https://examplepro.me/2017/10/10/you-can-lead-a-horse-to-water-but-you-cant-make-them-drink-part-i/
https://examplepro.me/2017/10/11/you-can-lead-a-horse-to-water-but-you-cant-make-them-drink-part-ii/
Month: October 2017
THE HOT SEAT!!!
https://www.inlander.com/spokane/the-hot-seat/Content?oid=6114235
Mitch Ryals the Inlander Gadfly Reporter does a pretty good job of somewhat summarizing some of the dysfunction that has existed on the Office of Police Oversight Commission since its existence was negotiated with the Police Unions by Frank Straub and Mayor Condon then was later approved by the City Council. Deb Conklin has been on the Commission from the get go, and often points out that she is the longest running member, which in my view doesn’t say much when you consider her tenure.
This quote from the Ryals story pretty much tells it all, Conklin has always felt her role aligned with the infamous activist and fraud Rachel Dolezal.
“Conklin denies that she’s been demeaning toward Logue, but acknowledges that her view of the commission’s role aligns with Dolezal’s — that the commission exists to hold the ombudsman accountable, and not necessarily to support the ombudsman or “rubber-stamp” his actions.”
As I have mentioned time and time again, don’t think for a second that the Police Unions didn’t accurately predict that the OPOC, because of the politics involved, would be a dysfunctional mess and far from a “National Model of Police Oversight”. Trust me on this, they have been rolling on the floor laughing from day one, and of course the current secret contract negotiations with the Unions likely do very little to address the issue of Police Oversight.
The people that follow me know that I have been reporting on the DYSFUNCTIONAL OPOC for well over two years, and below you will find just a few of the stories.
https://examplepro.me/2015/10/23/breaking-down-the-opo-ordinance/
Who can forget the concerted effort lead by Deb Conklin to bring in a Minority Canadian Alien with NO EXPERIENCE in Police Oversight to fill the role of Police Ombuds?
https://examplepro.me/2015/11/04/only-in-spokane/
A few more:
https://examplepro.me/2017/10/03/sure-enough-its-the-mayors-fault/
https://examplepro.me/2017/06/12/my-lawyer-is-seeing-dollar-signs-again/
https://examplepro.me/2017/08/17/the-opo-is-po/
https://examplepro.me/2017/09/02/7392/
Another key aspect of the Ryals is this:
“Before the ombudsman commission voted to offer Logue the permanent job last September, for example, Conklin said publicly that she favored another candidate. Nonetheless, she voted for Logue to “strengthen the office by giving him unanimous support of the commission,” she says now.”
Yes, Conklin favored the other Candidate Jacqui MacConnell a former gal Cop, who is now in charge of SPD Internal Affairs, and has been spending a lot of time trying to figure out who leaks stuff to me… it ain’t going to happen young lady! 😊
The question in the mind of many, based upon both public and private statements made by Conklin is whether or not Conklin’s well documented disdain for Logue evolves from the fact that he is male, wears a suit and tie, and is former military, questions that have to be considered in the Big Picture.
It is important to notice that despite Logue’s Human Resources complaint against Conklin, true to form, she refuses to completely disassociate herself from the OPOC, and neither the City Council, nor the Mayor have the political courage to do the right thing and suspend her during the investigation in the interest of preventing behind the scenes power plays, and embarrassment to others some of which I documented here.
https://examplepro.me/2017/09/30/eliminating-a-cancer-from-the-team/
https://examplepro.me/2017/10/12/it-looks-like-it-is-going-to-be-a-bench-clearer/
I had a reporter ask me the other day if I had emails that I haven’t published… well of course I do! Another question I often get is “Where is the Spokesman Review with all of this?”, the answer of course is despite well documented facts concerning such things as a Dysfunctional OPOC, Misconduct Regarding a Suppressor Purchase, a City Employee and the Vice Chair of Sheriff Ozzie’s handpicked oversight group using our time and resources to help his daughter in a Spokane City of the Valley election, among other things… stories about Pickleball seem to take precedence.
http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2017/oct/06/pickleball-cabal-growing-sport-takes-tennis-to-cou/
Another question I’m often asked is, “What are the Mayor and City Council doing about all this?”, my answer is, “You would have to ask them, when I do seldom do I get a response.”
I REPORT YOU DECIDE!!!
MORE PROOF THE STRAUB/CONDON PRECINCT MODEL IS AN EXPENSIVE WASTE!!!
