THALIA PAYAN, Age now: 14, Missing: 10/10/2011. Missing from WYLIE, TX. ANYONE HAVING INFORMATION SHOULD CONTACT: Wylie Police Department (Texas) 1-972-442-8170.
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A Columbia police officer has been fired after being caught at a motel with an underage prostitute, said the spokesperson of the Richland County department.
32-year-old Mark A. Cornish was arrested after the police received a tip that a uniformed police officer was seen entering the motel with a girl that was known to the staff as a prostitute. it was later confirmed that she was only 17 years old.
Cornish fled in his patrol car when the deputies arrived at the motel, but he was found later that day just a couple of blocks from the motel. it turns out that this wasn’t the first encounter he had with this prostitute.
Police chief Randy Scott said that he initially wanted to wait until the investigation is over to decide about his course of action, but since Cornish refused to cooperate with the investigators, he chose to fire him immediately.
“You represent an agency, the community and what’s good in society,” said Scott, stating that this kind of behavior is unacceptable for a member of the police force.
Cornish’s Facebook page suggest that not only he’s a Chaplain candidate for the U.S. Army and deeply religious, but a married man as well.
SHELBY HARRIS, Age now: 15, Missing: 10/31/2011. Missing From PLEASANTON, CA. ANYONE HAVING INFORMATION SHOULD CONTACT: Pleasanton Police Department (California) 1-925-931-5100.
It may be Nov. 1, the first day of the state’s new concealed-carry law, but if you pack heat in Wisconsin without a valid permit to carry, prepare to be arrested, police said Monday.
“They would technically be in violation of the law,” said Sgt. Joe Seitz, who is also a range master with the Milwaukee Police Department. “They would be guilty of a Class A misdemeanor, which is concealed carry weapon without a permit. so they would be arrested at that point. They’d be arrested for breaking the law.”
If you’re a Wisconsin resident, it doesn’t matter whether you have a concealed-carry license in another state. you have to obtain a Wisconsin license to carry legally here. That could take weeks.
Out-of-state residents who have a valid license in one of 26 specific states, however, can start carrying legally in Wisconsin right away.
Milwaukee police Chief Edward Flynn said Monday that the new law will not change the way his officers approach people at a traffic stop. but he reminded those who intend to carry concealed and are stopped by police to comply with commands of officers.
“If they are approached by an officer who gives them commands, just follow the commands. there will always be time to explain themselves once the commands have been followed,” he said.
That usually means: tell the officer you’re carrying concealed and where the weapon is located. Keep your hands where the officer can see them – preferably on the steering wheel. Cooperate with the officer and don’t make sudden movements, even if it’s to get your permit. Don’t touch or attempt to touch the weapon unless the officer tells you so.
“This is a right that needs to be exercised responsibly,” Flynn said. “My officers are being trained to be very careful, as they always are, when approaching someone who appears to them to be armed. I’m not going to ask them to let somebody get the drop on them. I ask everybody that intends to get a permit to think very carefully about responding to police officer commands and doing so in a safe and timely way so that we don’t have any unnecessary casualties.”
Flynn has repeatedly encouraged tougher training requirements as a condition for concealed carry permits. Seitz noted that firearms training for police recruits is 80 hours – as much as 20 times that of a Wisconsin resident who will be allowed to carry concealed.
Flynn also lamented that the potential misdemeanor for carrying a concealed weapon illegally is too low to deter criminals from doing it.
“The sanction for illegally carrying a firearm is a mere misdemeanor, and that’s just insufficient to deter our criminal community, as we can prove by the number of firearms we seize every year,” he said.
On the eve of the new law, residents overflowed a meeting room at the Milwaukee offices of the state Department of Natural Resources for an informational meeting on concealed carry hosted by local lawmakers.
As they entered the building, attendees were asked if they were carrying firearms, a question that is sure to be posed more frequently once the law takes effect.
Inside, they posed questions of their own to Milwaukee County District Attorney John Chisholm, who admitted many answers won’t be available during the state’s transition to concealed carry.
“It’s going to take time for us to make it through many of these issues,” Chisholm said.
Also, the state Department of Justice on Monday explained its rules on out-of-state licenses for concealed carry.
If you are a Wisconsin resident, a valid out-of-state license is not enough. you must have a Wisconsin license.
However, if you are a Wisconsin resident with a current or expired (but not suspended or revoked) out-of-state license, you may be able to use your permit as proof of training for a Wisconsin concealed carry permit. To do that, you need to fill out an affirmation form at bit.ly/ccw-outofstate that your license hasn’t been revoked for cause. it does not matter which state issued the permit.
