Double Standards: Stealing is Stealing

Young Officer Bryan Turner was given 30 days with intent to dismiss today.  He was also arrested and charged with theft by deception, official oppression, unsworn falsification to authorities and official oppression.  It is alleged he fudged arrest paperwork to “hook-up” another officer who did not do anything in the arrest in an effort to get a court notice to generate overtime.   BryanTurner

Give me a break.

Officer Bryan Turner was able to rid the department of Lieutenant Steve Arch, who for years, allegedly, spewed racial slurs, engaged in “creating a hostile work environment” and was bounced from district to district in spite of the compelling evidence that he was a liability.  Officer Turner successfully sued the Police Department for retaliation.  Lt. Arch resigned/retired shortly thereafter.

Lieutenant Dave Bonk, attended pilot school while “working”.  An extensive Internal Affairs investigation revealed he racked up hundred of dollars through “theft by deception” in which he was supposed to be working, while attending many other activities as opposed to working in the Aviation Unit.  This landed Bonk on the infamous “do not testify” list.  Bonk wasn’t charged with falsifying the Daily Attendance Records or theft by deception.  Bonk hasn’t been charged with a crime.

The entire Vice squad unit, the leadership of Charlie Green, then a Lieutenant, was stealing overtime and not working when they were supposed to be working.  Their punishment, they were each “billed” by the City for amounts ranging from $1800 to $2700 which is to be deducted from their pensions when they retire.  Charlie Green goes on to get promoted to Captain, but after the investigation, he was transferred to Internal Affairs.  No one was charged with crime.  Their bill will become due upon their retirement.

Lieutenant Demetrios Pittaoulis, of Internal Affairs, sent phony court notices to a Police Officer from the 24th District (yes, that same 24th District where Lt. Pittaoulis has a wife who works there, Sgt. Lisa Pittaoulis as well as resident racist, Cpl. Bob Pawlowski), so that he could assist him with studying for the Sergeants exam.  Pittaoulis allegedly sent the phony court notices daily.

Even though the job was sustained by Internal Affairs, neither the Lieutenant, nor the officer were charged with a crime for falsifying official police records.  Pittaoulis was detailed out of IAB and is detailed to Audits and Inspection.  As of this writing, neither has been charged with a crime.

Assistant District Attorney Noel DeSantis sent phony court notices to Sergeant James Green, who worked in 17th District.  DeSantis would falsify court records so Sgt. Green could get overtime.  Sgt. Green would do favors for DeSantis.  Sgt. Green was demoted and DeSantis was never disciplined.  Internal Affairs concluded they committed 38 counts of fraud, or stealing.  However; neither were arrested fired.  Neither were charged with a crime.

Sgt. Green left the Police Department after he was demoted and now works at LaSalle University security.

ADA DeSantis left the DA’s office prior to the new District Attorney, Larry Krasners arrival, and recently returned.  DeSantis or Sgt. Green were charged with a crime, in spite of the 38 counts of fraud listed in the Internal Affairs investigation.

Assistant Chief Lynn Nicols, who worked in the Philadelphia District Attorney’s Office, was arrested and charged with making false reports and obstruction of justice when she filed a false report of a stolen car.  Nicols was an Assistant Chief of the Homicide Unit.  Nicols was charged with a crime.

Nicols is African-American.  DeSantis is white.

Northwest Detectives, allegations were made that officers were only working four (4) hours and making overtime in spite of being on the Daily Attendance Sheet for a full eight (8) hours.  An extensive Internal Affairs investigation resulted in personnel being shuffled and the Warrant Unit being disbanded.  No one was charged with a crime.

Lest we forget, the East Detectives.  When allegations were made against members of East Detectives, who were accused of falsifying official police records by stealing time and overtime, and collecting monies they did not earn, they received disciplinary action and transfers.  Not one was charged with a crime.

Young Officer Turner also got into a heated argument with a Detective in East Detectives over Facebook posts.  Turner had a habit of engaging in off-duty banter about highly sensitive topics from race to the many different activist movements that are currently going on in the current political environment here in America.  Both Turner and the Detective received disciplinary action for the incident.

It is easy to see how inflammatory these images are.  Just as inflammatory as to some as Corporal Robert Pawlowski using the N-word at the FOP referring to African American cops.  Which, coincidentally, happens to work in the same 24th District to which young Officer Turner was assigned.  Just to refresh your memory, Pawlowski was trying to spread his hatred and vitriol and corrupt the minds of other officers in his attempt to divide cops on the racial lines.  Pawlowski is often called a “Bigot with a Badge”.

We also saw inflammatory images in which Officer Ian Lichterman was in full Nazi regalia.  Officer Ian Lichterman was a member of the same white supremacy group as the killer of Heather Heyer, (the young woman killed in Charlottesville)  Blood and Honour.

Lichterman’s affiliation was discovered after the database was hacked of neo-Nazi and white supremacist website users by One People’s Project in 2010.  On September 1, 2016, it was reported by a citizen by the name of Mindy Isser via twitter to the Police Commissioner, that she was offended by a visible “nazi tattoo” on his arm.

The tweet went viral, Internal Affairs completed its investigation and absolved Lichterman of any wrongdoing.  The Times of Israel reported on this despicable incident and reportedly Mayor Kenney was none too pleased.  John McNesby, President of the Fraternal Order of Police, reportedly responded the tattoos were “no big deal”.

The two narcotics officers, Officer Scott Schweitzer and Eric Dial were kicked out of Narcotics after two racist stickers were discovered after another officer noticed them plastered on their lockers.  One sticker said “White Power” and another depicted a Pawlowski looking man, half in uniform and half as a Klansman with the epitaph “Blue By Day – White By Night”.  Cops Suspended over Racist Materials at Work

All of these incidents have no place in the Police Department.  The FBI warned law enforcement ten (10) years ago about white supremacy groups and Neo-Nazis infiltrating police departments in the United States.

Click to access doc-26-white-supremacist-infiltration.pdf

Regardless of Officer Turners social media postings, he should be treated in the same manner as his fellow brethren.  Stealing is stealing.  If  you simply get billed, invoice due upon retiring, or given a PBI and/or transfer, that standard should be applied across the board.  Therefore; Officer Turner should have received the same punishment as everyone else mentioned in this article.

