultz likes to say “a prima facie showing” is all that is necessary. Maybe that logic works in his office but it doesn’t work in court or the real world. Ask former officer Timothy Chavez who was charged with rape and later cleared. He continues to collect payment from the city because APD terminated his employment unlawfully.
Given the mass exodus of the most senior and talented personnel from within APD we have to wonder to what lengths Chief Schultz will continue to go to deflect his failure upon people other than himself. Our Eyes tell us the lieutenant who has all but coordinated the Albuquerque Balloon Fiesta will be retiring. Instead of anticipating this event, Chief Schultz assigned rookie supervisor Dodi Comacho as the balloon fiesta coordinator. Our Eyes tell us that her depth of experience in managing large scale events (remember the Downtown fiasco she was responsible for last winter?) has resulted in Chief Schultz assigning Commander Harold Medina and Lieutenant Fernando Aragon to assist her with this project. Instead of having one lieutenant manage the event, we now have two commanders and a lieutenant. And people wonder if the loss of experience and talent will cost the taxpayers??? Let’s also not forget the myriad issues other commander leaders have within Chief Schultz’s inner circle: DCOP Warfield has one confirmed excessive force judgment against him and one more pending. Commander Gonterman also has a judgment of excessive force against him which resulted in a bill of over $400,000 to the city’s taxpayers. Are these people going to be subject to the new LEA policy? Our Eyes tell us of course not because they are sworn to protect Chief Schultz.
Then, our Eyes tell us the APOA and FOP are all but silent in this matter. While we know many of our readers do not value organized labor, and we respect healthy dialogue, having labor push back on issues such as this is important to maintain balance. In the absence of balance, city and department leaders run amok and the effects of a demagogue such as Schultz are being seen in the spiraling debasement of a once fine agency. Now, under the reign of Chief Schultz, APD is the embodiment of arbitrary and disparate treatment of its officers. And the citizens are feeling the effects of this with poor policing, lack of trust, loss of experience and expertise, and constant scrutiny.
Remember that, in Chief Schultz’s own words, your civil rights are a mere technicality.
44 comments:
Boycott Nate the best way to hit him is in his pocketbook. APD units are always there, lets don't stab ourselves, say no to nate.
BOYCOTT KAUFMAN'S ARMY NAVY! HE IS IN CAHOOTS WITH SCHULTZ AND THE REST OF THE CIVIL AND HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATORS. COPS KEEP THAT CREEP IN BUSINESS. DON'T DO IT ANYMORE!
NO TO NATE
Ithere a conflict with Kaufman's always getting contracts with APD and State PD and he sits on this board.
Boycott Nate's Store if you have a spine. He wants to step on all Officers like we are pieces of shit, now its payback time.
How about Schultz moving to decertify his own detectives when they screw up an officers life like Officer Zuni. For four years APD detectives went after this guy for rape, this entire time there was video tape evidence at Hard Rock that exonerated him. APD either ignored the evidence or just did a horrible investigation. Either way this guy lost his job and APD didn't back off of prosecuting him until the day of the trial when the evidence was shown to the DA. Those detectives should be ashamed of themselves for ruining an innocent man's life. So is Schultz going to do anything to them? NOOOOOOOO. Zuni will sue and the citizens will pay, that is Schutlz's MO. Remember the $2,500,000 for the retarded kid that APD detectives let sit at MDC for 2 years? The detectives knew after a couple months this kid was innocent yet they did not move to release him. In fact they and the DA office conspired to keep the DNA evidence hidden. At the end of it all the Bernalillo DA was hit with a fine from the courts (This never happens) and APD paid out in a civil suit. Or should I say the citizens paid. Then move on to the two traveling salesmen who were arrested and kept in MDC for 18 months for murdering the asian couple. Same detectives as before, same DNA evidence excluded them and yet APD kept these guys locked up. We, the citizens, paid each one of them $1,000,000 and yet nothing happened to Schultz and nothing happened to the detectives who cost three innocent men their freedom and cost the taxpayers $4,000,000! Let's pile on and add the Camacho and Costales civil rights cases. In both cases Schultz was found to have violated officers civil rights. Costales cost the taxpayer $1,000,000, I don't know what Camacho cost us. So is Schultz going to suspend his own certification? This is why Schultz has lost all leadership ability at APD. He violates his own officers rights daily, they sue, the courts find against Schultz and the citizens pay up. And now he wants to ruin officers lives by decertifying them, because they might get off on a technicality? I think that is up to the judge and jury to rule, not up to Ray to decide. If a judge and jury acquit an officer, who is Ray to say otherwise. We already know, from his courtroom tweets, that he has great disdain for our justice system. Why wouldn't he? It was the justice system that found he is a civil rights violator.
