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Beating Juveniles, Falsifying Reports, Hiding Drugs in His Squad Car, Stealing From Suspects: Meet the $60K-Per-Year Cop Who Can’t Be Fired

Despite multiple investigations and numerous attempts to dismiss him, it seems like Sgt. German Bosque, 48, of the Opa-locka, Fla., Police Department is the $60,000-a-year police officer who can’t be fired.

Beating Juveniles, Falsifying Reports, Hiding Drugs in His Squad Car, Stealing From Suspects: Meet the $60K Per Year Cop Who Cant Be FiredSgt. Bosque (image courtesy NY Daily News)

He has been accused of car theft, beating juveniles, falsifying reports, boarding a plane with a loaded gun, possession of narcotics, and stealing from suspects. He has been disciplined for driving with a suspended license, disobeying direct orders, and engaging in high-speed chases (one of which resulted in four deaths).

And then there’s this little gem [via the Miami Herald]:

In February 2008 … the state attorney’s office began noticing that key drug evidence in some of his cases was missing. [Bosque’s] police car was inspected, and investigators found an empty Smirnoff vodka bottle, a small bag of cocaine, crack pipes, Florida license plates, a pile of driver’s licenses he had seized, along with a stack of arrest reports he had never turned in.

He was expelled from police academy twice and fired from two other departments before joining the Opa-locka force. He has a mile-long record of misconduct and has been investigated dozens of times by the police. He has been arrested and jailed three times and fired at least six. He has been disciplined more than any officer in the Sunshine State, according to the Daily Mail, and yet, he’s still on the payroll.

How has he not been kicked off the force yet? Well, there may be several factors at play here.

First, it probably doesn’t help that the Opa-locka Police Department itself is an infamously corrupt mess. In 2011, there were 41 internal investigations, which, when you consider the fact that the department only has 68 officers, is staggering. Furthermore, the department has a high turnover rate. Since first joining the Opa-locka force in 1993, Sgt. Bosque has had 16 different police chiefs.

Other factors that probably contribute to his ability to stay on the force include obscure loopholes, departmental incompetence, and bureaucratic red tape.

When the sergeant was busted with that Smirnoff vodka bottle, the bag of cocaine, etc., the state attorney didn’t prosecute him because “there was no evidence of criminal intent,” the Miami Herald reports.

At other times, the Opa-locka department simply “dropped the ball on almost all the internal affairs complaints on Bosque,” the report adds.

And as for the bureaucratic red tape, the Herald explains:

The Florida Department of Law Enforcement’s Criminal Justice Standards and Training Commission, which reviews police misconduct, has repeatedly declined to strip Bosque of his law enforcement certificate.

The state’s police unions have successfully persuaded legislators to pass laws that protect officers and provide loopholes that allow cops like Bosque to keep their badges and their guns.

Furthermore, as the Daily Mail explains: “The department is not allowed to consider an officer’s misconduct history when ruling on a specific case.”

“If a police chief doesn’t have the power to fire them he or she is helpless,” said Retired North Miami Police Major, Bob Lynch.

“It comes down to whoever has the final say, whether it’s the human resources director or the mayor. Plenty of police chiefs try to fire nasty cops and get stuck right back with them,” he added.Beating Juveniles, Falsifying Reports, Hiding Drugs in His Squad Car, Stealing From Suspects: Meet the $60K Per Year Cop Who Cant Be Fired

Sgt. Bosque believes the current investigation against him is part of a “witch hunt” and that he’s really a good cop. He admits that he made mistakes when he was a rookie, but now he’s all grown up and different.

“Back then I was a big hot dog. I was catching bad guys, getting commendations while all the other guys were lazy,” he told the Miami Herald. “I love being a policeman. I love looking in the mirror and the person I see.”

But to Opa-locka Police Chief Cheryl Cason, Sgt. Bosque is less like John McClane and more like Alonzo Harris.

“He is a time bomb that has now exploded,” she said.

Watch the CBS Miami news brief:

And for those of you who stuck with this article to its bitter end, here’s the kicker: Sgt. Bosque is currently under suspension pending yet another investigation into misconduct. He stays at home and collects his $60,000-a-year paycheck for doing nothing, according to the Herald.

Read the entire story of German Bosque here.

This story has been updated.

Comments (191)

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  • Detroit paperboy
    Posted on July 2, 2012 at 9:13pm

    I no longer trust government union cops…..they have become revenue producers for the state, nothing more…………..mostly harassing and shaking down law abiding citizens……while criminals prey on us from the other end…..nice.