These charges reek of retaliation.  Lieutenant Steven Arch was considered by many officers, as a source described him,  the “Grand Wizard”.  Arch had the “nigger beat” allegedly in the 35th District.  It was a beat which he specifically assigned African American cops who caught his ire.

Arch allegedly actually committed a battery on an officer according to the complaint filed by Turner.  Arch was finally bounced.  And not so coincidentally, today, Turner joined him.  Arch had over 30 EEOC complaints against him during his career.  Most of them sustained.

Unfortunately, when Internal Affairs want to set an example or retaliate, the officer is charged with a crime.   Turner was charged with a crime and put in the criminal justice system.

The Russians were smart enough to use the achilles heel of America, race, in order to try to divide us.  They used social media to inflame racial tension to divide America.  There is no room in policing for any of these incidents.

What’s the difference between Lieutenant Bonk, Lieutenant Pittoulous, Captain Charlie Green and his officers in Vice and ADA Noel DeSantis who all falsified official police reports.  Where are the charges?  These incidents seem to be more outrageous than the allegations against Turner.  In these instances, their criminal activities were ongoing.  It wasn’t a one shot deal, as is alleged against Officer Turner.

There should be fair and equal discipline and/or arrests applied across racial lines.  There should not be one standard for one, and that standard not applied to the other.

This young man did not know what he was up against.  This young man may not know of the many other cops who engaged in the same behavior that he is accused of.  In the case of ADA DeSantis and Sgt. Jimmy Green, there were 38 counts of fraud charged against Green at a PBI hearing.  He was demoted, but not fired nor charged.  DeSantis wasn’t fired or charged criminally either.

This young mans liberty was snatched, just because someone felt they could take it.

 

 

Double Standards – Captain Malachi Jones

There is an investigation going on in Northwest Detectives.  The allegations are that almost the entire unit has been stealing overtime.  What is amazing is that these people know about what happened in East Detectives with cops accused of falsifying official police records and stealing time.

When these allegations were made against members of East Detectives, who were accused of falsifying official police records by stealing time and overtime, and collecting monies they did not earn, the discipline and transfers occurred in short order.  What is ironic in this case, is that one of the people who was stealing time, didn’t take the discipline laying down, Sergeant Donna Jean Bachmayer, is in this division working in the 14th District after getting bounced from the 35th.  Odds that Donna Jean is watching to see what type of discipline is meted out against this unit and their leader, Malachi Jones.

There was an article in the mainstream media today about Sergeant Tyrone Cook, who was fired, while working in Northwest Detectives, for being late on numerous occasions.  Internal Affairs claims to have watched cops assigned to Northwest Detectives and the Sergeant was late on numerous occasions.  The problem is that he wasn’t fired until almost 10 years later for the infraction.  Cook is suing both the City and the FOP.

The entire Vice squad unit, the leadership of Charlie Green, then a Lieutenant, was stealing overtime and not working when they were supposed to be working.  Their punishment, they were each “billed” by the City for amounts ranging from $1800 to $2700 which is to be deducted from their pensions when they retire.  Charlie Green goes on to get promoted to Captain, but after the investigation, he was transferred to Internal Affairs.  Probably a good fit considering their record of putting then Lieutenant Greg Riley in the IMPACT unit after allegations against him which included lying to Internal Affairs.

Rumor has it that Malachi Jones to bragging to anyone who will listen, that “this will blow over” and it will be back to business as usual.  You see, they apparently blame a whistleblower, a female Sergeant who has a pesky trait, INTEGRITY.

Malachi Jones seems to believe and purport, his “contacts” in Internal Affairs, whom he includes is Robin Wimberly, Deputy Commissioner of Internal Affairs, will never allow anything to happen to him or his “men”.  According to Jones, he and his wife’s (P/O Dawn Jones) close relationship with Wimberly, and the fact he worked in Internal Affairs after running for his life from then Inspector Sonia Velasquez, grants him full privilege to allow the theft of time, and the falsification of official police records.

Maybe Robin Wimberly will be accommodating considering she got a break when she discovered Police Officer Wanda Colon was seeing her ex-husband and allegedly kicked in the door of Officer Colon.

The problem is that newly appointed District Attorney Larry Krasner is aware of the allegations.  Tyrone Cooks’ lawyer is aware of the allegations.  Donna Jean is watching and waiting to see what the outcome is of this investigation.  The Sergeant who reported the theft and falsification of official police records has been calling out, to avoid facing the fallout of her honesty.  And rumor has it that someone also went to the Attorney General’s office because the theft is so widespread and has been going on for years.

It is well known that Malachi ( Cigarette Smoke Smelling) Jones is a betting man.  Maybe his bet will pay off.  But if his odds are like others who having a gambling addiction quickly learns, the house always win.

It is a crime to steal overtime that was not earned.  It is theft.  It is a crime to falsify police records, Tyrone Cook was terminated for it.

Alot of people will be watching.

PPD Payout $1.2M for Chief Sexpector Carl Holmes

After fighting a former Philadelphia Police Detective, Michele Vandergrift tooth and nail, the City of Philadelphia settled a Vandergrift-Settlement-Agreement case against the Police Department and Chief Inspector Carl Holmes for $1,250,000.

Holmes has been accused of being a serial sexual predator and a number of women came forward to make complaints.  Vandergrift alleged she was sexually assaulted by Chief Inspector Holmes and experienced a hostile work environment by other officers.

Vandegrift further alleged in the complaint that Holmes “wanted to know how wet she was” and that he inserted his finger into her vagina.  The complaint also alleges that he pulled his hand out, tasted his finger, and remarked “it tasted good”.  This allegedly happened in his office while they were both working.  The complaint then goes on to name 24th District officers and Southwest Detectives, both places where Vandegrift worked, who engaged in highly inappropriate, and in some cases, criminal sexual behavior.

