http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2017/oct/03/sheriffs-office-recommends-three-domestic-violence/

A little background, there is lots more!

https://examplepro.me/2016/04/18/a-conversation-with-interim-chief-meidl-and-major-justin-lundgrenpart-five/

https://examplepro.me/2017/02/04/sheading-some-light-on-ia-case-c-16-044/

https://examplepro.me/2017/06/15/the-mcmurtrey-cover-up-continues/

https://examplepro.me/2016/04/01/important-breaking-news/

https://examplepro.me/2016/04/03/a-conversation-with-interim-chief-meidl-and-major-justin-lundgrepart-one/

https://examplepro.me/2016/03/08/prr-update-lydia-mell-taylor/

 

This is some of the junk you get today!

https://my.spokanecity.org/police/accountability/complaints/

https://static.spokanecity.org/documents/police/accountability/internal-affairs-reports/2016/ia-report-16-001.pdf

https://static.spokanecity.org/documents/police/accountability/internal-affairs-reports/2016/ia-report-16-014.pdf

https://static.spokanecity.org/documents/police/accountability/internal-affairs-reports/2016/ia-report-16-040.pdf

 

There is a lot of interesting stuff in the IA Summaries but only if you know what to look for, for example considering the Officer Scott DV case one might find this summary interesting from a number of different aspects. In the summary below you see that a SCSO Deputy made a complaint against an SPD Cop who had ask to Deputy to stand down during the Deputy’s Domestic Violence investigation so that the City Cop could put a tracking device on the suspect’s vehicle.

https://static.spokanecity.org/documents/police/accountability/internal-affairs-reports/2016/ia-report-16-035.pdf

 

Even a novice investigator could figure out that there might be some problems going on between the SCSO and SPD, although they would of course deny it. Beyond that Washington State requires that a warrant be obtained in order to place a GPS tracking device on a vehicle. Only a small part of the Deputy’s statement is included in the summary, and it happens to be a part that gives rise to the unfounded finding. Had the entire IA Report been posted as has been done in the past, many of the obvious questions might have been answered and there wouldn’t be a need for a reporter to do a PRR.

I find it a bit amazing that that SPD couldn’t handle the redaction of just 48 IA Cases in 2016, especially with that new fancy redaction software we bought for them… I got bridges for sale!

Interestingly Chief Meidl when confronted by a reporter about IA Summaries instead of Full IA Reports being posted says the OPO was all in about just summaries being posted. The truth is the OPO was apparently at one point okay with it, however upon his further investigation will be making a recommendation to SPD that IA Cases in their entirety be posted as in the past. Perhaps Chief Meidl should pay a little more attention to what is going on at OPOC meetings.

https://vimeo.com/album/2861364/video/232717476

 

Although I strongly disagree with Council Member Beggs on the Debra Conklin issue, I whole heartily agree with his statements in these Inlander Stories.

https://www.inlander.com/Bloglander/archives/2017/08/10/spokane-police-hunt-for-internal-leaker-fails-undermines-other-efforts-toward-transparency

https://www.inlander.com/Bloglander/archives/2017/02/28/spokane-police-officer-caught-cursing-at-suspect-on-camera-files-complaint-against-leaker

https://www.inlander.com/spokane/loose-lips/Content?oid=5107347

 

NOTE TO OTHER REPORTERS!!!

Good questions, but I can tell you from experience you really have to pin this guy down. Of course, when you do you run the risk that he will refuse to respond to you in any way! Get your antennas up on this one!

 

https://www.facebook.com/KHQLocalNews/videos/1715260138505502/

 

I REPORT YOU DECIDE!!!

 

 

 

 

“In the past, the Mayor sent a letter to Council requesting such a vote with detailed allegations and the Council considered removal. I haven’t seen specific allegations to date, but assuming arguendo that they do, it would probably take longer than December 15th to fully adjudicate them. I am devoting my energy to identifying potential applicants for the seat and completing that process.”

Best,

Breean

____________________________

Council member Beggs is of course referring to the only previous OPOC Chair Rachel Dolezal. Dolezal was Mayor Condon’s pick for the OPOC seat. In the case of Debra Conklin she was the choice of Councilmembers in the District represented by Beggs and Kinnear. Councilmember Beggs neglects to mention that one right minded member of the City Council wanted to bring forward a resolution that would have removed Ms. Conklin from the OPOC prior to her term expiring but was told it was all being taken care of. According to sources, had the resolution been brought forward the vote would have been FIVE Council Members for removal and Councilmembers Beggs and Kinnear either abstaining or voting against removal. Once again, an example of how purely partisan politics and fear of losing votes stands in the way of doing what is right, and don’t think for a second that the Police Unions and their Lawyers didn’t expect this type of dysfunction when they agreed to an OPOC in the last contract.

 

“I haven’t seen specific allegations to date, but assuming arguendo that they do, it would probably take longer than December 15th to fully adjudicate them.”

 

Based upon considerable email interaction alone, and not counting public and private statements, video, and other documents, assuming arguendo that two Councilmembers were completely out of the loop, it would lead one to believe that that there is a dysfunctional communication process among City Councilmembers, or something even worse like trying to delay the inevitable past the November election.

