In my humble opinion, I don’t think it is a clever idea to use government resources to call a press conference and produce a widely disseminated video of the press conference especially if the assassination attempt fails and leads to civil litigation which can end up being quite costly for taxpayers.

I also don’t feel it is a promising idea to even come close to risking taxpayer dollars by mentioning what could very possibly be HIPAA protected information concerning a political candidate you do not support and have just fired.

I also don’t think it is a clever idea to claim that a media outlet was going to do an “expose” on the candidate you don’t support unless you can offer specific proof that there was going to be an “expose” because who knows a news director might challenge the truth of the matter asserted. Certainly using the term “expose” instead of “story” or “news piece” is a desirable choice of terms if someone wants to make things sound really bad, but IMO not a good choice of terms.

Just from a political perspective, although it is part of the game to try and assassinate an opponents character, I think it would be a good idea before you do a presser to evaluate how ones actions will be perceived by voters from both sides of the political aisle because you risk the possibility that for example Democrats will come out in droves to vote for a Republican candidate simply because they don’t like the dirty tactics, and it could very easily turn off many Republicans who have been victims of public character assassination in the past by the Sheriff. Another thing that should be considered is the possibility that a Democrat candidate for Sheriff might jump in prior to May 20, 2022, and take advantage of all the Republican mess going on.

Just a few observations from someone unencumbered with a political ideology who doesn’t like dishonesty in law enforcement.

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REGARDLESS OF THEIR POLITICS!!!

I’ve mentioned earlier about what is going on in Grant County and it is blowing up in an interesting way according to Public Records, and it sure doesn’t look good for Grant County Sheriff Tom Jones who is the Vice President of the Washington Association of Sheriffs and Police Chiefs (WASPC) nor does it look good for WASPC.

https://www.waspc.org/

Tim Rasmussen the Stevens County Prosecutor was appointed as a Special Prosecutor to look into allegations of payroll fraud in the Grant County Sheriff’s Office based upon allegations that were made by former Grant County Sheriff’s Office Staff.

I really like the way Prosecutor Rasmussen handled his Special Prosecutor duties which is demonstrated in his final report and demonstrates what can happen if an Internal/Administrative Investigation precedes a criminal investigation which is happening here in Spokane with respect to the Winston Brooks, Scott Lesser case. My first contact with Prosecutor Rasmussen regarding the case was on December 3, 2021, and I was satisfied after that contact that he would take the case seriously despite the constraints involved which he has, and now it is up to others to carry the ball.

There are two key elements of Rasmussen’s report which stand out and go directly to issues of honesty and ethics in law enforcement.

This portion of the report speaks for itself and demonstrates how many things are not included in Internal/Administrative Investigations.

You can read the entire Rasmussen Report at this link.

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“IF NOT NOW WHEN?”

PART ONE, MUZZLING A MARINE!!!

There is no question getting to the truth in Spokane is difficult but anyone who follows Police Oversight  should have known full well that when Mayor Woodward and the City Council tried to sell the current Guild Contract to the public by intimating that the OPO and the OPOC were all in favor of the contract and contributed to the negotiation process, that it was just Hogwash, for lack of a better term.

As any reporter suspecting something was not right would do I submitted a Public Records Request on February 19, 2021, in an effort to get to the truth, and as is normally the case with the Woodward administration even though I submitted the request almost a year ago the City of Spokane response is still incomplete and likely will be for some time to come.

I did receive one installment from my PRR which primarily contained some innocuous email interaction with just a few exceptions and some of the emails between myself and the OPO where the OPO tried to give the impression that as far as the Guild Contract was concerned he wanted to publicly portray the OPO involvement as a glass half-full. The first installment also included some interesting emails from CP Beggs.

I’m not sure what CP Beggs meant by “broad systematic change” but from the standpoint of change in the ability of the OPO to articulate to the public in a closing report what the OPO believes should have happened or not happened was changed to the extent that the OPO can’t say anything without the Guild approving what he says, and if they don’t like it can go after his job.

Given the Council Presidents public statements regarding OPO “Closing Reports” I find it odd that as a member of the City Council he approved the muzzling language in the 2017-2021 Guild Contract.

“While he stopped short of advocating City Council voting it down, Logue remains concerned that people who want independent investigations into police conduct and public release of “closing reports” that summarize his findings “probably won’t be satisfied” by the tentative agreement unveiled this week.”

“This agreement gets us there now, in my opinion,” Beggs said earlier this month.

https://www.spokesman.com/stories/2021/feb/22/details-of-tentative-agreement-between-spokane-cit/

So what the heck happened, the muzzling language remained and not one CC Member complained, Mayor Woodward touted the contract as one of her accomplishments and CP Beggs seemed to go along with the Mayor.

https://m.facebook.com/peopletoelectbreeanbeggs/videos/police-contract-passed-tonight-with-civilian-oversight/120126400042635/

With the new Guild Contract for beyond 2021 in the process of being negotiated OPO Logue’s Sunday, June 7, 2020, to the Mayor and City Council pretty well demonstrates what the OPO’s real position was prior to the approval of the 2017-2021 Guild Contract. The email below is of course a Public Record that Mayor Woodward and the City Council never wanted the public to see.

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People should be asking today both Mayor Woodward and the City Council the same question the OPO asked in 2020.

IF NOT NOW WHEN?

Part Three of Muzzling a Marine will cover several other things the Public should know but have been deprived of.

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