The complaint is a salacious and disgusting account of what became a nightmare for Michele Vandegrift.  Read Complaint Here

Holmes has been accused of misconduct on numerous occasions.  Former Philadelphia Police Commissioner Charles Ramsey demoted him in 2008 after Holmes admitted he had consensual sex in a police vehicle.  The problem in that case was another officer claimed that Holmes attempted to rape her in the car. As a result of the investigation into this complaint, Holmes city car was impounded and forensic evidence found “seminal stains containing spermatozoa”.   The departments’ Internal Affairs Department made no attempt to locate or even name this “civilian” employee, to ensure her safety, or that “consensual” sex even took place.

Another Philadelphia Police Officer, Christina Hayburn, alleged that Holmes sexually assaulted her in 2006.  The suit states that in Holmes chased Hayburn as she was trying to leave a bar, pulled her into his vehicle and “began kissing her “really hard” as he touched her breasts and put his hands on the outside of her pants toward her genitals.”  It should be noted that Carl Holmes is a 6-foot-6, 280-pound former offensive tackle for Temple University.  One can easily see how this imposing figure would have no problem overpowering a woman.  Account of Officer Hayburn’s incident here.

The suit further alleges that during this encounter, Holmes “digitally penetrated her vagina, after which he pulled out his penis and placed Officer Hayburn’s hand on top of it”.  Hayburn stated she said “No”, after he attempted to have intercourse and oral sex, but that Holmes “eventually ejaculated”

Holmes was never charged with a crime, despite the allegations that he “digitally penetrated” one of his victims.  In fact, the case was allegedly never turned over to the District Attorney’s Office for charges by Internal Affairs.

Vandegrift has agreed to resign from the Department as part of the settlement and will not work for other law enforcement agencies in the City.  The City will not provide any negative references for future employers about Vandegrift.

The monetary award according to the settlement will be $750,000 paid directly to Vandegrift in back pay and $500,000 will go to her attorneys.

Chief Inspector Carl Holmes is currently assigned to the Regional Operations Command-North.  A position in which he can still carry on his lecherous behavior upon other officers.  A highly visible position as opposed to a small hole in a corner office where men who behave badly, but taxpayers are stuck with, should be assigned.

This problem is systemic when there is a power structure where perverts are in charge and women are their prey.  As we have seen with the recent resignations of Al Franken (D) of Minnesota, Rep. Trent Franks(R) of Arizona and Rep. John Conyers (D) of Michigan.  Not to mention the avalanche that began with Harvey Weinstein, Head Hollywood Pervert.

Carl Holmes should be held accountable for his actions.  Sex scandals have bought down greater men than Carl Holmes.  This forum has written about many other bad actors within the department which also resulted in payouts.  Those Commanders are currently in positions where they too are allowed to interact with possible future victims.

Policy changes have allegedly occurred as a result of the large payout.

Cristina Hayburn and Michele Vandegrift are silence breakers.  Silence breakers (or whistleblowers) were honored as Person of the Year for Time Magazine.

Pictured Below Time Person of The Year, Michele Vandegrift and Christina Hayburn.

 

 

Racial Hostility in PPD Narcotics; Lawyer Claims

Attorney Brian R. Mildenberg has been retained by the Guardian Civic League to represent a group of black cops who are alleging there is a “racially hostile work environment in the Narcotics Unit”.

In a press conference held at the Guardian Civic League, a civic organization that represents many black officers, alleges they have hired Mildenberg to initiate a legal complaint against what they describe as a divisive and racially hostile culture within the Narcotics Division.  A laundry list of complaints including a Corporal having a confederate flag on his personal vehicle in the parking lot.

Chief Inspector Tony Boyle

Specifically named, is Chief Inspector Anthony Boyle and Inspector Raymond Evers, who they claimed have condoned overtly racist acts and officer misconduct by ignoring them. Specifically named who is aggrieved is Staff Inspector Debra Frazier, who also sued Chief Inspector Blackburn for sexual harassment a few years back.

Inspector Raymond Evers was accused of rape by a Temple student and the DA declined to press charges, not because the DA didn’t believe her, according to reports at the time.  Evers allegedly got shit-faced and acted out in a bar in Avalon and gave the Avalon cops a hard time.  Evers allegedly kept saying “you don’t know who you guys are messing with”.  Evers then got into a fight and came out on the losing side of the drunken bar brawl in Avalon.

According to the Philly magazine Evers have disturbing background.  They reported  “The history dates back to 1991, when a 22-year-old Evers and several other men had a “gang-bang” with a 19-year-old woman on a pool table at the Temple University Alpha Phi Delta frat house.

Afterward, she alleged it was a gang rape, and Evers and one other man, Michael Derita, were arrested and charged. (Both men viewed what happened as consensual.) The prosecutor on the case, Dianne Granlund, believed the woman’s claims but decided not to bring the case to trial. The charges were dropped. Granlund explained why she and her boss, D.A. Lynn Abraham, chose not to proceed: “No, she didn’t lie. She didn’t have enough evidence to give us,” she told reporters at one point.  Below find the transcript from Inspector Ever’s appearance on the Wally Kennedy morning show at the time:

The show’s host, Wally Kennedy, asked: “Did you do anything immoral?”
“I believe we did,” Derita said.
“Yes,” said Evers. “If you go back to the Bible, I guess we ate the apple.”
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At one point, the TV show’s host, Kennedy, asked: “What kind of man participates in what fraternities call a gang-bang? ”
Evers: “Why don’t we turn the question around? What kind of woman? ”
Kennedy: “No, what kind of man takes part in this kind of thing? ”
Derita: “I would say a man who is using very poor judgment.”
Evers: “It wasn’t a planned thing. It was very spontaneous. And I just want to throw the ball back in your court. What kind of woman? “

Many questioned the fitness of Evers to have any high-profile job in the department.  The accuser of Ever has since committed suicide according to sources.

The ranking supervisors who are responsible for overseeing the unit is accused of encouraging the racial divide through inaction.  The Corporal who proudly flew the confederate flag on his vehicle is allegedly Corporal Gerard Mertz.  The Corporal also reportedly flew one on his desk.

Now in all fairness, Corporal Mertz have been flying that flag for a long time in Narcotics, BEFORE Tony Boyle and Ray Evers got there.  Since Debra Frazier was a Captain and she did nothing about it either.

