The Piercing Truth

This is right from the dictionary and seems to describe Albuquerque, Berry and Schultz. Fascism (f ash ,izem) noun An authoritarian right wing system of government and/or social organization. (in general use) extreme right wing, authoritarian, chauvinistic and/or intolerant views or practices. Fascism tends to include a belief in the supremacy of one group over another, national, ethnic, especially social strata or monetarily; a contempt for democracy, an insistence on obedience to a powerful leader, and a strong demagogic approach. Compliments of one of our Eyes

Jan 26, 2016

Berry Blue Lie

Berry states he will rebuild the blue line in his last two years in office.  Berry will rebuild what he has destroyed.  Berry points some of the blame on the last administration, however we at The EYE say to Berry: you own this and this is YOUR mess. 

It started with Berry at the start of his first term when he promised the Police Officers that he would replace Ray Schultz if elected.  This promise was  broken as soon as Berry won the election and reappointed Schultz as Police Chief and to make matters worse appointed Daren White as Public Safety Director.  These appointments proved to the officers that Berry could not be trusted. 

Berry went on to cut police pay stating it was to avoid layoffs.  We at The EYE ask you Mr. Berry how are those layoffs working out for you now ?  Officers saw Schultz fire officers just to cover for himself in the media and to keep the D.O.J. away, all the while Schultz was greasing the wheels for Taser.  When Schultz finally left, Berry being the brilliant politician he is appointed Gorden Eden as Police Chief.

The rank and file know the Eden is nothing more than a political hack and has no respect of the rank and file. The top administration is different, with their large salaries and stealing the rank and file bonus money they are all happy. What is the result of all this mismanagement by Berry?  The rank and file officers started retiring in mass.  APD dropped from 1,100 Officers to 823 Officers with more retirements on the way.  Berry thinks that if he can have retired officers return and keep their pension, they will return on mass.  We at The EYE say think again. You expect them to come back, pay into a retirement fund that they not get anything for, go to the bottom of the seniority system and wind up on graveyard shift? 

Berry they retired for a reason.  They don't trust you and don't want to be your next target.  The last part of the article in The Journal explains Berry's motive. Yes you guessed right: his political future.  Berry boasts there are thirty seven cadets in the academy. Let us at The Eye make something very clear to you M. Berry.  It takes 3 to five years for an officer to become a seasoned Police Officer once they graduate from the academy, and what are they learning in the academy with Tyler in charge? 

Berry gives out raises to Police that are long overdue and settles their long standing lawsuit in an effort to stem the tide of Officers leaving.  The bottom line is all Berry cares about in his last two years is how to save his political future.  These last two years can't pass fast enough, while the murder rate in Albuquerque continues to rise. And oh yeah, where is Kent Walz and his paper now regarding Berry's $5 MILLION DOLLAR bailout for breaching the contract?!?!?!?!?!?!?  

53 comments:

Anonymous said...

So Berry, Perry, and every other 5th and 11th floor schmuck thinks all is peachy in Albuquerque and with APD? Hopefully everyone realizes that Albuquerque now ranks with Ferguson, Mo. The DOJ and Ferguson has reached an agreement with similar resolutions as Albuquerque, i.e. training, use of force procedures, etc. It's shameful that Berry decimated public safety as it is, then vetoes the council initiative to bring in the DOJ, and now procrastinates every mandate that he agreed to. This mayor is the biggest idiot I have ever seen. What's worse, he gets his advice from that drunk Perry moron.

Here's some good advice Berry, take your political future somewhere else. We don't want you here anymore. You now have a half million people in Albuquerque pissed off at you, every other New Mexican around the state is watching your fuck-ups, and your girl Susanna has killed any future republican governors' chances at getting anything accomplished at the round house. If you choose to stick around and have Jay buy your votes for the next political office, just remember one thing, we will be laughing at you just as we laugh at Susanna. And don't get all crybaby and pissy when your dick gets knocked in the dirt by the legislators. You should ask Susanna how it feels to be the worst Governor in New Mexico history, just so you are prepared, because you will be worse than Susanna. I know, hard to believe, but true.

Anonymous said...

I hear all the APD whiners on here complaining about how short-staffed they are, fetching call after call. Why don't the whiners find out who the two day-shift Westside slackers are that are parked at the church on Atrisco and St Josephs for hours at a time during the weekdays? Better yet, pull their stats......long duration of time on petty calls? Can you say lazy POS!

Anonymous said...

WTAF, now Manny and his boys pulling the same shit that APD does, flipping kill a 88 year old 113 pound man????

You guys don't have the balls to walk up and take it from him, so let's blast him??????

