Schultz Changes Policy; Lying is now Acceptable

Much ado has been made about a supposed change in the APD's discipline policy when it comes to issues of untruthfulness. Which is another term for deception. Or also known as omission. And known as misrepresentation. But let's call it for what it is: LYING.

And Banks knows a lot about lying. Under oath in an administrative hearing, he was caught lying by attorney, and now state Democratic Party Chariman, Sam Bregman.  During the testimony you will also hear former Deputy Chief Feist's lies...Listen to their lies for yourself here on YouTube: [CLICK HERE]

 

But now, Banks, who we guess is interim chief now because there's no comment from Schultz, says that one has to look at the totality of the circumstances. Huh? All investigations are done from the perspective of a totality of the circumstances. That is why from Day 1 in the APD Academy cadets are told to ALWAYS tell the truth because lying will get you fired. Under the new policy, if an officer LIES then it seems their lie will be looked at in the totality of the investigation. If you lie during an investigation, that action itself is looked at as an aggravating or mitigating factor. That is why personal MUST tell the truth, the act of covering up misconduct is often much worse than the misconduct itself. Former and departed President Richard Nixon is the ultimate example.

Circumstances which should not only get people fired, but indicted. Like when former APD officer Levi Chavez ran his car into a kid riding his bike as a P2/C and lied about the accident. Like when an officer rear-ends a citizen in his marked unit and gives her a false report number. Like when an off-duty sergeant lies and says he was chasing a drunk driver. Like when APOA President Weber says he was "vaguely aware" of the policy. Like when Commander Tim Lopez stated two other APD officers were insubordinate and started a fight with him. Like when Deputy Chief Banks lies and says he was not in the crime scene of prominent civil right's attorney's house. Like when Ray Schultz says response times for calls for service are not important (we could go on and on about Schultz but you get our point). Like when CAO Perry says his administration is a leader in transparency and then tells citizens to sue him to get informatin about city expenditures. Like when RJ Berry says crime is at an all-time low thanks to his policies. And it goes on and on and on....

 

If the leaders of this place lead by lying, what do they expect their troops to do?!?!

 

A government institution, nevermind a police department, has to have ZERO TOLERANCE for lying. Retired Lieutenant Steve Tate commented that truthfulness has only one level: truth or not. We agree. And while Banks seems to think that APD operates under it's own best practices, we are not persuaded by any argument offered by a confirmed liar about SOP policies addressing lying. We can hear it now in the echoes of the court room, "Officer X, isn't it true, that you're department allows officers to lie?"

 

 

Of interest, Berry is silent on this topic.  One can only believe Berry's beliefs follow that of his chief and he too condones lying.

 

In a time when APD is under scrutiny for institutional level efforts of deception and mismanagement, we find this discussion by the leadership of Albuquerque almost at the height of arrogance. Only in APD would there be a softening of discipline for personnel caught lying when the US Department of Justice is looking over their shoulder!

DISGRACE; EVERY CITIZEN SHOULD BE REPULSED

On November 18, 2010, supervisors and civilians who had absolutely no authority or duty flooded Mary Han's home with no purpose other than to contaminate the scene, gawk at the deceased and make sure it would not be investigated for what it was; Murder.

The following personnel did not have any bona-fide, legal or legitimate reason/business for being at Han's residence. Their actions violated human dignity, morals, ethics, virtually every SOP, standard and practice for handling unattended death scenes and for that, we at the Eye strip them of their rank and post their identities as drawn from the recent lawsuit:

Paul Feist
Allen Banks
Beth Paiz
Robert Perry
Todd Wilham
Michael Meissenger
Tim Lopez
Rae Mason
Marc Adams
Darren White
Trish Hoffman
Paul Kennedy
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It really doesn't matter if you personally liked or disliked Ms. Han.  This women was about business when she was in court. We at the Eye know Ms. Han was a tireless advocate of Constitutional Rights, especially the First Amendment's protection of Free Speech. May those responsible for her death and those co-conspirator's that covered up the scene be brought to swift justice.

It is heart-wrenching that the Police Department's top cop and his top subordinates would disrespect the dead.  Since Darren White was the Public Safety Director and Rob Perry was the Chief City Attorney; they should have known and stoped this disgraceful debacle.  We here at the Eye do not believe that you can get any lower than disrespecting the dead, with the exception of being a pedophile.

Of interest, Paul J. Kennedy (who should be a suspect or at a minimum a person of interest in Han's murder), was appointed to the New Mexico Supreme Court by Gov. Martinez.  Did our Governor do her homework like most attorneys or was this another decision made by  Matinez' lead person, Jay McCleskey?

UPDATED INFORMATION: Click on the bolded link to access the complaint: CLICK THIS LINK.