Other black supervisors, then Lt. Laverne Vann, Sgt. Tony Prince or then Sgt. Anthony Burton also reportedly saw the flag and did nothing either.  Now it’s a problem because Boyle and Evers are there.  It can be easily proven that flag has been proudly waving for years.  Rumor has it that he’s such a confederate flag lover, he wears one under his bike helmet.  And has for years.

The President of the Guardian Civic League is demanding the removal of Boyle and Evers from the Unit.

William Blackburn (retired)

Philly DA Detective Retaliated Against for Cooperating with Feds, Lawyer Claims

In the Philadelphia Police Department, when you “snitch” on your own, you will be singled out, retaliated against and fired at the smallest infraction.  In many cases, Internal Affairs will look for infractions or baseless allegations, to rid the department of those who violate the “stop snitching” culture within the Police Department.

It seems now, in the District Attorney’s Office of Philadelphia, whistleblowers need protection from supervisors within the County Detectives Unit who were loyal to disgraced former District Attorney Rufus Seth Williams.  According to Detective Pierre Gomez, a former 12 year veteran Philly cop who is now a Prosecution Detective 1 in the DA’s office, claims he is now being retaliated against because of his cooperation with the Feds which resulted in the imprisonment of Seth Williams.

What, witness intimidation in the DA’s office?  The same office who charge people with witness intimidation.  Apparently, the supervisors over there didn’t get the memo.  They have misplaced loyalty to a convicted felon.

Whistleblowers are maligned, mistreated and misrepresented.  When a whistleblower reports misconduct they immediately subject themselves to retaliation.  This is as common in the law enforcement culture as well across the broad spectrum of business organizations.  It is a culture where “snitching” is taboo.

Pierre Gomez is learning his lesson the hard way.  Gomez was bodyguard for Seth Williams during his tenure as the Philly DA.  In this capacity, Gomez was with Seth during his infamous interactions about that red 1997 Jaguar XK8 that the owner of Woody’s bar gave Williams which was a subject of the subsequent FBI investigation.

Gomez was there during the infamous meeting at the Union League, in which then-Chief Inspector Joseph Sullivan, decided to showboat, after doing everything in his power to assist Seth in his misdeeds, to allow a Jordanian born businessman, Mohammed Ali, bypass extra screening by our diligent Homeland Security folks in Customs, BEFORE he was told that Seth’s days were numbered.

So you see, Gomez would have been the perfect guy for the Feds.  Gomez was given immunity and cooperated with the feds for two years.  You can see how misguided loyalty will motivate his supervisors to try to get intelligence from him when it was discovered he was cooperating.

Gomez alleges that his supervisor, Kenyatta Lee, who is a Lieutenant in the unit and also a from Philly cop, tried pumping Gomez for information.  Gomez claims he gave Lee minimal information.

Kenyatta Lee

 

Kenyatta Lee, who was assigned to the 24th District at the time, was disciplined for his role in the making of  t-shirts that glamorized the July 12 beating of suspect Thomas Jones.   Lee was placed on desk duty in DPR and then formally disciplined.   Both 24th District police captains were also disciplined for failing to stop the distribution of the shirts within the Philadelphia Police Department.

It was a huge black eye for the city at the time because of the RNC, which the t-shirts referenced, and the Jones beating was being compared to the Rodney King beating.

Lee was also a trustee with FOP Lodge #5 as well.  It should be noted that the time of the t-shirt caper, President of the FOP, John McNesby was a police officer with Lee in the 24th District at the time.

Lee would have reason to hate whistleblowers because it was whistleblowers who went to then-Commissioner John Timoney after none of the supervisors in the district intervened.   Internal Affairs swarmed the 24th and 25th Districts to interview cops.  Even though Internal Affairs did over 100 interviews in the districts, not one police officer claimed to know who made the tee-shirts.  And only a handful admitted to even seeing them at all, even though there were photos of cops wearing the shirts inside the district.

UPI reported at the time:
“Philadelphia – (7-21-00) Narcotics officer Kenyatta Lee has been disciplined for his role in the making of T-shirts that glamorize the July 12 beating of suspect Thomas Jones. Two police captains were also disciplined for failing to stop the distribution of the T-shirts within the Philadelphia Police Department. Officer Kenyatta Lee is to be reassigned to a desk job where he will take complaints about small crimes.
“Welcome, America” was printed on the back of the T-shirts in bright blue,
two-inch-high letters. A black-and-white picture shows a swarm of officers
surrounding and beating Jones. On front of the shirts is an image of a badge which refers to the
Philadelphia Police Department and the upcoming Republican National
Convention. Police said Officer Kenyatta Lee sold the shirts to other officers for $10.”

 

Gomez also stated he went up the chain and reported Lee’s conduct to his superior, who was then Claude Thomas, who was the Chief of County detectives at the time, amazingly, put in writing, that Gomez will not respond to “third party” inquires regarding Williams in an email he sent to everyone in the office.  When asked if this included subpoenas, Thomas allegedly informed Gomez that it was inclusive to his order.

Claude Thomas

This is the same Claude Thomas who sued Kathleen Kane for retaliation.   Gomez is alleging his was retaliated against and is demanding $200,000.00.  

Besides for leaving the office because of Seth Williams ultimate arrest and conviction, rumor has it Thomas resigned because he was living in Delaware while assigned to the DA’s office.

Larry Krasner will certainly be made aware of these latest developments.  Krasner has a HUGE problem with this kind of conduct.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

D/C Joseph Sullivan Testifies at DA’s Trial

See no evil, hear no evil, speak no evil.  True to our predictions, Sullivan put on a Comey-esque (Former FBI Director James Comey) show.  Deputy Commissioner Joseph Sullivan testified today in the trial of District Attorney Seth Williams who is on trial for on a litany of charges in federal court today.  He asserted “It didn’t feel right.”, however, this was a full almost two years after, it became common knowledge that Seth was going to be indicted.  This was even after the Feds at the airport, warned him about helping Ali.

Sullivan was too pre-occupied with his own aspirations so he in turn, warned Seth.  Once again, failing the law enforcement community.  Sullivan should have kept that information to himself, and put Country before Career and told Seth, he was uncomfortable with his request. But that isn’t what he did.