The form is only proof of training. To be allowed to carry, you have to submit the affirmation form to the Wisconsin Justice Department along with an application form and a check and be approved by the government.
If you are not a Wisconsin resident, but you hold a current (not expired, suspended or revoked) license from one of 26 specific states with requirements similar to Wisconsin’s, you can legally carry in Wisconsin with a permit from one of those states.
If you are not a Wisconsin resident, but hold a permit from one of the states that are not on the list of accepted licenses, you need to get a permit from one of the states whose permits Wisconsin recognizes.
THALIA PAYAN, Age now: 14, Missing: 10/10/2011. Missing From WYLIE, TX. ANYONE HAVING INFORMATION SHOULD CONTACT: Wylie Police Department (Texas) 1-972-442-8170.
Here are the 12 reports of police misconduct tracked in our National Police Misconduct News Feed for this Wednesday, October 26, 2011:
- Baltimore MD settled a lawsuit for $45k to a man who suffered broken arm when arrested by 2 cops on charges that were eventually dropped. It’s sad when excessive force is such a common problem in a city that newspapers bury these reports as a small blurb within an article about something else like it’s an everyday thing. [0] bit.ly/uKaqLg
- Orlando FL settles suit for $24k to a man who was tasered twice & peppersprayed several minutes after he turned around and grabbed a cop who shoved him from behind then apologized because he didn’t realize it was a cop. [0] thesent.nl/sHQtXW
- Antioch CA settled a class action suit for $360k to low-income African American renters who targeted for more aggressive enforcement activities by police, allegedly just because they were poor and black. [0] bit.ly/rwtA85
- Yuma AZ cop was indicted on bribery & obstruction charges for allegedly extorting sex from a woman in exchange for police assistance when she required help from the police. [1] bit.ly/rpfgST
- Honolulu HI cop who is accused of raping a mentally disabled shoplifting suspect was suspended w/o pay but hasn’t been charged despite word leaking out that he told his fellow cops he had sex with the woman and that he failed a polygraph test about the alleged incident. He allegedly insists the sex was consensual. [4] bit.ly/to2XVo
- St John the Baptist Parish LA school cop has been indefinitely suspended w/o pay after he was accused of inappropriately touching a female student. [0] bit.ly/uc9kJL
- Cheyenne WY cop sentenced to 4mo in jail on a misdemeanor false imprisonment involving a domestic dispute with his wife. He was acquitted on the other felony charges he faced. [0] bit.ly/v4YZim
- Winsboro LA cop was fired after arrested on a domestic violence battery warrant while he was on duty. his girlfriend was apparently hospitalized after the alleged incident. [0] bit.ly/sTORfq
- Milwaukee WI cops face minimal punishment for drunk driving even when taxi drivers usually lose their licenses for the same crimes as detailed in part 2 of a local paper’s onging series about police misconduct, transparency and accountability in that city. [2] bit.ly/v8Ue9a
- Baltimore MD settled suit for $290k to an ex-police chopper pilot claiming he was retaliated against and forced out for reporting departmental waste and safety issues. [0] bit.ly/uKaqLg
- Indianapolis IN police are being accused of giving a police lieutenant special treatment when he was found drunk in his truck while armed in the parking lot of an apartment complex that he didn’t live at. Residents who called police about the people parked in a truck who didn’t belong there complain that he wasn’t detained when anyone else clearly would have been arrested. [3] bit.ly/uRv69f
- Jefferson City MO cop is on paid leave after arrested for drunk driving and leaving the scene of an accident. [2] bit.ly/uNnn47
Before I go, a quick reminder about some of the guidelines about what reports qualify for our news feed and police misconduct database:
- We only track reports about misconduct committed by people who are employed as a certified or sworn officer at the time of the alleged incident. This means we don’t track misconduct committed by people who are no longer officers when they do something bad and we don’t track cases involving non-sworn employees like clerks, parking enforcement, or corrections officers.
- We have guidelines set to limit updates on reports to only include status changes that are significant to a case that has already been tracked. So, while we would report that a cop who we tracked as being charged with a crime was convicted or sentenced for it, we won’t track that the officer’s trial started or specific items of testimony about the case were published unless that testimony revealed other allegations not already tracked.
For a more detailed discussion about our reporting and tracking methodology, please refer to this page on our site.
Thanks, and stay safe out there!
