Our guy “Ethical Ozzie” makes no bones about his blaming former President Obama and others he absolutely despises like Matt Shea, Rob Chase, Ed Pace, and any other member of the faction of the local Republican Party that isn’t a part of the McDevitt faction for “Radicalized Hate Against Cops”.

Ozzie has recently included another individual in the group perpetuating this “Radicalized Hate”, a guy named John Christina who works in the Spokane County Treasures Office.

What I honestly don’t understand is why in the world some of the people in Ozzie’s “Basket of Deplorables”, whom he has publicly gone after time and again using his elected office as a platform, haven’t made a complaint against him.

For folks that aren’t aware Ozzie has been provided a platform to go on and on about all kinds of things, most of which IMO are political in nature rather than law enforcement issues. The folks that provide the platform for Ozzie are these folks.

http://www.ktrw.com/

You can listen to Ozzie’s various Podcast Rants on his “SHERIFF’S REPORT WITH OZZIE KNEZOVICH” at this link if you are so inclined and decide for yourself. Yes, that’s right “SHERIFF’S REPORT”.

http://spokanetalksonline.com/sheriffs-report/

 

I had to laugh at this recent Ethical Ozzie Podcast because, he once again goes after Chase and the new deplorable John Christina.

http://spokanetalksonline.com/sheriffs-report-update-on-county-commissioner-selection/

 

Local Democrats have to be loving this stuff, two Republican Party Factions going after each other by a member of the Ozlican Party… you just can’t make stuff like this up! 😊

 

So, where’s the beef or will there even be a beef? Who knows but look at the images above and note how Ozzie’s mostly political podcasts are advertised and made available to the Public.

I’ll be darned if that isn’t Ozzie pictured above in his Sheriff’s Uniform in front of that microphone. Which makes me wonder about whether or not Ethical Ozzie is violating his own Code of Conduct?

 

 

Beyond Ozzie’s own Code of Conduct, I can’t help but wonder about this one as well?

 

When I look at Ozzie’s full court press to get some non-Republicans elected, including his handpicked CAB member Brandi Peetz who has had the assistance of her father and CAB Vice Chair Bob West.

https://examplepro.me/2017/10/14/speaking-of-police-oversight-how-about-ozzies-handpicked-group/

I can’t help but wonder if Ozzie is afraid that if the people get elected that he doesn’t want they might take a close look at this report and note how ICMA caught him giving them BUNK data? Allow me to repeat that “BUNK DATA”!

https://files.acrobat.com/a/preview/635ce299-5d51-4c12-9e2a-87ee9294bc08

https://files.acrobat.com/a/preview/b429cc8a-eb8b-4f7b-bebe-c609d86f6a3d

 

I REPORT YOU DECIDE!!!

 

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/

 

I REPORT YOU DECIDE!!!

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/2017/09/20/political-fear-of-the-shaded-lady-gets-in-the-way-of-police-oversight/

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/2017/08/28/how-can-you-expect-spd-to-be-transparent-when-the-opoc-chair-refuses-to-be/

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!!!

 

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/2015/10/21/unwinding-one-of-former-chief-frank-straubs-signature-achievements-the-spokane-police-department-is-no-longer-pursuing-a-plan-to-create-decentralized-police-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!!!