I pray that never happens to my own, as I will bury one of yours.

Manny used to be a stand up guy years ago, what the hell happened??

Anonymous said...

1-28 9:57am - get somebody to make a 'suspicious Person at the church' call to APD and see if they get out of their cars or boogy to somewhere they're supposed to be. They might be hurt, or dead, or both in the same car playing hide-the-sausage.

Anonymous said...

@ 11:17 Anal fetish APD guy

I'm sorry you were abused as a child, possibly neglected? You don't react like a healthy person would. Have you ever talked to a counselor about your issues? I bet you're that APD cop that wears a thigh rig, you shave your legs, make your weekly visit to the tanning salon, and pluck your unibrow? Give that EAP 800 number a call......

Anonymous said...

Is the New Mexico State Police Chief a liar? Chief Pete Kassetas lashed out at a critic of Mayor Berry's plan to rehire police officers who retired and let them keep their pensions during a legislative committee hearing. He said his department was not fully staffed. But this letter says otherwise just a few months ago, and he had graduated a new academy class since then. Apparently someone is not truthful here and could it be a GOP mandated lie to help a republican Mayor Berry get his legislation passed? And, is this all an effort to weaken the Public Employees Retirement Association permanent fund so that future legislators can try and gut public employee pensions?

http://onlyinnewmexico.blogspot.com/

Anonymous said...

Gorden Eden needs to resign. APD now has it's own version of Fast and Furious and it cost Dan Webster his life.

Eden is in charge and this was on his watch. Fire Gorden Eden.

Anonymous said...

11:16pm You are obviously one of APD's finest, full of love for your uniform, your badge, your gun, your self, your imaginary power and probably some of the butt-buddies you "work" with.

Anonymous said...

Speaking of APD finest,,,the Ficke feud is heating up. Did that shitbag Pat Ficke skate on his felony charges?

Anonymous said...

11:16, what's the problem Brh? Trying to lateral from your Open Space job to APD cause you saw La Llorona??

She's everywhere, hopefully the bb's drop and you can really become a true lawman, I doubt it, you POS's don't have a clue the meaning of LE.

Maybe animal control is hiring?

Anonymous said...

Rehire Sam Costales back. He can be the use of force training officer.

Anonymous said...

12:40,
Yea, ok, then the whole department will be getting killed. Sam may have gotten screwed, but the guy was no super cop. Lets get that strait.

Anonymous said...

January 31, 2016 at 6:02:00 AM MST,

Really? Pat Ficke has not been employed with the City for years and has moved on! I suggest you do the same, along with the Eye, Veronica Ficke, her fabrications and hideous behaviors.

Anonymous said...

I heard that Dickey is looking at a huge child abuse case for trying to throw his kid across a room.

Anonymous said...

2/1/16 @ 1:01pm- Details? Do tell.

Anonymous said...

Are you kidding? Sam Costales has been hired back at APD? I think APD has just reached the bottom of the barrel. He has got to be one of the laziest officers ever to put on a uniform. I can count a few others but he is at the top of the list. So will he be going to the field or will he get his job back in TRU??? What a joke its all about the numbers now... Please don't resort to taking ANYONE back just for the numbers. Its our asses out here in the field that need back up and Sam will be running the other way.

Anonymous said...

1/16 @5:17
Next PD will hire Levis old partner !

Anonymous said...

If you read the consent decrees for all the cities the DOJ has visited you will find they read the same. It's simply a template they apply to all. The DOJ did a piss poor investigation. This is simply a reform tactic applied to either the largest or "problem cities" in each state which sets the standards for the smaller departments.

Anonymous said...

Can someone please tell what the Fuck Ferris did this time? Lt Ferris no less......

Anonymous said...

Berry,,,,,the city really went to crap today with a suspicious death, a shooting, 3 car-jackings, and another justifiable Officer involved shooting,,,,and that's not even "cutting the crust". I wonder after all those incidents, how many officers were trying to take the calls that were holding while all resources were directed to the critical incidents. How many officers took calls without back-up available, just so you can claim our response times are the best they have ever been. No wonder BCSO was involved in backing us up, they actually are fully staffed. We warned you Berry, but you screwed our officers over and every eligible retiree is leaving. Prayers our brothers won't get hurt. It will be our next Mayor that will try to pick up the pieces and clean your mess (hopefully).

Anonymous said...

Ferris was on call Lt got sent to NE for a 15 involving 2 34s, a DWI 34 and a new recruit. Recruit had signs of 27 4 on her face and Ferris said no arrest. The female 34 is a friend of mine and she is in a bad situation and needs help. I am furious they walked away the way the did and I know our training tells us otherwise. The DWI 34 is quite older than the recruit and very controlling sad situation.