Perhaps two Councilmembers were completely left out of the widely discussed effort to have OPO Logue be the fall guy for getting rid of Conklin after a meeting with the City Attorney, something he didn’t fall for.

https://files.acrobat.com/a/preview/4e71272b-995e-4f30-87bc-c2368f468e16

 

And the latest in the seemingly unending saga of the OPOC.

 

The “authority in the chair”???

 

“I am not sure how or when a chair of a meeting would give a ‘heads up’ to someone that the chair runs the agenda and has the ‘right’ to decide the order in which things will happen. Every organization in which I’ve participated recognizes that authority in the chair.”

 

 

 

If “the chair runs the agenda” and “has the ‘right’ to decide the order in which things will happen.”, what good is the rest of the Commission if the “chair” perceives their role as all so powerful?

So far, the OPOC is zero for two with women with a self-serving agenda, I haven’t seen Vice Chair Ladd Smith wear a suit or tie, so maybe it’s time to give him a shot without Debra Conklin?

 

I REPORT YOU DECIDE!!!

 

There is a long-held standard in the world of sports that for the team to succeed you have to get rid of individuals who aren’t team players, have a grandiose view of themselves, and could care less about any objective other than their own agenda. This type of individual is often referred to as a cancer, whether, in the locker room, on the field of play, or away from the team it’s always the same symptoms. The simple fact is, not removing or eliminating the cancer on a team is just like fighting the disease itself, cancer spreads, and once it has spread too far the fate is inevitable.

The Office of Police Ombudsman Commission, which theoretically is supposed to work as a team with the Office of Police Ombudsman haven’t been much of a team since their inception, the fact is as I have reported earlier, OPOC Chair Debra Conklin has caused so much dissension on the team, not only because of her disdain for OPO Bart Logue, but her involvement in other things as well including sticking her nose into the Civil Service process which prohibits her right hand gal, confidant, and operative Martha Huseman from continuing in Huseman’s role as OPOC Coordinator after Huseman failed the Civil Service typing test not once but twice that her actions and conduct can easily be compared with that of Rachel Dolezal. I honestly can’t figure out how anyone could conclude that because Huseman could not pass a civil service exam, and was therefore not qualified for the position, could possibly be make the Civil Service process “sexist”.

As I reported earlier, Conklin was not reappointed by the City Council when her term expired September, 15, 2017, one obvious sign that the City Council knows exactly what has been going on. Of course, when Conklin was asked to resign, she refused even though any reasonable, non-self-serving person who truly believed in good police oversight would have done so for the good of the oversight mission.

 

The usual blame game has gone on where no one wants to except responsibility for getting the cancer cut out and the likely next move of passing the Chair to someone else simply shows a grasping for straws mentality while trying to find a way keep on with an agenda driven self-serving plan. Is it the Mayor’s job, the City Council’s job, the rest of the OPOC members job, just whose job, is it? Is it the lack of a well-defined removal process in the OPOC Ordinance and the City Code of Ethics which would be the purview of the Mayor?

Perhaps it would be a good time to remind the Mayor of the demands I had for settlement of my PRR Lawsuit against the City and how adamant I was that this was included.

It isn’t like the majority of City Government, some local reporters, SPD, and a few community folks haven’t known about the dysfunction that has been going on for some time, as an example:

 

How long you ask?

 

These are just two of several emails regarding Conklin that have been circulating around City Hall, and the email interaction between Council Members Beggs, Kinnear, and Conklin dating back some time are in some cases laughable at best.

What say you Council Members Kinnear and Beggs?

Do the City Council fear political ramifications from Conklin’s followers to bring forth have a NO CONFIDENCE VOTE?

Does the Mayor simply want to distance himself, sit back, and watch the Liberal side of City Government fail to act in his “National Model of Police Oversight”?

Who’s bright idea was it to try and force Logue to become the scapegoat by trying to get him to complain about something others knew full well about? Does anyone down there at City Hall remember the Cotton/Straub Fiasco and what that costs the Citizens of Spokane?

 

https://files.acrobat.com/a/preview/4e71272b-995e-4f30-87bc-c2368f468e16

 

Once again, with the new US Attorney General’s new policy of staying out of Police Oversight the baton is passed to the Locals, and if local oversight is dysfunctional what bloody good is it.

The full court press is on to find a replacement for Conklin to try and save some embarrassment from her refusal to step down, the question is, will the next choice be ideology, bias, and agenda driven or just plain Citizen Jane or Joe with the ability to put any bias or agenda aside and do what is best for the ENTIRE COMMUNITY?

 

The truth, no matter how hard to take or how embarrassing, is the only route to healing!

 

I REPORT YOU DECIDE!!!

https://onedrive.live.com/?authkey=%21AH%5FItNcU38vHfKE&cid=DFCF3DD2E665E533&id=DFCF3DD2E665E533%2145839&parId=DFCF3DD2E665E533%2126333&o=OneUp

http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2017/sep/27/knezovich-warns-north-monroe-road-project-would-im/

https://examplepro.me/2017/03/05/pulling-back-the-curtain-on-spokane-countys-very-own-wizard/

https://files.acrobat.com/a/preview/83819056-e485-4805-825d-912d91e0d271

 

 

https://www.facebook.com/spokesmanreview/

 

 

I REPORT HSS YOU DECIDE!!!