Officers need to go to the ACLU and request that they put a stop to this. Like them or hate them, the ACLU is the only group that sees this for what it is, a blantant violation of police officer civil rights. Time for the ACLU to be requested to step in and protect officers civil rights.
Wait a second, how does this stand with having Nate Korn on the LEA board?!?! Does he recuse himself whenvever there's an APD cop before the committee? Does he not have a total conflict of interest with Schultzie on the board as well...?!?! Let me guess Rob Perry is in the middle of this boshit as well. and oh yeah, to the poster who said Rob Perry wants to punch people...that fat old fart couldn't punch a elevator button without breakin into a sweat...u shd see him at the gym...naste"!
Schultz knows that he has been illegally terminating officers based on accusations and without cause. He knows you can't be terminated based on prima facia evidence. It is case law nationwide. Rights are protected by due process. This is his blatant admission of that by trying to cover his ass for future terminations. By getting this rights violation passed, he can in essence have a way out by being able to fire an officer because they don't have their certification. This is a disgrace. Yet again another disgusting act by schultz to abuse the system, and place officers at a disadvantage by having their careers ruined by default with everyone else taking the blame but schultz. This punk constantly puts others in positions to do his dirty work so that he does not have to get his weak little sissy hands dirty. Enough is enough. Everyone needs to boycott Kaufman's Army Navy, and a class action civil rights lawsuit needs to be initiated in this matter if it goes through. I think the city of Albuquerque has had enough of a slimy, manipulative sneak, that is so verse at having others take the fall for him by doing his dirty work, costing the city millions of dollars in lost lawsuits, and laughing about how he gets away with it every time by saying he'll be long gone before the lawsuits hit and that it's not his money.
That guy looks like a SIMPSON'S character.
SUBJECT TO THE LEA POLICY?!?!??!
WTF!?!?!
I would say burning someone's ear off their head is evidence of a crime, and therefore by Schultz's standards a terminating offense. Isn't burning someone's ear off an aggravated batterty? Hypocrisy and cowardice run rampant with the command staff of APD.
It's all about Ray. I have never seen one person cause so much distruction to one city, and agency, violate so many rules and procedures and civil rights, retaliate and cause a hostile work environment so mant times while trying to promote his agenda on the bacs of everyone like this. I have never seen one person cost an entire city so much money as this one, yet still be given any credence at all at any hearing. The guy lies, it is proven, yet he is still given the floor. Everyone knows his MO. He rides every place he goes into the dirt then runs off right before the crash.
Everyone wants to be sheep, and just play along. Are the politics here that disgustingly dirty?
Schultz put some of his top "hot air" in charge of the balloon fiesta this year. Sounds like a remake of the three stooges!
How did korn get a position on that board and what are his qualifications. He doesnt look like he could arrest a girl scout. How is this guy fit to judge an officer?
Let's see how fast what happened with the 54 and all at candy/rio grande the other day gets "disappeared". media, might want to do a foia on that...
When is the board going to review the Chief for federal civil rights violation of Sam Costales? I believe there is a charge for intimidating a witness for ordering the IA against Costales while the trail was still in process. Has the board reviewed the court transcripts? What kind of board only investigates non-board members.
“I fear some of our leaders today have lost the courage to stand up. What we have now are politicians they won't offer real plans and only stand up when they want to blame someone else,” Martinez said.
Finally, somebody calling out Berry and Schultz!!!!!
It's about itme they stop letting those Lt's MILK all the Balloon Fiesta OT. Monica was the king of that program for years and made OT hand over fist. No one else could work it.
That group of old crusty lazy Lt's need to retire! They know who they are Sloopy looking and very lazy. That's why they have been passed over for Capt so many times. Get out and make room for us new supv's
Dodi was much smarter then other Lt's that competed against her and they can't handle it!
