Demotions, Promotions, and Retirements

Lieutenant Richard Frank, facing demotion, and then termination after a 2nd set of discipline pending, Frank took a Regulation 17 on 11/7/2018.  So Frank is out of here.

Frank couldn’t help himself.  Frank was unable to listen to what the female officer was saying to him because he couldn’t hear her because he was too busy “staring” at her “tits.”

Lieutenant Anthony Burton, reportedly will be demoted.  Burton has a second set of discipline coming also.  This second set of discipline, if he is found guilty, could result in termination.  ‘

Police Commissioner Richard Ross was at the Guardian Civic League tonight and even weighed in on the goings on in the department.  One of the things he conceded was that “Lieutenant Burton was lucky he still had a job.”  He further stated it is no secret who is father was.  However; Ross was clear that people will be held responsible for their behavior.

There must be something true in that assertion.  Who else could survive numerous complaints about stealing, lying, cheating to get on a promotional list and faking cancer and still remain on the city’s payroll.  Burton has survived, thus far.  But there is no way this guy can be called to testify.

Burton doesn’t have the character needed to remain a police officer, if any one of the allegations against him are true.  Much less the numerous allegations.  If you can’t testify, you really can’t be a cop.

And, as in the rest of the nation, racial tensions are running a little high within the department according to some of the complaints.  Chief Inspector Anthony Boyle’s ears should have been burning.

Allegations of cops in black-face and the possibility of a supervisor who tried in vain to spread hate at the FOP for his “blood and honour” (Corporal Robert Pawlowski).   Pawlowski  happened to spew his hatred toward Deputy Commissioner Robyn Wimberly.

Name calling is a lot less invasive than putting your hands on a fellow officer as Boyle has been accused of by Captain Laverne Vann.  Vann and three other officers had previously filed a lawsuit against Boyle.

So, racist, woman beaters, thieves (money or time), sexual harassers,  cheaters and those who are determined they will engage in various corruption, beware.  And if the huge amount of number of cops who will be reportedly skipped on the promotional lists is any indication, you are forewarned.

You will be demoted, not promoted, forced to retire or dismissed.

 

 

 

#MeToo Lt. Richard Frank: Demoted

Lieutenant Richard Frank of the 14th District was demoted to the rank of Sergeant after a PBI (Police Board of Inquiry) hearing.  Lt. Frank was supposed to report to the Delaware Valley Intelligence Center (DVIC) after his misdeed, but was quickly re-assigned after the relative of one of his victims happened to be already detailed there.

Sergeant Frank (formerly Lt. Frank) wasn’t able to concentrate on a conversation that a police officer was having with him.  The Sergeant (former Lieutenant) allegedly told the female police officer that he was unable to concentrate because he couldn’t “stop staring” at her “tits”.

Apparently, Frank believes it is still alright to engage in this type of behavior despite the #MeToo movement.  Despite the litany of lawsuits the Philadelphia Police Department has paid in the last couple of years because of the bad behavior of Chief Inspector Carl Holmes.  Despite the fact that there has bee a reckoning in America that has sprung up overnight.  #MeToo movement.

Time honored the “Silence Breakers” which consists of a group of women who bought down Hollywood mogul Harvey Weinstein.  The Philadelphia Police Department had their “Silence Breakers” in Officer Christa Hayburn and Detective Michele Vandegrift.

The sitting Judge in Vandegrift’s lawsuit concluded that there is “a well-settled custom of sexual harassment” pervades the police force.   The City paid out millions because of the misconduct of Holmes.

Click to access 17D0024P.pdf

Chief Inspector Carl Holmes was accused of “digitally penetrating” one officer and assaulting an officer in his police car.  Yet Internal Affairs did not sustain the job even after finding semen in his police car.  Holmes claimed the semen was the result of consensual sex with a civilian police employee in the police car.  Even Holmes back-up story is terrible.  When your back-up story is just as vile as the allegation, that’s a HUGE problem.  Yet IAD failed to sustain the allegation against Holmes.  Then-Commissioner Charles Ramsey wasn’t buying it.  While Ramsey did demote Holmes also, he was re-promoted and is currently a Chief Inspector.

NEWSFLASH:  Cops have had it with the embarrassment of bosses behaving badly.  Women have had it with bosses and co-workers who behave badly, who are habitual line crossers and would don’t know, that they don’t know.  People are fed up with the fear of retaliation, of being harassed, blackballed and fired from a job they love.  Enough of this “blue code of silence” and going along to get along.  It’s not okay to stick your finger into holes where they don’t belong.

Sergeant Richard Frank allegedly has new disciplinary action pending.  The new disciplinary action should result in his termination.  When folks start getting fired for their boundary pushing, lusty conversations and lewd and lascivious behavior, along with the loss of their pension (which is what happens when the misconduct happens in the course of employment),  folks will begin to be act in a professional manner and live up to the standards that are expected when one is a member of law enforcement.

 

Michele  Vandegrift