IRO William Deaton Gets a Vote of No Trust from City Council

The Albuquerque City Council voted unanimously on Monday night to have the IG (Inspector General) Office investigate the incident and circumstances involving former Public Safety Director, Darren White. White stands accused of several administrative violations and a long list of crimes ranging from impersonating a police officer to conspiracy to cover up his wife’s alleged DUI crash. The City Council voiced concerns that Deaton did not have the authority to conduct an investigation on non-sworn officer. Deaton’s findings were released on Friday, July 29, 2011.

The City Council’s vote to have the IG’s Office investigate is clearly a vote of “no trust” for Deaton. Immediately after releasing the report Deaton fled the country. Deaton knew before hand several facts; first, he did not have any subpoena powers, two, he knew that he had a personal and on-going friendship with White, and third, he knew the IG’s Office does have the investigative abilities with legitimate subpoena powers. The Eye sees Darren White bouncing and heading to Suffern, New York to “visit” family “again” now that he is in hot water again. The jester’s court of Berry’s fools has all the makings of a movie. Why would Deaton take off, to avoid being questioned about his poor shoddy investigation?

Deaton knew he did not have authority and should have refused to handle the case. Perhaps former Judge Deaton could have directed the City in the correct direction? According to the redacted report by Deaton, White was never interviewed, why? If White was interviewed, why was he not asked about the criminal allegations? If Deaton did interview White and failed to ask the important and relevant questions, doesn’t that make Deaton and his office guilty of conspiracy and a minimum of misfeasance, but more than likely malfeasance of duty? White was the cause of the investigation, he was at the center of the investigation and he was the primary target of the investigation. Now, how is it possible to clear everyone including White of wrong doing without interviewing the target? And if he was interviewed, how come none of the relevant questions asked, show any facts? On the other hand, how is it that Deaton dumped everything on Senior Officer Walck and then fled the country?

Deaton had a personal vendetta against Walck as did Chief Schultz. Both Deaton and Schultz appeared in Santa-Fe at the Law Enforcement Board several weeks ago in an attempt to have Walck decertified as a police officer on an un-related situation. The Law Enforcement Board in Santa-Fe refused to decertify Walck and unanimously voted in favor of Walck. This left both Deaton and Schultz angry and looking for anything to go after Walck in retaliation. They found their opportunity with Darren White’s blunders. Here again, when Deaton knew this case involved an officer that he held a personal vendetta against, Deaton should have refused to handle the case and recuse himself. Schultz knowing the situation should have voiced an objection if he had any integrity.

The Eye sees another huge settlement coming out of this case. The Eye is sure that Senior Officer Walck will welcome the big money but for the rest of us citizens paying out on incompetence, it is disheartening.

Deaton’s case is riddled with problems. For example; Schultz claimed there was no probable cause for a DUI investigation yet the IRO slams Walck for not conducting a DUI investigation. Does that mean that Deaton is calling Ray Schultz a liar? Deaton’s credibility has been ruined by his own actions and by the vote of no trust. The City should release Deaton from the City’s service. The person, who is chosen to replace Deaton, should be a credible person of good moral fabric.

Bravo to the City Council, especially the Honorable Ken Sanchez for stepping up to the plate and handling business!

Per Our Eyes Request; Regarding the Brad Arensfield Text Messages

Please read below through the links provided. The two links will take you to two of the stories that we ran here on the Eye.

Read it here and here.

Breen Loses; Girlfriend Wins

Albuquerque’s Fire Chief, Breen, was slammed late today by the IAFF Local 244. The Union stomped on Breen and gave a hard hitting vote of “No Confidence.” Ironically, while Breen was being trampled on by the Union his girlfriend, Kimberly Swift, walked on her DRUNK DRIVING car crash case (see it here).