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    • Secret Squirrel
      Posted on July 2, 2012 at 9:33pm

      .
      When did it become “Us against them”?
      I’ll bet 80% of cops today hate civilians.
      They tolerate bad cops and cover for them.
      Remember Officer Harless in Canton? It took a subpoena and video to get him fired.
      Even then, his buddies and the union went the distance for him, a bad cop.
      Where do they find these guys? Is knowledge of the law outdated?
      Now it’s sufficient to just beat the crap out of civilians.
      There are stories every day.

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    • spasm
      Posted on July 2, 2012 at 10:10pm

      I have to laugh at you people. Most Cops, Big surprise here, are normal people and they hate these bad cops more than you do.. If you do not like the Cops then please never call them when you are in need. If you do we will still come even if we know you don’t like us.

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    • freeberty
      Posted on July 2, 2012 at 10:44pm

      @Spasm

      Isn’t time for you to go back to your squad room and play video games? The only people that think you are needed are your buddies sitting around saying what a bunch of heroes you all are, and maybe some of your immediate relatives that don’t realize that it is really me that is housing, clothing, and feeding them. The rest of us know better and understand the useless leech you really are.

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    • jaylew
      Posted on July 2, 2012 at 10:54pm

      I have to tend to agree with SPASM….in that the concept or notion of officers keeping the peace is really very critical in any civilized country so I try my level best to respect them and not put myself in a bad place or bad way so that contact between them and me is kept to a minimum. I am not a big fan however of the nepotism and other shenanigans that go on in some local police departments…but my biggest concern with police men and women….is a actually a psychiatric one…I actually believe that many cops become cops….especially men…..they become cops to overcome one or more personal superiority or inferiority or some other complex. I do not think local cops are mentally vetted carefully enough….and a rogue local cop can literally terrorize a community in a number of ways…and some of those ways are actually creepy.

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    • BryanB
      Posted on July 2, 2012 at 11:07pm

      The major problem in Law Enforcement today is, they have no moral standards at all. Law Enforcement has high educational standards, most Law Enforcement Agencys require at least an Associate degree to get hired. Law Enforcement Agencys will hire a college educated person over a moral person every time. And just because someone has college, doesn’t make them a moral person.

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    • black9897
      Posted on July 2, 2012 at 11:16pm

      No surprise. When we are forced at gunpoint to pay for “protection” they can do whatever they want.

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    • TexasHunter
      Posted on July 2, 2012 at 11:19pm

      @SPASM There has yet to be a situation that I personally cant handle without the calling the cops. Maybe when people start minding their own business is when they have to come out to less BS calls. They are not the parent police etc. Yes there are bad apples in every bunch. Hopefully these are weeded out as time served.

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    • Conservative2
      Posted on July 3, 2012 at 1:24am

      Do you now live in Detroit? If so then I totally understand your post, 65 miles from you.

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    • The-Real-Enrico
      Posted on July 3, 2012 at 2:11am

      @spasm How do you know this? Are you most cops? I would like a subsistence factual answer. I/we have lowest standard in usa for hiring police here Georgia in the metro Atlanta area.

      We’re able and hire cops and training cop in the police academy with criminal records. If thats not stupid or crazy I don’t know what is.

      Isn’t that the fox guarding the hen house? I have been subject to police intimidation by many different police men in different counties down here. Not all cops are bad and I don’t act like it. But all cops are good ether nor do I act like.

      I blame the cop unions that protect bad cops and also people like you. It is the same with teacher’s unions! Stop protecting bad state employees. People will abuse power on levels federal, state and local as long as we like them. Any and all public sector union is a corrupt union.
      A government union lobbies for the government for more government… Really? Wake up.

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    • FormerLEAcademyInstructor
      Posted on July 3, 2012 at 2:19am

      When seconds count cops are only minutes away…or so the saying grows. I spent ten plus years and most of my waking hours dealing with the most amoral, souless members of society–and then I had to deal with the criminals on the street, too. A former training corporal in my former department paroled out of federal prison last month, and a correctional officer in the same department is still doing time. Most cops I knew in the CA county where I served (including me) were corrupt to one degree or another, and we abused our authority in too many ways to count. The disdain we had for “civilians” was almost equal to the disgust we had for criminals because we believed the ‘unwashed masses’ were too stupid and lazy to defend themselves, much less train properly with guns we believed were legally reserved and designated only for our use. I finally decided to quit law enforcement altogether in order to save my soul and before I, too, would end up either in prison or in a witness protection program. I worked with too many Sgt. Bosques. He was simply stupid enough to get caught. 9-1-1 is a great way to capture your dying words on tape and claim your final 15 seconds of fame on ‘film at eleven’ before the next news cycle begins. “Those who would give up Essential Liberty to purchase a little Temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety” — Richard Jackson, diplomat and contemporary of Benjamin Franklin. When we hire others to assume our duties, we usually get what we pa

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    • The-Real-Enrico
      Posted on July 3, 2012 at 2:21am

      @BryanB I agree with you. The local gov do not look for the right thing anymore. Morals is what is needed. I don’t care if my local cop can write me book or solve a scientifically equation. Morally just and firm understanding of the constitution and his constitutional duties.