Anonymous said...

Awwwww Damn!! WTF Ferris?

Anonymous said...

6:29

You need to have that recruit call Tom Grover. He will make it right.

Anonymous said...

You can't expect an Lt who doesn't follow SOP to act in good faith. Yet they fire Gil Vigil for not writing a report when Omaree had no visible injuries. Media we know you're reading this.. IPRA Lt. Ferris Simmons lapel video and see why an arrest wasn't made. Ramirez? Luby? Laflin? Matt Grubs?

Anonymous said...

Not altogether true, the female 34 denied any violence, refused to show Ferris her face, lied and said nothing happened. The summons was sent the next day when she tracked her down and found the injury. People and their drama....

Anonymous said...

Same old song and dance, the old 34's just buy more "just for men" and make sure they manscape to keep the gray/white from showing, and then prey on the new ones.

Its never going to stop, unless you stop it yourself, your PD is headed down the wormhole.

Anonymous said...

Ferris is a Lieutenant because the department has to meet a quota for females and females within the ranks, so it can continue to receive federal money. She is pretty much worthless. Why else was Bonnie Montoya, Dodi Camacho, Rae Mason, just to name a few promoted? It wasn't for their street smarts or command presence... What the hell? The only person that should have been dispatched to that domestic scene was an FI or FET to photograph those involved. When it comes to domestics and police they should not be treated any differently than the public. I would love to see the lapel camera footage on that call.

Anonymous said...

Hell PD might even hire Levi Chavez as the next APOA attorney.. He knows first hand how to get away with murder.....

Anonymous said...

Man, the hits keep on coming "Mayor" Berry,,,thanks for settling the lawsuit on your terms. Problem is, everyone that could has left. The young self serving officers only care about themselves, they have no respect for the men and women that came before them. They don't want the re-hire program to come back? Well trust me, most retirees wouldn't come back anyways the way things are now. No matter how spoiled and self deserving you current guys are, the real cops still pray for you every night. Sad thing is, the worst crybabys are the sons/daughters of the real cops. I'm sure you are making your parents proud.

Anonymous said...

File an IA complaint for lack of police service, malfeasance and dereliction of duty.
Ferris will be covered for because she let Perry go once and carries water for this filthy administration.

Anonymous said...

@ 2/3 6:29 Wow, was there any cad or report for the 15 call? That's really upsetting to hear.

Anonymous said...

That is so true about SID and has been for the last 9 years or so since Schultz put his bro's in there. Well, what do we expect when you have 34s who are not qualified but lick ass or are "Kool" and like to have fun. My man, you go to work to work, fun comes later. Look at the Commanders and Lt's they had in there and brought in their bro's as Sgt. Non qualified.

Anonymous said...

2/3 @ 7:51pm- Yeah a Recruit Officer is gonna refuse to show her face to a Superior, makes perfect sense. You must be one of the few that kisses up to Ferris. She loves you because you mask her guilty conscience, lying, cheating, and all the claimed OT $$ she's stolen from the City.

Anonymous said...

Geez Eye only three columns in over a month! There is a lot going on, you don't have to pontificate just some short posts giving us the news around APD and City Hall.

Anonymous said...

Camera policy confirmed so fucked up only somebody rigging a no bid $2 Million contract could've fucked it up so badly. And speaking of cameras.....another PTC smack down caught on video???!!!!

Anonymous said...

@ 7:50 that video is from a Sandoval County Deputy not APD. But the guy in the video was a Lieutenant for APD back in the day.

Anonymous said...

No the PTC guys were talking about a video having to be released that showed some 34 smacking the piss out of some 16.

Anonymous said...

The only economic growth the city has seen under Mayor Berry is Morticians and Cemetery Employees.

Anonymous said...

You guys sure piss & moan a lot. Most of you should just turn in your badges, cars and guns, burn your uniforms and go be heroes bagging groceries at Albertson's. If all you whiners and bedwetters were in the military, you would wake up somewhere in the dark wondering "WTF happened to me?"

Anonymous said...

Lt Switcher is definitely old school was a great lt to work and loved police work.

Anonymous said...

Lt. Switzer should of been charged with Child Abuse the kid was a juvenile. But then again look how long it took them to get off their a** and file the battery charges. Their Sheriff makes it sound like he's on top of everything doing a press release about there lap cameras last year. Guess they only release them when they get good and ready. Not like ABQ where the media is hounding the departments for the video the next day.

Anonymous said...