Swift told officers to call Darren White to the scene when she crashed, this was reported by the Eye in a prior posting (read it here). A Craigslist posting claimed that Swift told officers that Breen and White could get her out of it. Too bad at the time Darren White was busy; otherwise, Swift would have been the first alleged drunk driver to be driven away from a crash scene (next would be Kathy White).

Breen spent this past weekend “buttering up” his employees at the Albuquerque Convention Center in an attempt to avoid a vote of “No Confidence.” Apparently the Fire Union employees did not like the “butter job” they received.

Maybe White can get his old job back as a cabbie. He could then give out his card to everyone in the Berry Administration. This way when they crash and are intoxicated he can rescue them from the scene.

The Union carries a wallop! The last vote of “No Confidence” was given to Darren White, who left the City skidding on his keister. Maybe Breen needs to purchase some keister pads, right away? Our Eyes told us that Breen was called into the Mayor’s Office and was told he was a “liability.” Maybe Breen can hitch a ride with White? Maybe not…

Who Drank the Poisoned Kool-Aid Freely; Who was Forced?

Fresh from the “rumor mill” some interesting questions have developed. Darren White, while trying to cover up his wife’s alleged DUI crash, passed poisoned Kool-Aid laced with felonies and other crimes around. While some drank it freely, did he force others to drink it?

If some of you remember the catastrophe in Jamestown, Guyana, another fascist dictator, Jim Jones, offered poisoned Kool-Aid to his followers. Those who refused the poisoned drink were held down and forced to drink. Our “rumor mill” believes that Mayor Richard Berry, CAO Rob Perry, and Chief of Police Raymond Daniel Schultz all chose to drink freely. But did Deputy Chief of Police Elizabeth Paiz, Deputy Chief of Police Allen Banks, and Commander Clifford Saylor drink freely or were they forced?

The rumor mill tell us that White knew he was wrong for running full police code to the scene and interfering with the police investigation. Ultimately, White removed a potential DUI offender from a crash scene. According to the Journal (read it here), “city officials said White is not a certified or sworn law enforcement officer and does not carry a gun during working hours.” The journal article also stated, “The brown Chevy Tahoe he drove to the scene of his wife’s crash last week is one of two city vehicles equipped with lights and sirens that is driven by a civilian, officials said.” The article claims that the other fully equipped vehicle belongs to Mayor Berry and the vehicle is mostly driven by a sworn police officer. If White is not certified why has he been seen wearing a police badge with five stars? Why was he running full police code to the crash scene if he is a civilian? Isn’t this impersonating a police officer? Don’t you wish you could run around and play cop with lights flashing and sirens blaring? Instead of admitting his wrongs, White allegedly started passing around the poisoned Kool-Aid.

The first to guzzle the juice was Berry, Perry and Schultz. Berry knows White is wrong but is still backing him. Perry at the news conference became angered at the media and literally threw copies of Kathy White’s records at the media. Perry blamed the media for White’s fiasco. Our Eyes tell us that Perry offered to sue two local television stations on White’s behalf. Next up to shoot off his mouth was Chief Schultz. According to Schultz who was once a DUI Sergeant for APD, stated there was not “probable cause” to conduct a DUI investigation. Schultz also blamed the media. Let’s see, Kathy White admitted to consuming a mind altering drug, she admitted to driving, she admitted to have impairment (blurred vision) and she admitted to crashing into a fix object (a curb). Yup; this is probable cause. Schultz lied to protect White, his lies and crimes as did Perry and Berry.