Sullivan, who has admitted on the stand, that he attempted to assist Mohammed Ali, the foreign born citizen who lavished Williams with many gifts and trips, by sending cops to the screening area in an effort to circumvent Ali being held up in Customs.  According to the Philadelphia Daily News, “It didn’t feel right,” Sullivan said.”  But what the DN failed to report was by the time Sullivan was meeting Ali and the DA in the Union League of Philadelphia, it was a well known fact that both Ali and Williams was under investigation.  Therefore; he could sound like he did the right thing when he tells the jury he “went straight to the FBI”.

However; he failed to go to the FBI when Williams originally asked him to intervene, in fact, he sent a Police escort.  The DN also wrote that Sullivan testified “When a request comes from the district attorney, I feel comfortable that there is validity to it,” Sullivan testified. “He is the highest law enforcement official in the city of Philadelphia. If he makes a request, it goes to the top of the list.”  Herein lies the problem.  If anyone asks someone in the position of Sullivan to assist a foreign born citizen, with help to bypass the screening process, while re-entering the US, while returning from a Middle-Eastern country, red flags, bells and whistles should have been going on in Sullivan’s head. Sullivan bragged that his job is to “think like a terrorist”, well that day, he thought like an opportunist.

Even after the United States Customs and Border Protection warned him there was “an issue” with Ali, Sullivan complained the officials did not go into detail.  So what did the then-Homeland Security trained Sullivan do, he tried to score points with Seth again, by warning him.

It was only well after a year later, when Seth invited Sullivan to the Union League of Philadelphia to meet with Mohammed Ali at a business lunch, which by then, it was well known that Seth was going to probably be indicted, did Sullivan feel “uncomfortable” and it was after this meeting that Sullivan “went directly to the FBI.”

Sullivan, still talking to potential employers, testified that ““I was a little angry at him,” referring to Seth Williams.  Sullivan then retorted “My reputation is intact. My character is intact. … It’s important that I not be in the company of people who would call my character into question.”  Too late.

You failed the ethics test when you failed to go to the FBI upon receiving the request to help bypass the screening the process, warned Seth about the warning the US CBP gave you, and when you involved innocent cops to meet Ali.  Your character is questionable and your reputation isn’t intact.

There has to be an investigation into Sullivan’s conduct.  Sullivan was spinning his opportunistic motives on that stand.  There has to be an Internal Affairs investigation and maybe even a grand jury investigation after hearing his testimony today.

The fact that a Deputy Commissioner was faced with an ethical dilemma, a few years ago, and failed to take any action, and actually assisted in the illicit request, is problematic.  Sullivan boasts that he has alot of training from the FBI Academy, to his Homeland Security post, yet he failed to immediately report Seth’s request.  In fact, he honored it.  Even when he was warned about Ali being watched, he warned Seth, but not the FBI.

Sullivan, who just can’t help himself as he’s never met a camera that he didn’t love, had to chutzpah to tell the media, as he was leaving the courtroom, “”And thanks to the relationship I have with the other federal agencies, the right information eventually came to light.”  The information only came to light because Seth was arrested.  If Seth was never arrested and the rumors hadn’t been floating around since 2012, Sullivan would have never went to “other federal agencies”.

Sullivan completely failed in his duty to report Seth when the request was initially made.

Sullivan cant be allowed to try to come away from this sh** storm smelling like roses.  He reeks of sh**.   He has the stink of it all over him.   Just like the other parties in this criminal enterprise.

 

Monkey Business-D/C Joseph Sullivan

Hear no evil, see no evil, speak no evil, is what newly appointed Deputy Commissioner Joseph Sullivan did when asked to violate the rules, while he was assigned to Homeland Security.  What genius decided it was a good idea to get Sullivan appointed to the rank of Deputy Commissioner after being fully aware of his involvement in the Seth Williams criminal mess.

At the press conference announcing the indictment of Williams, acting New Jersey US Attorney William E. Fitzpatrick announced that Seth “pressured” a police official to help bypass the screening process. 

Sullivan is expected to testify at the on-going trial of the District Attorney of Philadelphia, Seth Williams on Monday.  This is a guy, who said “my job is to think like a terrorist.”  This is the guy who was hailed by the Philadelphia Daily News who “keeps our city safe.”  Newsflash:  He failed!!!

Sullivan is expected to give a Comey-esque testimony, that he felt uncomfortable with the favors Williams asked him to do for a a Jordanian born millionaire (who is also testifying against Seth) by the name of Mohammed Ali.

The difference between former FBI Director James Comey and Sullivan is that Comey, who admitted that “Lordy, I hope there are tapes“, where Sullivan is probably wishing the opposite.

Sullivan became a self-aggrandizing, self promoting opportunistic parasite, who ignored the tenets of both his job and his duty of an American, in order to ingratiate himself to a financially strapped, celebrity wanna be, Seth Williams, who happens to be the District Attorney.

If Sullivan truly thought like a terrorist, he would have looked into Seth’s background and quickly found out that he failed to pay his bills and had all kinds of liens and judgments against him.

This is how a terrorist would think, is Seth vulnerable and susceptible to bribes? And anyone who looked at his pathetic financials, would come to an inescapable conclusion:  YES.  Had Sullivan did any kind of due diligence, after reviewing his financials, he would have run for the hills.  Because clearly, this Jordanian born millionaire, had the ability to make Seth’s life, a bit more comfortable.

Instead, he was blinded by Seth’s title, and the possibility of how Seth could help in the advancement of his career.

Sullivan, who was the head of Homeland Security in the Philadelphia Police Department, should have known better.  According to the US Attorney, Sullivan felt “pressured”.  Here is Sullivan’s advertisement.

Dimes to donuts that if you asked a rookie cop, if they were asked by the DA to meet with a Middle-Eastern businessman, who was being vetted by U.S. Customs, and to intervene in order to either prevent part of the screening process, or even to simply meet with him concerning the vetting process by the Feds, you would get an unequivocal response of “Hell No”.

If this was a question or scenario before an oral testing board for any supervisory position within the Police Department, anyone who wanted any shot of passing the test, would have not only said “no”, but would have reported it to the appropriate authorities.

 Mohammed Ali was still subjected to vetting by the feds, so his scheme to circumvent the vetting process by using Philly cops, still failed, it did however; lessen his time in Customs, and it is a certainty, that this was because when the agents saw Philly cops standing by waiting for Ali, they worked a little quicker.