She will be one of the next DC's.
At 5:25. You have some inside info? Interesting "Anonymous". Put your name to it and please tell us why she is so smart that she needs babysitters.
How was she smarter?
Steve Stucker the weatherman would do a better job managing the balloon fiesta
I was just reading an article on the termination of Zane Reeves from the hearing board. Does the Chief and the Mayor keep track of what comes out of their fool mouths? I found the below written in the statement.
"The mayor and chief thought Zane Reeves was biased and too political in recent cases, particularly in the case of Russell Perea."
Are you kidding me? Is this chief a 5 year old? This idiot keeps trying to stack the odds in his favor. Now with this certification nonsense,and then with getting rid of someone who was a proven neutral arbitrator. Everything this Chief does reeks of covering his ass for the illegal things he does to his employees. Maybe these recent cases were shoddy? Maybe it's because the chief and a bunch of vindictive retaliatory incompetent malcontents are at the helm. Anyway, This guy an dhis band of morons are going to cost the city MILLIONS in the next few years. They will be gone collecting their pensions and the citizens they look down on will be footing the bill.
And whoever thinks Perry is a tough guy or will punch anyone, that is funny. The guy is a bimouthed pantywaste. He couldn't punch his muppet. Punk.
Another bombshell is coming on ch 13
@ August 30, 2012 5:25:00 PM MDT
If dodi the dodo makes it to DC it will be purely a political play. On paper she is a shoe-in. A double minority with a degree. But for those you have worked around her know that she is absolutely lazy and has no common sense. Heck, it wasn't too long ago that she was investigated for failing to respond to hot calls that her squad members were dispatched to which required other supervisors to respond on her behalf. How many shootings, stabbings, etc. did she NOT respond to? How many chases were her officers involved in that she DID NOT monitor or intervene? And, wasn't it not too long ago that she was found to be routinely going home, in Rio Rancho mind you, to sleep while on duty because working nights was just to hard on her? These examples only describe her work ethic, when she actually did get involved in police or supervisory work all she did was muck things up with poor investigations and bad arrests. But in the end, maybe dodi the dodo will become a DC. This is APD by the way, where you gotta fuck up to move up.
Since Beth Paiz retired and left a void of female (Latina by name only) at the command level it was only too obvious that Dodi would be promoted. It's not like Schultz would even consider Bonnie Montoya for DC, right??? Dodi may be appointed to DC, not by way of qualifications, but instead by way of politics and status quo. Pathetic!
What a joke... I guess the days are long gone when the Traffic Unit supervisor, usually the Sergeant with minimal oversight from his Lieutenant, would handle the entire event. And it was the Traffic Unit officers for the most part that would assume the vast majority of the event issues since it fell within their expertise. The very expertise that Camacho definitely does not have, nor does Medina/Aragon for that matter.
"Given the mass exodus of the most senior and talented personnel from within APD we have to wonder to what lengths Chief Schultz will continue to go to deflect his failure upon people other than himself."
And amazingly, but a very few were high ranking personell. The true senior experience and talent was among the lower rank and file. Maybe APD has managed to grow or maintain its' numbers (for now), but how scary is it when APD has become so young and inexperienced, while at the same time promotes the most incompotent individuals to lead them.
Boycott kaufman's is an understatement! Send EVERYONE to TLE. Much better to deal with. TLE is very professional. Nate is a sleaze bag who sits around like a lazy slug until a good looking woman comes in to get measured for a uniform. Then you see this guy jump up. The little punk can't give up the chance to grope someone. It figures. You are the company you keep.
Channel 13 is kicking the piss out of the 5th floor.
@ 5:25,
I have never laughed so hard in my life. That worthless paycheck collector is nothing but a fraud. WHEN was that woman ever a cop. She goes well with her bookend cow of a commander Mason who is nothing but a fraud also. If these worthless clerk typists had to be a cop for just one day as a prerequisite to being promoted they wouldn't know what to do. Worse..... If they had to work the street for longer than a few months before running and hiding inside they would have quit a long time ago. Both of those two idiots played kettle bells with eachother on city time so much it was silly. They did nothing but say yes to Ray. That's it. They are not qualified to be where they are at. One lieutenant ran that balloon fiesta every year, now some token needs her hands and feet held for the damn thing. Yea, she's really smart. And if her buddy wants to chime in here like some badass one more time, we'll discuss the time when an officer had to respond to a call for grotesque fat woman wounded cow sex moans coming from her back yard lawn chair.