Little off topic but anyone remember the name of the swat cop that was busted for trying to pick up a hooker back in 06. Turned out to be a pretty female uc 34 he tried to pick up?

Anonymous said...

Switzer should be charged with Federal Civil Rights violations.

He should never have been hired back at APD in 2003, as he drug test revealed he was dirty with Darvon. You guessed it, no Rx.

But APD hired him back and then had to fire him. Then Switzer sued, admitted in court he was using his wife's Rx for Darvon and lost his case. Then Sandoval County hired him because APD never submitted the LEA 90 to revoke Switzer's police license.

Sandoval Sheriff Doug Wood has also failed to obey state law and submit an LEA 90 against Switzer for beating the 12 year old kid. This is what is wrong in New Mexico, bad cops are allowed to continue to work because of bad sheriffs and bad chiefs. But holy shit don't write a blog, Eden will submit that LEA 90 in a heartbeat. Almost kill your own detective and Eden could care less (yes Brachle). The sheriffs and chiefs in New Mexico are some of the worse in the nation.

https://casetext.com/case/switzer-v-chavez

Anonymous said...

You think that kid learned something, really? He'll grow up and be the guy that blows a hole in the first cocky PD that pulls him over.

It starts young and at home, that is the problem.

As for Dougie he's more concerned about keeping his young tail as he watches himself grow old, he's no better that JT or Tiny Tim, they all cover for each other, as for Fred its time to check into a retirement home, too late to correct the crap he should of years ago, time fly by didn't Fred??

Anonymous said...

6:18,

Doubt it. That kid will be rich after the family sues the cop and department. Face it, no one respects cops anymore and never will. You can thank all the left wing crybaby, bleeding heart, tree hugging, everyone gets a trophy, douche bags that have ruined everything that America stands for. Times have changed and it ain't going back. While I agree that the kid needs a little forceful motivation to act right, what were the events that led up to the spitting incident? My money is on the fact that the incident was provoked. People don't spit at others for no reason.

Anonymous said...

12:26,

An LEA-90 was submitted to the NMLEA Board on Switzer. The "victim" spitter involved is NOT 12, he's 16 & a royal POS. Switzer is being charged with a simple Battery - misdemeanor, not felony level nor any Child Abuse charges. Switzer is being thrown to the wolves by Karl Wiese & Keith Elder in order to mitigate the tort payout on their end. How is that you ask? Well, Switzer's first line supervisor (Sgt. Gilber Sancez) who observed/heard this incident as well as two other deputies did NOTHING after seeing/hearing this incident. The Sgt. went and ran to his Lieutenant and essentially told on Switzer, then the Lt. started making supervisory decisions. What kind of first line supervisor does that make? After observing what can be articulated as a clear civil rights violation, the Sgt. & two other deputies just stand there and let Switzer proceed to transport the 16 year old down to BCJDC instead of INTERVENING on behalf of the 16 year old. Uhm, okay. That aspect of the tort claim will pay out much much more that the slapping elements. Everyone remembers what happened to the LAPD 34's who stood by while the Rodney Kind incident was unfolding, if the special prosecutor assigned had any sort of political aspirations they would pull the three Sandoval County deputies in and hold them accountable as well.

Anonymous said...

2-8; 6:18pm: Respect? Cops? What fucking planet are you living on? "Respect" and "Cops" don't even belong in the same sentence.

Anonymous said...

February 9, 2016 at 8:45:00 AM MST

Sounds you know everything that happened. As you said, the three deputies need to be pulled in at the same time as you since you since you know everything and have sat idly by and did nothing other than post on this blog. You sir/ms are part of the problem and need to be removed from your position as a deputy as well.

Anonymous said...

NO One deserves to be spit on NO MATTER WHAT IS GOING ON. The kid was, is and always will be a punk.. It's just too bad the family will be paid for their child;s behavior.

Anonymous said...

8:12pm; 9:14pm: Amazingly easy to get you knuckle-draggers barking. If you don't deserve "respect" putting on a uniform and a badge and making juvenile comments about "mothers", "abortions", "lil bitches", etc, does not get you the "respect" you aren't man enough to earn.

Anonymous said...

What's up with the wanna-be Steven Segals in the blog? Fucken vermin cops or cop suckers is what you really are.

Anonymous said...

Wow look whos here STILL. LH.aka LDH.aka Tabitha Johnson. Quit lying and go to your garage and call your husband 90 times a day.

Anonymous said...

I didn't know they made "Ripple" anymore. They should re-market it as "LDH, the 'Vin du Jour'" for fat-assed retards who have a big hang-up on black dicks and raise fish bait in their smelly rotten crotches to make Dairy Queen money.