Next, the rumor mill tells us that Darren White met with one of the officers and offered a “deal” to make this go away or keep the facts under wraps. This amounts to conspiracy, extortion and black mail. If this is true, it appears someone did not keep their part of the “deal.” This would make sense because White put the pressure down on APD’s top command staff which lead to the next debacle. Paiz sent orders down the chain of command ordering/instructing Senior Officer Walck to keep the facts out of the report, such as the admittance of the drugs and the box that was checked showing that Kathy White admitted consumption of prescription drugs which was an attributing factor. When Walck refused, Paiz sent down the orders again. The question is, did Piaz do this of her own accord or was she following orders from Schultz and/or White? In this mess, Banks had to know what was going on and did nothing. The APD SOP states, “Any act or omission is the same as lying.” Walck’s chain of command, including Commander Saylor knew about this and did nothing. Saylor received information about this situation through several different sources. This comes down to conspiracy. Walck was wise not to alter the report which is a public document and knew it is a felony to alter a public document. If Paiz did give these orders that were illegal, they are; to wit; conspiracy, extortion and black mail.

Thus, all who had knowledge of this are all guilty of conspiracy, extortion and black mail. This requires a criminal investigation; not an administrative review. This is the time that Gov. Martinez needs to send her elite Political Corruption Unit down to Albuquerque to handle this. Since the Governor is a Republican and all the Republicans are trying to save this liar, perhaps the State Attorney General, Gary King, needs to step up to the plate and handle this with integrity.

Did Albuquerque’s former public safety director commit insurance fraud? Kathy White admitted to taking a drug for seizures/bi-polarism. Darren White stated that she had been taking it for about a year. Was this disclosed to their insurer?

Another one of our Eyes claims that White does not have enough time paid into PERA (Public Employees Retirement Association). This could be a rumor but our Eyes claim that White withdrew all of his invested money when he left former Governor Gary Johnson’s administration. This means that White would need to pay back both his part and his employers’ portion. Each year that he may have withdrawn could cost up to 50,000.00 per year. It is possible that he withdrew over ten years worth. If this is true who is paying all that money back? Is it the tax payers of Albuquerque? Did White retire with any retirement compensation?

Some of our Eyes in County Government are telling us that Darren White is smack-dab in the middle of the free tickets scandal from the Journal Center. Our Eyes tell us that formal charges are forth coming in this case.

Darren White is a catastrophe looking for a place to happen; as we have seen here in Albuquerque. Thank goodness that the Honorable Martin Heinrich beat White in the congressional race for District One.

These questions warrant a full criminal investigation. Even if you buy into White and company’s rubbish, even if these questions are based on the appearance of impropriety, they must be investigated to the fullest extent. All who played part wittingly or un-wittingly must be brought to justice along with White. If the entire top command of APD is dirty; it is time to clean it out. The Mayor will need to re-evaluate his stance on White and on the rest of his top level personnel who participated in this fiasco. White’s stains have bled all over the 5th floor of APD. The Eye On Albuquerque has repeatedly warned you about the “Culture of Corruption” in APD, here is your proof. The Albuquerque Police Department needs new leadership. The slate needs to be wiped clean. The Mayor will need to appoint a chief who is known for dignity, honesty and integrity. No more “good ol’ boys!” While Berry is at it, he needs to dump the rest of Darren White entourage. Don’t you hate it when someone up and leaves; and leaves all their junk behind for someone else to clean it up?

Kudos to the fire guys and gals who called this one! The community knows we have the best paramedics and EMS equipment in the Southwest region; contradictory to what White stated. The local fire union’s vote of no confidence was right on the spot. Too bad Perry and Berry were and are too blind to see past their noses.

Sufferin’ in Suffern; New York that Is

Some of our Eyes have told us that Chicken Public Safety Director, Darren White and his blushing wife have “flown from the coup.” Yes, our modern day “Bonnie and Clyde” are on the run from Albuquerque’s local media who are seeking the truth.

Our Eyes claim that White is from Suffern, New York, and White and his wife are suffering on the run. We all know that you can run but you can’t hide! Darren White has to know that the fire pit will still be red hot when even he decides to surrender to the media. We are sure he will have cooked up a few more lies to feed the public.

Our Eyes tell us that Kathy White is Darren’s “Achilles Heel.” If Kathy White tells the truth about Brad Arensfield, Tru-touch, etc… Darren is done for and he knows it! If the media got a hold of Kathy there is a strong chance that she will spill the beans. Some believe that this is why White has “removed her from the equation.”