It’s all about the Kids… right?
http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2017/oct/16/city-council-gives-east-central-community-center-c/
When a reporter does a story about a controversial issue like the one above it is always a good idea to take a good look at the detail since inevitably there are other stories in the detail, like this for example which can be found in the MLK contract.
Makes it pretty obvious doesn’t it that SPD doesn’t know what to do with their costly and worthless South Precinct, from the standpoint of policing?
https://examplepro.me/2016/05/11/the-cops-threat/
https://examplepro.me/2016/09/27/away-from-precincts/
https://examplepro.me/2016/01/11/big-meeting-on-arleths-furniture-today/
One big advantage SPD has when it comes to the City Budget is that they can sell darn near anything to the City Council without the City Council bothering to take steps to investigate whether or not the expenditure will actually improve policing or simply offer up a big Presser.
https://my.spokanecity.org/news/stories/2015/03/18/new-police-precinct-opens-in-hillyard/
***The Hillyard Precinct property in case you didn’t know, like the recent Rifle Suppressors, was bought from a retired SPD Cop.
http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2016/jan/21/new-spokane-police-precinct-opens-at-the-intermoda/
Spiffy stuff… right? The problem is, no one really knows how much these boondoggles have actually cost the Citizens and whether or not the City Council and Mayor will try and find a way to escape during this year’s budget process.
One would have thought that this Inlander story would have made some people stand up and take notice…but no such luck for the Citizens.
https://www.inlander.com/spokane/shifting-precincts-shifting-stories/Content?oid=2670303
You might ask exactly where the concept of having a Cop in a Community Center originated… well here you go it originated back in 1992 with this concept, and I can unequivocally, positively, and without hesitation say that the concept DID NOT include a “Police Omnipresence” at a Community Center intended to provide services for troubled youth and families. The overwhelming presence of uniformed officers and marked patrol cars turns off those most in need of help. The place for building respect is on the street in the neighborhood protecting and solving problems.
https://files.acrobat.com/a/preview/c69e4e10-ee61-44da-b22b-ee429ba41ee8
https://files.acrobat.com/a/preview/a82acf72-d660-4e89-8d24-230ee8b93a6e
I can’t help but believe that my old friends and teammates on the MLK Board of Directors, Bill Maxey, Bill Etter and Bobby Minnix would agree with me, so when it comes to the resolution of this contract issue their input will be critical for a number of reasons.
DO NOT TURN THE ECCC INTO YET ANOTHER FAILED SPD PRECINCT!!!
I REPORT YOU DECIDE!!!
IT DOESN’T HELP A LAWSUIT OR FALSE ARREST ALLEGATION WHEN…!!!
The Plaintiff in the lawsuit is a Deputy Sheriff and is on the Spokane County Prosecutor’s “BRADY COP LIST”.
https://files.acrobat.com/a/preview/4d4a6a0e-e7f9-4bf9-ad8b-4762f5727192
Note the date, Pendell, Travis O, was placed on the Spokane County Prosecutors Brady List, January 31, 2017.
Now check the date I posted the Ozzie/Buff video in this story by clicking on the YouTube icon.
***“EVERY WORD TRAVIS PENDELL SPEAKS, PEOPLE THINK VERY HIGHLY OF HIM…VERY HIGHLY OF HIM!”
Keep in mind Ozzie’s Dog and Pony Power Point Presentation, trying to prove I’m a liar took place on February 1st, 2017 one day after the Prosecutor placed Pendell on the Brady List.
https://examplepro.me/2017/02/07/ozziebuff-feature-video-episode-one/
So, let’s be clear, in order to make a Bad Cop/Brady List it takes an investigation long before someone makes the Bad Boy/Girl list, so Ozzie knew damn good and well on February 1st, 2017 that ““EVERY WORD TRAVIS PENDELL SPEAKS, PEOPLE THINK VERY HIGHLY OF HIM…VERY HIGHLY OF HIM!” wasn’t true in the least!
So, are both Ozzie and Travis liars or is Ozzie so incompetent that he didn’t know Pendell, the guy he backed in the Shea, Maclay lawsuit was in fact a Brady Cop.
Sure, doesn’t help the IA Investigation into the missing weapon does it Ozzie? Nor does it help your lawsuit against Shea and Maclay, and to say nothing of how it helps your alleged false arrest of Maclay at the Sam Strahan services.
Has Ozzie completely lost it? Some folks think so and it’s time for the honest hardworking Deputies to step up to the plate!
***GREAT TURN AROUND BY THE COUNTY ON MY PRR…GOOD WORK!!
I REPORT YOU DECIDE!!!
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