      How can one enforce the law if one does not know or even understand it?

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    • The-Real-Enrico
      Posted on July 3, 2012 at 2:45am

      @FormerLEAcademyInstructor I guess (not to be insulting) most cop interact with, know, and know of are the people like you and your comrades.

      I always try to interact with, be kind and make friendly small talk a police when I can. but most I come across are bad, corrupt and also racist in my stomping grounds. I don’t know, I can only guess they are power drunk or self righteous fools.

      Ether way too many people on our side protects corrupt cops like the left protect bad teachers and corrupt politicians. What do we not understand about pubic unions?

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    • PATTY HENRY
      Posted on July 3, 2012 at 2:51am

      UNIONS again??? TIME FOR GUIDO…this hot-shot needs a taste of his own medicine. GOD only knows the tyranny he’s inflicted on those less able to take care of themselves with goons like this.

      Let me at him. ;)

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    • poorrichard09
      Posted on July 3, 2012 at 8:44am

      If they can’t fire him, arrest him add throw him in jail.

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    • battles
      Posted on July 3, 2012 at 9:18am

      “most Law Enforcement Agencys require at least an Associate degree” – This is not correct. The majority of agencies do not have this requirement. Many state police agencies have this requirement however.
      Did anyone see the series ‘Los Angeles Sheriff Boot Camp’ (I think that is what it was called)? After seeing that show, it proved that we are dealing with a bunch of complete ignoramuses when it comes to cops. The recruits that did make it through the training were dangerous enough, both to the public and themselves.
      The bad cop in this article will probably be set up to come across a really bad guy by God in the future. I saw this happen to a cop in Missouri. He had a reputation for being very nasty highway patrolman. He met his match when he stopped an explosive former criminal and got nasty with him. The criminal shot him and he can no longer walk or run properly. The cop is now a very bitter and nasty Missouri truck scale DOT officer.

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    • Nasado
      Posted on July 3, 2012 at 10:22am

      @freeberty
      Wow, you truly are an idiot. First you insult an individual who puts their life on the line each day to protect society and then you complain that you have to pay for the group that maintains a fairly orderly society. How stupid can you be? Are you really spisated enough to not realize how infintismal your mind must surly be from your statement? What a frikin moron you are. Liberals are dumb but you even put them to shame. Before all you idiots try to rack yous pathetic little minds for some “evil” cop statement realize this… there wer (as of 2009) there were 794,300 law enforcement officers employed in the US. You are really saying most of them are bad? Yeah, there are some bad ones but name one profession that does not have them? DO they get frustrated and short with people? Sure, but who can blame them when they have a thankless job dealing with the likes of many of the morons who have posted. My dad was a cop for 25 years and I have the highest respect for them. Unfortunately you imbecils little brains can’t process the “complex” idea that they are needed, they should be thanked for what they do, and your a buch of idiots. (As you can tell, I have no tolerence for those who recklessly attack cops)

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    • JONNYREB
      Posted on July 3, 2012 at 10:42am

      They made it illegal for good people to take out the trash when the trash finds them to create jobs for more trash.Good people don’t stand a chance,make a stand against evil and win and a greater evil will make you pay.Damed if you do Damed if you don’t.

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    • Dave of Tennessee
      Posted on July 3, 2012 at 12:54pm

      Sad is it may be, you have a point. Unions, cop or otherwise are champions of corruption and mediocrity. Despite denials, cop boses press for revenue in the form of questionable traffic tickets at the expense of real law enforcement. Too many cops have attitudes and way too many feel they are above the laws they enforce on others. You see it every single day.

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    • boncarbo7
      Posted on July 3, 2012 at 12:59pm

      I agree, things like this are because Unions will not police their members. We deserve better than to have police that are corrupt and the unions are protecting them, and they will continue to do so as long as the unions have that power, we don’t need unions, they have out lived their usefulness, shut them down.

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    • BryanB
      Posted on July 3, 2012 at 12:59pm

      @The-Real-Enrico

      “How can one enforce the law if one does not know or even understand it?”

      The question you really need to ask is, Why are Laws being writen that only a college educated person can understand ? The Laws of this country are for everyone, and everyone should be able to read the Laws and understand them.
      How did Law Enforcement uphold the Law 40 and 50 years ago ? And they did it without college.