But, not only did Sullivan say “yes”, according to the site philly.com, when Ali asked Williams to investigate, he went further then that, “Prosecutors allege that Williams did more than just investigate. He set Ali up with then-Capt. Joe Sullivan, the head of the Police Department’s Homeland Security Unit, who later sent officers to escort Ali through a secondary screening on a subsequent trip through the airport.”

Sullivan betrayed his duty to keep us safe, and his duty to “see something, say something”.

Sullivan was blinded by his wanna be celebrity status and his rising star by making friends with people whom he believed to be important.  This desire blinded his duty to keep us safe.  Sullivan had a duty to, at the very least, report what was asked of him, to the Feds.

Sullivan, unlike most citizens and even alot of cops, had a fast-track to the Feds, because of his title in the PPD Homeland Security Unit, and this enabled him to directly report this illicit “favor”.  Sullivan had no idea about this guys background, or if Sullivan felt like he was being “pressured”, he would have politely declined to meet with Ali.   He could have explained to Seth, that on the face of it, it simply looks bad.

Ironically, we are told on the Philadelphia Police Department’s Intelligence Bureau website to “Report:  The Solution Starts With You“.  Ironic.

Rumor has it, the Feds gave him a “bye” because of his graveling about his FBI leadership training and his incessant ranting about being uncomfortable and “pressured” about being involved in this debacle with Seth.  But he did it.  He got involved.  Maybe this is why the City of Memphis took a “bye” on Sullivan.

The Feds went along with the story, because it must have been difficult to say no a sitting DA, and herein lies the problem.

If you have the head of Homeland Security, afraid to say “no” to what he perceives to be at the very least, something wrong, how can you expect a street cop to say “no” to the corruption of a supervisor?  If Sullivan actually testifies that he felt “uncomfortable” or “pressured” with the meeting, but went anyway, and then even interceded by having local Police on stand-by for the foreign born Ali, then there is a problem with his decision-making skills.

At the very least, he violated and breached the duty he has to the citizens of Philadelphia and the department to which he serves.  It’s very difficult to be a whistleblower, no matter how high you ascend in the ranks, especially if you are a social-climber.

One can argue that where was he supposed to go to report the actions of Seth?  That is a more valid argument of former FBI Director James Comey.  However; Comey, not only took detailed notes of an uncomfortable meeting, but he told a superior in the Department of Justice.  Sullivan, if he didn’t trust telling Commissioner Richard Ross, could have used the contacts he had within the Federal government as a result of his role as head of Homeland Security, to report Seth’s misdeeds.  Sullivan should have also been more concerned about what items Ali was bringing into the country.

That is a disgrace.  Sullivan was a flip-flopper.  Sullivan was being duplicitous when dealing with the Feds.  When Sullivan thought Seth was the side to be on, he failed in his duty as head of Homeland Security for the PPD.   The fact that Sullivan had a Police escort for a foreign-born traveller, returning from a country that is just North of Syria and in the middle of the Middle East, where most of the recent terrorism is emanating, is proof of both his poor decision-making skills, and the fact that he wanted to be on the side that most beneficial to his career.  When he found out Seth was done, he quickly skirted over to the side he should have been on in the first place, the side of doing what is right.

Sullivan should not leave this mess smelling like roses.  He should smell like everyone else involved in this mess who knew they were doing, at the very least, something wrong, and at the most, something criminal.  Sullivan saw something, but failed to say something, until asked.  Is caving into “pressure” a good leadership skill?

Anyone with any type of patriotism, not even law enforcement, question why this guy didn’t want to be vetted by customs?  This is some monkey sh**.  Sullivan must go.  But then again, newly appointed to the rank of Inspector, Joseph Bologna, is still in charge of the Background Unit, but failed the background for the FBI Academy.  Use of the word “appointed” because both Sullivan’s and Bologna’s promotions were not the result of a civil service examination, but the result of an “appointment”.

Let’s see if Sullivan succumbs to “pressure” tomorrow when he is testifying.  Let’s see if he admits in open court that he was either afraid of Seth Williams, intimidated by Seth Williams, or felt compelled to cooperate with Seth Williams.  Let’s see if he immediately reported the conduct of Seth Williams, (which we already know he did not until whispers started going around that Seth was being investigated), or if he just went along in order to do the same thing that Mohammed Ali said he did:  went along because it’s nice to have friends in positions of power.

At the very least, he must be removed from both his appointed rank of Deputy Commissioner, and as head of Homeland Security.  Hopefully, Mayor Kenney or Commissioner Ross will feel “pressured” to put Sullivan in a position where he will be less “pressured”.

Final Thought:  Is there an Internal Affairs investigation into the actions or lack thereof; of Joseph Sullivan?

Stay tuned for his testimony tomorrow.

 

 

 

Bologna in Background: Bologna

Joseph Bologna was recently given a meritorious promotion.  Joseph Bologna seems to have unbelievable good fortune come his way.    Bologna now heads the background unit, which was removed from Internal Affairs.  The problem is that Joey was rejected on his background for the FBI Academy for Commander Training.  That’s right.  The FBI didn’t want him on their grounds.  Bologna couldn’t pass the muster on the FBI’s background.

The PPD may have removed the unit from Internal Affairs because may Bologna would have been unable to pass the background for Internal Affairs.

Having Joe Bologna in charge of the Background and Recruitment Unit is like having Stevie Wonder in charge of Driver’s Training or Chief Inspector Carl Holmes in charge of the Special Victims Unit or  Inspector Tony Washington in charge of the EEOC Unit.

Sergeant Joseph Bologna, supervised a group of cops, who were accused of a litany of misconduct.  His squad were the subject of a Pulitzer Prize winning series “Tainted Justice” written by Philadelphia Daily News reporters, Barbara Laker and Wendy Ruderman.

Many of their colleagues were outraged when then Sergeant Bologna’s squad received no criminal charges, but one, Jeffrey Cudjik was fired and several others received internal disciplinary action, including Bologna.  Cudjik was reinstated after winning an arbitration.

The Philadelphia Daily News reported “Officer Robert McDonnell will be suspended for 30 days and transferred to a different squad for fabricating evidence on a search warrant, Ramsey said.