On another front, our Eyes are telling us that the AFD folks have made a vote of no confidence on Darren White for lack of ethics. We have lost count how many times Darren White has publically received a vote of “No Confidence.”

On a side note…We all know how it ended for “Bonnie and Clyde.” Only it will not be bullets that take Darren White out, it will be the TRUTH. Maybe Darren White will man-up and tell the truth and avoid a tragic ending. This is really simple; “Tell the truth Darren White!”

Why doesn’t the Mayor get it? The Mayor needs to pull his head out of the sand and see what is going on.

BROVO to the Albuquerque City Council for taking the lead and appropriate action!

Put the trash out; the entire place stinks to high hell!

Cover up Continues for Kathy (Crash) White and her dedicated (to himself) Husband, Darren White

Our Eyes behind the badge are telling us that Albuquerque’s Deputy Chief of Police, Beth Paiz, may have been giving some; let’s say illegal orders from behind the scenes. Our Eyes claim that DC Paiz ordered Senior Officer Al Walck to remove the drugs he listed in his report through his Chain of Command. Our Eye’s also claim that Paiz order Walck to change the accident from “no injuries” to an “accident with injuries.” Our Eyes tell us Senior Officer Walck told his superiors to have Paiz put it in writing and he would comply. Apparently Piaz did not write the order and Walck did not change the report. This apparently angered the brass. Remember this is just a rumor that our Eyes are telling us about.

Did Paiz order Walck to change the report by removing the drugs listed that Kathy (Crash) White admitted to popping before she decided to drive DUI and crash? Was Paiz trying to protect Chief Public Safety Director, Darren White’s wife (A.K.A. Kathy Crash)?

Did Paiz order Walck to change the report to an accident with injury to cover Chief Public Safety Director, Darren White, because White utilized full emergency equipment to respond to his wife’s crash? Full emergency equipment consists of flashing red lights, police siren and being allowed to go through red lights, etc…You see, APD’s policy allows officers to run full code to accidents with injuries. Darren White ran full code but did not have a legitimate reason other than to whisk his wife away and save her from jail for driving DUI.

Where are our City leaders? Stand up and do something for us citizens. The Eye has heard some grumbling that two City Councilors, who has the guts to do something, are planning on making a motion to place Darren White on administrative leave until the investigation is completed.

This City needs to rid itself of the cancerous liars; White has failed and should be removed.

The Straw that Broke the Camels’ Back

The Eye has known about the alleged DUI involving Darren White’s wife for some time. We intentionally held back to prove a point. If the Eye broke the story, White and Schultz would have started the whole “Social Media Waa Waa” to distract from the truth of this alleged DUI crash. With all the blood in the water; we let the media piranhas’ feast first! This is clearly an abuse by a public official using his official position of authority over his subordinates. White showed up in official capacity in a city vehicle. Does anyone out there really think that any employee from APD or AFD was going to pursue a case against White’s wife when White was standing guard intimidating everyone for over 30 minutes making his official presence known and using that authoritative position to get his wife out of hot water?

The answer is no. Everyone wants to keep their job and no one wants to lose their pay check by pissing off the boss because his wife decided to crash her black Porsche, by her own admittance, popping pills. News flash, this is called DUI (Driving While Under the Influence).

Here is a short list of questions that need to be answered:

1. Why did White use “emergency equipment” to respond to his wife’s crash? This equipment is intended for first responders to save lives or for responders who are responding to a crisis or critical incident. White’s wife was being seen by medical professionals. There was no need for him to abuse his position or power.

2. Why did White feel it was okay to “butt in” while APD and AFD were in discharge of their official duties? Would you or Eye be allowed to approach the police or fire and interject our two cents? White openly abused his position and authority. He clearly intimidated subordinates under his care and control.