You mean one Lt's was able to make thousands in OT from the balloon fiesta, year after year. Now that was a scam!!!!! Must have been kissing someones ass to keep that sweet deal.
It should have been assigned to traffic, not someone that hides in a closet. It was a scam, and now they're crying because the gravy train has left!!!!
nate has charged 34's well over set retail prices for YEARS making hand-over-fist at the sake of our hard-earned expense, yet 34's continue to shop there. I can honestly say that I boycotted that lawyer-crook 20+ years ago. C'mon guys you work hard for your money, go on-line and buy the same shit for much less. Yes maybe you won't get a "payroll deduction" option, but if that's a deal breaker for you maybe it might be something you can't afford (at this time). Wait and do it right, please don't financially cripple yourselves buying all the latest whiz-bang gandgets that will keep that snake-nate prosperous. It is your well-planned tactics and training that will keep you ahead of the game out in the field. F'nate!!!
"Gonterman also has a judgment of excessive force against him which resulted in a bill of over $400,000 to the city’s taxpayers."
"Ask former officer Timothy Chavez who was charged with rape and later cleared. He continues to collect payment from the city because APD terminated his employment unlawfully."
Was this SUPPOSSED VICTIM charged with a crime??? How about "filing a false report, interfering with an investigation, or assault (using assaulting language to another which might harm his honor or his reputation.). I think not!!! She frkn lied, and that's why Timmy got paid. Good job APD (sarcasm). Got your back Timmy.
Yeaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhh!!!!!!!
Just read the journal this morning with my hot cup of coffee. I hope Schultz, Fiest did too.
Bring it to these scum bags Callahan. They promote based on cronyism, despotism, political favors, general ball washing and of course what they can claim makes them look good and like they care about the plight of diversity. Everyone knows The fifth floor looks down on everyone.
Word is you guys have them by the balls. And word was when those promotions were done, and the APOA mentioned it to the chief, his response to them was that the complainers will have to deal with him. This chief and his boys are out of control and Perry wants to put a spin on it like a liar. All you have to do is match career paths, education, training, and accomplishments, along with seniority and there you have it. Every lieutenant HAS A VALID GRIPE. And their lawyer is going to rip them all to pieces.
The firestorm is coming ray. The citizens of Albuquerque will be enraged at the money you have cost them in lawsuits for your civil rights violations, negligence, vindictiveness, retaliation and overall stupidity could have paid for new school buildings, programs for children, food for the homeless, shelters for abused women, improvements to recreation centers, programs for the elderly, and about a million other quality of life improvements for them. But NO......Little baby ray has to get back at everyone and surround himself with people to fight his battles for him, protect him, insulate him, then eventually take the fall for him. Now you're seeing it boy. Right is right, and a whole lot of right is coming at that bogus crap of an administration. Good luck getting out of the volley of lawsuits coming your way. The city attorney is going to need an army of private contract attorneys to clean up your superfund legal mess. The city attorney's office is going to look like a beehive that just got dry humped by a grizzly bear.
I can't wait to see that attorney wipe the filthy grins off your sorry faces. I can't wait to see more lies spewing out of your foul mouths. Keep looking everywhere but in people's eyes you cowards. When you can't look someone in the face you are either dirty or wrong. Everyone sees it. Hahahahahahahahahah!!!!
Who's laughing now?
So many people are fed up of your bullshit. You underestimated a whole hell of a a lot. One seed, and now it grows. This is just the beginning of the headaches for a bunch of long tongued liars.
Well you may throw your rock and hide your hand
Workin' in the dark against your fellow man
But as sure as God made black and white
What's done in the dark will be brought to the light.
Oh. it's going to be joyous when the man comes around.
Ain't all cracked up to be is it? Didn't see this coming when you started your stain on the badge tour did you? Ya stains on humanity. Or should I say skid marks.
Bravo Regulator! Shame on you Apoa.