Officer Richard Cujdik, Jeffrey Cujdik‘s brother, will be suspended for two days and transferred to another squad for searching a bodega owner’s van without a warrant, he said. His supervisor at the time, Capt. Joseph Bologna, will be suspended for three days for failure to properly supervise.

Tolstoy (Thomas) will be suspended for 30 days for giving gifts to informants and lying to investigators about it.

Jeffrey Cujdik’s misconduct was the most extensive and thus his punishment the most severe.”  It should be noted that Officer Richard Cujdik is married to Assistant District Attorney Gwen Cujdik.

The entire crew sat inside on desk duty for five years, except Lucky Joey.  Bologna continued to climb the ranks of the department.  Lucky Joey was promoted to Captain on the last days of the Civil Service list for the rank of Captain.  It was questionable because the next day the new list was published and Joey was DEAD LAST on that list.

Where’s the Logistical Officer for the PPD?  Who would put a person like this in charge of a unit that is charged with performing background investigations when he was unable to pass one himself?

Why wouldn’t Staff Inspector’s who were not promoted because they were “meritorious” be given the opportunity to hold this position.  They’re certainly more palatable and guess what, many are graduates of the FBI Academy.

Former Police Commissioner Charles Ramsey said this squad left a “black mark” on the Police Department.  Ramsey expressed his frustration that after the Feds declined prosecution that the gem of a DA, Seth Williams, also declined to even look at it.  Ramsey was frequently frustrated.

Lucky Joey must feel very lucky.  Joey worked in the 24th District with FOP President John McNesby as well as most of the officers who were in Narcotics squad in question.

I know if a candidate is questioned about their background and fails, they could easily lawyer up and drag Joey into a deposition and have him explain why he can judge  when himself, is unable to pass a background check with the FBI.  It’s coming.  Especially if that candidate can pass an FBI check.

Lieutenant Steve O’Brien

Lieutenant Steve O’Brien was fired on July 25, 2011 for using drugs.  A federal investigation was ongoing into the use of anabolic steroid distribution and use by Philadelphia Police Officers.  As a result of the on-going investigation, Lieutenant Steve O’Brien was tested by Internal Affairs.  As a result of that test, in which he tested positive, O’Brien was fired.  In his Unemployment hearing an Internal Affairs investigator testified “Lieutenant Kay said that in addition to being illegal under federal law, testing positive for Nandrolone violated Directive 55, Employer’s drug testing policy.”

On cross-examination, Lieutenant Kay stated “that it was Employer’s policy that drug use by members of the police department would not be tolerated.”  We agree.

Three Philadelphia Police Officers were among 12 who were federally indicted and charged.  3 Philly Cops & 12 Others Charged In Steroid Bust.  Lieutenant O’Brien was never charged with a crime.

When O’Brien was fired he applied for Unemployment Compensation and was denied.  O’Brien appealed and the previous ruling was affirmed.  Steven M. O’Brien vs. Unemployment Board

It is rumored that O’Brien will be skipped in the upcoming promotion.  It is rumored because to be promoted to the rank of Captain, the person should have some personal integrity.   Using drugs isn’t a character flaw, it’s a poor choice.  Failing a drug test directly impact upon the personal integrity for someone who attains any rank in policing, much less the rank of Captain.

This is a good call by the good men and women in blue.

Lieutenant Javier Rodriguez should be joining O’Brien.  Rodriguez was disciplined for basically stealing from his employer.   Rodriguez disciplinary action should also receive a second look.

Lieutenant O’Brien will fight the good fight.  The FOP is going to do their job and try to get him promoted.  This still sends a signal to other cops who may be tempted to involve themselves in corruption, to think twice.  You may beat the charges in court, or not even be arrested.  You may get reinstated like O’Brien, but you still may not be fit to hold a higher rank in the Police Department.  There is no room in policing for “Juicers in Blue”.

Last name	First name	Salary	Overtime	Department	Job Title
O BRIEN	STEVEN	$95,268	$3,133.79	POLICE DEPARTMENT	POLICE LIEUTENANT

Double Standards: Captain Joe Bologna

Here we go again.  Captain Joseph Bologna, the same Joseph Bologna, is set to be promoted when the promotions happen in the upcoming week.  This double standard is particularly disturbing because Bologna squeezed through the door of not being assigned to DPR with his entire squad while he was a Sergeant in Narcotics.

That’s right.  All of his employees, who were under investigation for five years, Officer Jeffrey Cudjik, Richard Cudjik, Thomas Tolstoy and Robert McDonnell were accused of all kinds of criminal activity and departmental violations, all who were pulled off the streets, EXCEPT, one then-Sergeant Joseph Bologna.  Bologna also had a guest role in the Philadelphia Daily News Pulitzer Prize winning series “Tainted Justice”.  Tainted Justice Wins Pulitzer Prize  It was touted as a story about “the renegade Narcotics cops and the snitch who snitched on them.”

The feds eventually declined to prosecute the officers.  Shortly thereafter, the District Attorney’s Office declined to prosecute stating they didn’t “want to duplicate” the effort. All the officers were eventually disiplined, including Bologna, who received a three-day suspension.  Narcotics Cops Including Supervisor Suspended-One Fired

Officer Jeffrey Cudjik was eventually fired and has since been returned to his job. Cudjik Reinstated

Bradley Bridge, of the Public Defender’s office stated at the time he was “surprised” they weren’t charged in light of the overwhelming evidence against the motley crew.  But their supervisor, Sergeant Joseph Bologna was never even taken off the streets.  Bologna, did, however; down the road, receive admonishment for “failure to supervise”.

The Philadelphia Daily News reported “In a move unrelated to the federal investigation, Capt. Joseph Bologna was found by the department to have failed to properly supervise Richard Cujdik because he was present when Cujdik searched the car, the sources said.”Narcotics Cops Won’t Be Prosecuted.