      When I went into Law Enforcement they told me, “The only two thing a good Police Officer needs is a, good sense of humor and a hell of a lot of compassion.“ ”And God help you, if you lose your sence of humor.” The people in Law Enforcement today have no sence of humor or compassion at all. You see, I’m from the days when a Police Officer would take money from his own pocket to help someone. And Law Enforcement of today just doesn’t do that, unless there are News cameras to cover the story.
      And it distresses me to see something that I loved, degenarate to the point where I don’t even recognize it any longer…….

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    • Metalnat111
      Posted on July 3, 2012 at 3:41pm

      It’s seriously very HARD for me to accept the facts that i am still on Theblaze.com AKA a conservative site. As the comments on this video, are pretty Liberal wise. I mean, seriously……people? SERIOUSLY!?

      HEY! Word of advice. You hate Cops so much? Then as “Spasm” mentioned. Don‘t you dare to go around dialing 911 when you’ll be in deep crap. I guarantee you that you WILL DIAL 911 FASTER THAN YOU CAN SAY “YO” IF A GROUP OF THUGS are to harass you at gunpoint. And don‘t try to deny it as you’re feeling safe right now, behind your keyboard acting all tough, and whatnot. What you have experienced, seen, and such with police, is irrelevant at best. You guys wanna see what real crooked Cops are? Then it’s really that simple. GO DOWN TO MEXCO, for that matter. Heck, the drug cartels are the Cops down there, pretty much. So, go down to Mexico. Where there are pretty much no Cops ( As Cartels do controls part of Mexico). And i guarantee you that, your point of views on American Cops, will dramatically change.

      P.S

      The police, IS the reasons why you little whiners are able to sleep at night. You people, obviously don’t know what real crooked Cops, are.

      And now that we’re at it. Why not stooping down to Liberals intelligence quotient even more?… By claiming that each and every black guys are thugs\Muggers with a limited vocabulary? Why not go all the way on blacks just as much as you’re doing it so with the police? ( And i am black, by the way

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    • BryanB
      Posted on July 3, 2012 at 4:16pm

      @Metalnat111

      “I guarantee you that you WILL DIAL 911 FASTER THAN YOU CAN SAY “YO” IF A GROUP OF THUGS are to harass you at gunpoint.”

      I never call 911 anymore. I stoped that a long time ago.

      “You guys wanna see what real crooked Cops are? Then it’s really that simple. GO DOWN TO MEXICO,”

      I don’t need to go to Mexico, my Country Sheriff’s Department is “crooked” enough, thank you very much.

      “The police, IS the reasons why you little whiners are able to sleep at night”

      No, a Mossberg Model 500 is why I’m “able to sleep at night.”

      I hope you never get arrested by a Law Enforcement Officer that looks at you like, “You will beat the charge, but you will not beat the ride.” As they write a Probable Cause Affidavit (PCA) called, “It could have happened like that.”………..

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    • BenzinVasser
      Posted on July 3, 2012 at 6:33pm

      I agree with you whole hardheartedly, I was an officer and the only officers who gained rank were the ones who passed out 60+ traffic tickets a day (with exceptions to being related to high ranking officers). Try to take a traffic offense to court, the officer will not show up, the judge will tell you the state has the right to defend the charges….Second time same thing, by that time I missed 8 hours of work. They have become a revenue collecting agency. I have coworkers that have been on paper for over 10 years, they continually violate (according to AADP and/or others), without going into a long speech… to make it simple, if you have a job and they know they will be paid, they will do what ever they can to make you continue to pay. If you can not afford the 5 to 7 thousand dollars for a lawyer you will be kept in the system for as long as they can get away with. You will pay the courts whether through penalties or lawyers and it begins with the police, they are the tools for theft.

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    • black9897
      Posted on July 3, 2012 at 9:31pm

      If you want ways to defend against these criminals who steal money, check out marcstevens.net

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    • 10-32inIdaho
      Posted on July 4, 2012 at 11:18am

      I wll say it again,do not generalize. This guy belongs in prison as well as all those in his administration for allowing this to continue (he has stripes and a job that is their fault they sold out to the it is cheaper to keep him and not pay for the law suit arguement). He can collect his pension in prison. 60K a year buys a lot of candy bars to buy off his cell mate. BUT I beg everyone to find a good cop that cares and does the right things for the right reasons and never gets noticed. Don’t ya think they see this and feel like they got punched in the stomach? Reward good behavior with praise, punish bad but do not just sit there and type your B**ch! Make a difference. Cops are just people.