Bonnie Montoya as a DC are you kidding me???? She is worthless and got where she is due to being female/Hispanic just like Dodi.. The Chief only promotes people that have alot of time left on APD so he can't be told to Kiss his ASS and then they retire. The Chief wants only YES men/women and people that he has crap on and use it against them later. The article in the paper in regards to the Lt's lawsuit is exactly what has been happening for years and Dodi and Rowe only got where they are because of their ethnicity. Dodi has no clue and should not be in charge of Homeland Security the Lt that has been ORDERED to get her up to speed is the one that should have been promoted and given that slot it only makes sense but the Chief does not do things that make sense its obvious..
Not true. The chief promoted Richard Gomez to Captain knowing full well that Gomez was going to be retiring in a few months. That was the ultimate payback for Gomez's favors to the chief thief.
regulator sux's
Schultz you're cronies at IACP took care of you and gave you those fake awards trying to save your job. Everyone sees through that bs leave APD while its still above water but barely.
I think the regulator is pretty smart and is educated.
I'd like to throw the Regulator into the weekly chief's staff meeting and lock the door!!!
Way too late. I heard bubbles weeks ago!
Now the only people suckin are the ones getting drug down by their own deeds and the nutless cowards at the APOA who would throw a WW2 vet under a bus to make way for their new breed. There's a whole lotta suckin going on but not by anyone who still has an ounce of integrity.
But someone tells me the sucky suckertons will all be running out of air with all these flaming arrows coming their way.
By the way, don't let your kids post thinks on the eye. Its pathetic.
They wouldn't be able to find the doors and windows fast enough, because the pussies wouldn't be able to look up out of fear of accidentally looking you in the face. They are nothing but a bunch of pathetic, worthless, lying, spineless dirty cowards who are nothing without all they hide behind and the lies made up for them. Stand any of them alone, and they are the most pitiful examples of the human species you could put on display. An intelligent life form visiting this display from another galaxie would probably categorize them as pests with no viable reason for being, other than to cause inconvenience; parasites. Not an ounce of physical or mental strength. Like a bunch of scrawny, mange infested, starving rats huddled together in a shitpipe clawing and scratching, barely clinging on by the hairs on their asses, hoping the next giant turd inevitably coming their way, doesn't wash them out to sea, while wishing soooo bad that they could just make it up that pipe to vindictively bite the ass that has been rightfully shitting on their heads as they have been doing to the citizens and officers for all these years. I don't know how any of the sleaze look themselves in their mirrors. They probably don't have to, because their mommys probably still wipe their asses, comb over their hairs, lick their cowlicks down, and make their PB&J sandwiches before sending their pathetic spoiled asses off to wreck the city of Albuquerque. Just listen to them talk. None of them even have the voice of a man, let alone a leader. They couldn't demand respect from their own poodles. Their use of threats, intimidation, and retaliation are directly related to who they are. Cowards, bullies, and terrified trembling little weenies, selfishly gorging themselves at the trough, and exausting it leaving nothing for anyone else. They are nothing but termites. When these cases start coming to trial, there will be enough proof between witnesses to bring those witnesses in on other cases as cross witnesses that their heads will be spinning. Impeachment of credibility will be the game of the day. There is absolutely no way they will able to keep track of their lies in reference to all of these cases. The Tsunami coming their way is insurmountable, and not one of the plaintiffs should accept a settlement in lieu of trial. They have bought their way out of trouble way too often at the taxpayer's expense. AND if one of them lies again under oath they should be prosecuted. It is point now. They have finally met their match in the masses whom they've wronged. You can't screw with that many people and expect to get away with it forever.
There is one common denominator in all cases on the upcoming docket regarding these idiots. Their attorney is doing the same thing across the board; lying, denying evidence that exists, delaying progress through deceptive tactics, and outright disobeying court rules. This is unacceptable. This all needs to be linked up, and someone needs to present this to the State BAR association. This is blatant, arrogant, and out of control delaying for one reason, so someone can run out the back door with their pension.
Hopefully all of this will eventually go criminal federally and all of their little civil games will be over. The citizens and officers need to collectively give this bunch a Leonidas kick to the back of the unemployment line then to the front of the docket list to Federal Court.
Adiose Donkeys.
Some cultures are known for running the snakes out of the village, and some are known for running the rats out of the village, BUT Albuquerque will be known as the one that ran the Donkeys out of town.
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