Last time we checked, Officer Christopher Hulmes was finally fired and charged for lying on a warrant.  Price Of Lying Narcotics Cop  But it was only after a long battle with Hulmes being reported by an honest ADA, AJ Thomson, who eventually lost his job.  DA Reports Lying Narcotics Cop

Sergeant Joseph Bologna was present as his cops guzzled hoagies and Little Debbie’s snacks while raiding the store.  According to the Daily News, “Then Sgt. Bologna looks up and waves his finger toward the ceiling: “Whaddya got, cameras over there? . . . Where are they hooked up to?”  And then, the wires were cut.  The complainants of at least 8 other stores says that was that squads modus operandi.  The complainant in this case, had a back-up hard drive that captured the officers illegal actions.  The complainant said $10,000 was missing that wasn’t put on property receipts and cartons of cigarettes were also missing.  Video Here

According to the Philadelphia Daily News, “After the series ran, dozens of lawsuits were filed, and 55 criminal cases were challenged by defense lawyers who questioned the officers’ credibility. In all, the city settled 33 lawsuits and paid settlements totaling $1.7 million.”  Lawsuit and Tossed Cases

Joe Bologna, who worked with FOP President John McNesby when he was a police officer assigned to the 24th District, has been spared and rewarded many times during his career. However; nothing could save him from the embarrassment the department received from the FBI Academy in Quantico, Virginia, who refused to allow Bologna to attend.  POW! SHOTS FIRED.

Bologna, who was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant, without a worry in the world, while his entire unit was sitting in DPR for alleged high crimes and misdemeanors, while Bologna continued to climb the ranks, with not a care in the world.  Once more, Bologna was promoted to the rank of Captain, only two days before the civil service promotional list for the rank of Captain was going to expire.  Once again, no problems for BOLOGNA.  The next day, the new civil service list for Captain was published and Joe Bologna was very last on the list.  But no problem for Joey.  He was promoted on the old civil service list.

Now, Bologna is set to be promoted to Staff Inspector and he is allegedly bragging about his new assignment, but supposedly, it’s a secret.  Many are betting he won’t be assigned to the duties of other Staff Inspector’s and won’t be confronted about his past in Narcotics, nor his ability to get a clearance to get into the FBI Academy.

Maybe the FBI wanted nothing to do with a guy who is present while his cops are lying on search warrants, cutting wires when he suspects he is being recorded, and his squad costs the city millions in lawsuits and at least 33 narcotics cases thrown out.  Yet his employer only charges him with “failure to supervise” while allowing him to continually ascend the rank.  The FBI politely declined to his appointment to the FBI Academy.  We agree.

On the same note, Lieutenant Javier Rodriguez, a past recipient of “Double Standards” is also set to be promoted to the rank of Captain.  Many are curious if he too, will be confronted about his unceremonious boot from the Narcotics Unit, with Corporal Reinaldo Peluzzo, after the two was given formal disciplinary action because of their misdeeds involving theft.  They both were booted from the Narcotics Unit.

Rodriguez was also assigned to the 24th District with Bologna and McNesby during the same era, as well as resident thief, Lieutenant Raymond Murphy. Murphy was the only one who wasn’t charged with stealing electricity after a ring of thieves were arrested in Bucks County.  PECO Thieves  The same 24th District where resident racist Corporal Robert Pawlowski is currently assigned.  Police Officer Suspended for Making Racial Slurs At FOP

Many are betting odds that Murphy didn’t even attempt to take the Captain’s test.  Lieutenant Murphy is watching the clock tick and paying restitution to PECO.  Lieutenant Nicholas Schneider had no problem getting promoted to Lieutenant from Sergeant even though he allegedly falsified and Daily Attendance Record by carrying him as going to Municipal Police Officers training for almost 10 days, when the training was only 3 days.  Schneider also allegedly isn’t allowed to testify in court because of a lack of integrity.  Yet, he was still promoted.  His promotion was actually held up by a few days, but he was still promoted.

Apparently it pays to have worked with McNesby because each of these police officers  committed serious infractions and alleged criminal acts and yet they continue to ascend through the ranks of the Philadelphia Police Department.

Too bad resident woman slapper Lieutenant Jonathan Josey wasn’t assigned to the 24th District.  But hell, he did get a fund-raiser and a solid from District Attorney Seth Williams, who only charged him with the slap, as opposed to false arrest and a litany of other charges that would have been more difficult for a Judge to toss out.  But Josey still hasn’t been promoted.  And Josey is probably feeling pretty angry since the Police Department, rightfully so, has fought his promotion every inch of the way.  No Promotion For Cop Who Slapped Woman

In the interim, others who are on the civil service promotional list, are being interrogated and in at least one instance, having to deal with the humiliation of a flyer being posted around the district questioning his ability to be a supervisor.  Yet there isn’t an investigation of this dubious flyer.  It’s being passed around like some of the ADA’s at a FOP night at Lodge 5 Headquarters.

There also isn’t an investigation into how some people tend to get promoted, in spite of an obvious lack of integrity and in Bologna’s instance, a “failure to supervise” charge.  That’s a pretty serious charge for someone who is now going to supervise even more people.

Double Standards should have no room in the Philadelphia Police Department.  Cops who constantly misbehave and continually to move up in the ranks is disturbing.  Inspector Carl Holmes, who committed pretty bad acts, under his own admission, was still demoted. Captain Joe Bologna received no such action. Apparently the more you act up, allegedly break laws and outright steal, you have little or nothing to worry about when it comes time for a promotion.

In summary, Captain Joseph Bologna isn’t accepted at the FBI Academy, has disciplinary action for “failure to supervise”, but knows he will be getting promoted and even what he will do doing.  Bologna has nothing to worry about. Oh, except for the FBI not wanting him anywhere near their grounds.

There are other officers who are brow-beat at these “interviews”, for a civil service promotion and have to endure rumors and innuendo about minor infractions or, simply rumors.   But these are the very ones that get promoted, despite pretty bad records or accusations.  Some cops because of their misdeeds don’t deserve to be promoted.   We say that is B-O-L-O-G-N-A.

Meanwhile, the beat goes on for other officers, who have relatively minor blemishes or have no disciplinary action at all, sit and wonder if they will be promoted because of rumors, or flyers being distributed throughout the department without a whiff of an investigation as to the culprits who authored the flyer or distributed it.  This certainly sends a message.

Whistleblowers and minority officers………….BEWARE.   Or simply, need not apply.