3. Why did White stay at the crash for thirty minutes intimidating personnel that are under his care and control? This one is easy; because he can! All fascism leaders are above the law. White committed several offenses and is now playing the “poor me” routine, I am just a good husband. Did anyone else notice that White was dressed down and not wearing a suit as he commonly does?

4. Why did White think that his vehicle that does not have any medical supplies, equipment or medical personnel was a better choice to transport his wife to an emergency facility? Maybe he wanted to get his wife away from the scene so law enforcement could not pursue a DUI case against her? White needs to publish his cell number so other celebrities can call him to get them out of hot water. Ron Bell; write this number down! Sorry Ron, you’re not Darren White’s wife; no free pass for you.

5. Why is it when others like Ron Bell take prescription drugs and drive, they are prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law and people like Darren White’s wife get a free ride and a get-out-of-jail-free card? White being a good husband has his priorities clear and he acted on those priorities; he got his wife out of a DUI crash with no charges at all.

6. Why was the urinalysis sample collected/conducted the following day on 07/07/11? Could it be to allow the drugs that Kathy White admitted to taking to metabolize and allow her body to naturally rid itself of the drugs? Can anyone else out there say; cover up?


Why did Schultz stand there and lie? Schultz was a DWI sergeant and knows the truth about DUI and what probable cause is required. Schultz stated, “There were no signs of drugs or alcohol.” According to the Journal, “Kathleen White told APD officers she was on two types of prescription medications for ‘anxiety,’ according to the police report.” The Journal also stated, “Schultz said no DWI investigation was conducted because it appears there wouldn’t have been probable cause to do so.”

One of the symptomatology that should be looked for during a DUI crash investigation is the admittance of use of drugs. Kathleen White admitted to the consumption of prescription drugs. Another symptom of DUI is the admittance of impairment. Kathleen White stated that she had blurred vision. The AFD report stated she had trouble standing. Proof of impairment, she crashed her black Porsche into a curb. There you go Schultz; there is your probable cause. You lied Schultz; shame on you.

The law states that DUI is driving while under the influence of drugs or alcohol which affects a person’s ability to safely operate a motor vehicle to the slightest degree. Kathleen White crashed into a curb. This is impairment far beyond the “slightest degree.”

The Journal also quoted White as stating, “People are using my wife’s medical condition for cheap political attacks.” During a news conference what said, “I don’t know who’s making these allegations, but I have done nothing wrong. Unfortunately, because of these attacks, my wife and I have had to make a decision to provide media with her personal medical records, which is something we should never have to do.” White is making a fool of himself and should know better than to use words such as “never.” The word clearly implies never and there is no ambiguity. Yet White can play his “poor me” routine and use the word never and then do what he claimes he “never” would do. This is an oxymoronic statement.

According to the Albuquerque Journal (read it here), “she (Kathleen White) tested negative for numerous prescription and illegal drugs.” Hit the brakes, this is an inaccurate statement. What is the tolerance level that is set for these tests by Tri-core? All companies, including the City of Albuquerque have certain levels set. If there are drugs present but it does not exceed the “tolerance levels” the laboratory will not report it. It will show as testing “negative.” Did you hear Darren’s pet Schultzie discriminate this crucial information?

Gov. Martinez, the Eye warned you about White, his lying and his abuse of power. Is Darren White still the best choice for the Judicial Standards Commission? White is going to pull you down along with Berry.

One of our Eyes told us about the big meeting that Schultz and White called for with APD’s supervisory staff. White told the staff that integrity was everything to him. Where is White’s integrity?

Berry has called for an independant investigation into this matter. The problem is, we all know that when it comes to Mister White lies, any wrong doing on White's part will be "White washed!"

Darren White has drawn “the straw that broke the camel’s back.” It is time for White, Schultz and their lying ways to leave our city. The republicans need to clean house and put the trash out at the curb.

The item below was added 07/13/2011 @ 1458hrs

Listen to the 911 call here.