JHESSYE SHOCKLEY, Age now: 5, Missing: 10/11/2011. Missing from GLENDALE, AZ. ANYONE HAVING INFORMATION SHOULD CONTACT: Glendale Police Department (Arizona) 1-623-930-4357.
MARIEL ENCARNACION, Age now: 9, Missing: 09/11/2011. Missing from ARVIN, CA. ANYONE HAVING INFORMATION SHOULD CONTACT: Arvin Police Department (California) 1-661-854-5583 or Your Local FBI.
Here are the 16 reports of police misconduct tracked in our National Police Misconduct News Feed for this Tuesday, October 25, 2011:
- Oakland CA police and police from surrounding agencies are being accused of using excessive tactics and force against #OccupyOakland protesters in a series of teargas volleys and raids on encampments that continued late into the night. one video, shown at top above, shows protesters carrying off an injured man they claim is a veteran who was hit in the head with a less-than-leathal projectile. meanwhile, in the video below that, a protester testifies how they came under fire while trying to tend to an injured person who wasn’t moving after a volley of teargas and other ordinance. Next, a (updated) video, shows the incident involving the injured person, (now being reported as the veteran who was critically injured), that he’s talking about, you can clearly see the projectile lobbed from police lines before it explodes amid the crowd trying to assist that person. The last image shows a man claiming that he was hit in the head with a rubber bullet, keep in mind that aiming for the head with any type of less-than-leathal ordinance is generally against policy for most agencies. [3] bit.ly/rsKIkE
- North Brookfield MA cop was arrested on multiple charges over allegations that he raped a 15yr-old family friend and sent her obscene pics of himself in text messages. [0] bit.ly/vAFPUU
- Peel Regional ON police officer has been charged with sexual assault after investigation into complaint about an on-duty incident that was filed in July [1] bit.ly/v8Il8U
- Murray Co OK deputy with history of violent behavior has been fired after an investigation into new complaints. [1] bit.ly/rPmRdF
- 5 current New York NY cops and 3 ex-cops arrested in sting on allegations the belonged to gun smuggling ring [1] nyp.st/s3jPlM
- San Jose CA police accused of refusing to repair home after damaging it w/tear gas grenades in warrantless raid [4] cbsloc.al/szHhmj
- 6 Miami-Dade FL cops accused of going too far by ransacking woman’s home in heavily armed raid over unverified tip [1] bit.ly/rA28hR
- Los Angeles CA police sgt arrested for burglary, crashed car after woman maced him when she found him in her home [0] bit.ly/scWRXm
- San Ramon CA cop to plead guilty to stealing cash from gangs & sold drugs, agrees to testify against former boss [0] bit.ly/s6g07p
- Tampa FL police sued by lawyer claiming he was falsely arrested & injured for offering legal services to 2 women who were being detained at a restaurant [2] bit.ly/vfUVVJ
- Franklin Co NC sheriff indicted on embezzlement charges involving over $200k in funds meant for drug enforcement [0] bit.ly/v0NXNS
- Ocala FL cop arrested at work by the FBI on federal fraud and identity theft related charges [1] bit.ly/uYWMRX
- Maui HI cop resigns as part of plea deal that will clear drug charges from his record after 5 years of probation [0] bit.ly/rrcm4i
- Yakima WA cop sentenced to 30days home detention in plea deal reducing DUI charge to negligent driving [0] bit.ly/tWq3Kh
- El Paso TX police detective arrested by military police for DUI while armed inside Fort Bliss military base [0] bit.ly/vKh16y
- Houston TX police dept’s mobile blood alcohol testing vans no longer trusted by Harris County prosecutors [3] bit.ly/vCPwGQ
That’s it for today, stay safe out there.
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A shocking confession comes from the police officer who was caught on video pepper-spraying a group of women protesters on Occupy Wall Street. Deputy inspector Anthony Bologna says he believes he didn’t exceed the necessary amount of force and that he’d do the same thing again in a similar situation.
The incident happened on 12th Street near Union Square where a group of protesters was penned by the police with orange crowd-control rubber mesh nets.
A couple of women were standing by the nets peacefully when Bologna appeared from the crowd and started macing them.
When he emptied a whole can of spray at them, he simply turned his back and walked away like nothing happened, leaving the women fall to the ground in agony.
Anthony Bologna claims that he was aiming at a group of male protesters and accidentally sprayed the women, but surprisingly there are no men to be seen anywhere near those women on the video.
Shockingly, this is not the sole incident caused by inspector Bologna. Another video shows him going berserk and pepper-spraying a different group of protesters as they were walking away from the spot when another police officer told them to move.