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    • 10-32inIdaho
      Posted on July 4, 2012 at 11:31am

      As I read he posts and see the comments about Law Enforcement Officers, I can’t help but wonder what people expect. Many statements on hiring standards, fair enough. What is the root of the problem? I think IMHO what type of person would subject themselves to a life of service to people like you folks posting? Give up holidays, real lives, normal schedules and normal lives to serve a bunch of whiney az zes that do not want them until they need them then it’s what took you so long. You guys are the problem not the police. Go to a resteraunt and treat your waiter like garbage and what service would you expect? You may get good because the person serving is a better person than you, but eventually you will get what you deserve. After time you will get power hungry badge heavy types that will take advantage. So really who’s to blame? Excuse me while I go find a good person who is a cop and thank them for their domestic service!

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    • 10-32inIdaho
      Posted on July 4, 2012 at 11:50am

      @BRYAB – I want you to know there are still guys like that in the force. Second, that is the problem, your moel 500 and you are locked in the bedroom instead of outside bringing light onto the problems. You are the worst kind, while I want to thank you for your service, when did it stop? Did it have to? Make the difference now that you should have then. I will not give up! I have faith. I have been treated poorly, given crap assignments, etc. and I do it all with a smile! I do it because the young recruits always ask how and I want to be the reason they make the right decision someday. I WANT to be the example they can follow. I always tell them WE run this place tomorrow and when you EARN your position of influence use it to correct the behaviors of others you supervise. For now correct yourself.

      Second reason, there is some satisfaction in an administrator not able to look you in the eye because they were wrong and know it. I have resolve, do you?

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    • BryanB
      Posted on July 4, 2012 at 11:05pm

      @10-32inIdaho

      Let me see if I can address some of your issues.
      First of all Law Enforcement is not a secret society, they work for the people, even though 99.9% of the time Law Enforcement believes they only work for the government, and not accountable to anyone. And citizens complaints are never welcomed.
      In order for anything to get better, light must be put on those problems.

      Most good Law Enforcment Officers tend to hide, they don’t want to hob-nob with the rank and file cops, usually you will find them in jobs like Crime Prevention, School Resource Officer, Criminalistics Officer, Marine Unit, and in Patrol if the Law Enforcement Agency is large enough. The reason why good Law Enforcement Officers don’t want to work with others, is because they don’t want to have to cover-up for anyone, they don’t want to be put in a position to have perjure themselves, make a false report or see something they may have to lie about, so they work in job where the only person accountable is themself.

      If you are a good LEO, and you want to keep working with other LEO’s, then cover yourself well. I used to carry a tape-recorder that would activate when I would take my ink-pen out of my pocket, and I checked my Black and White really good before I hit my beat. Because if your good and honest, the others are going to become afraid of you, and their are more of them then there are of you…….

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  • NealPatrick
    Posted on July 2, 2012 at 9:12pm

    Being a cop is being in a gang, it’s that simple. The Leave it to Beaver notion of the good, neighborhood policeman you can trust was over long ago.

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    • Secret Squirrel
      Posted on July 2, 2012 at 9:37pm

      .
      Rest assured that after a busy shift of beating up civilians,
      they go home and beat their wife and kids.

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    • PiratePhil
      Posted on July 2, 2012 at 9:49pm

      Law Enforcement is the largest, most powerful, corrupt GANG on the planet. Or as some call them, the alphabetical members of organized crime !!

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    • spasm
      Posted on July 2, 2012 at 10:11pm

      please never dial 9-1-1 for any police assistance then if you have such a low opinion of them.

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    • DoGooder
      Posted on July 3, 2012 at 12:41am

      Are you people really this clueless? Twenty years a cop and I saw people do things to each other that you can’t even imagine. Take your head out of Obamas keister and see a real world.

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    • The-Real-Enrico
      Posted on July 3, 2012 at 2:30am

      @spasm What part of the country do live in?

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    • Shasta
      Posted on July 3, 2012 at 8:47pm

      @Neal, we should not fall for absolutes as easy as your statement suggests. I for one believe that most copys are great. I have had great experiences where I called 911 for help. I also had one experience where the cop was a jerk, and tried to trick me into admitting I was under the influence, which I was not. The cop informed me that if I was on meth or crack, my perception of time would be greatly scewed. So he had me close my eyes, count to sixty out loud, and to stop when I thought a minute had gone by. I did as he asked and he then informed me that I was shy by over 30 seconds and invited me to rethink my claim of innocence. Thankfully, there were bystanders, many of whom shoulted that the cop lied, and i was actually over a minute by a couple of seconds. The cop was furious, but left shortly after. Do I think he represented all cops? No! But I do think that their union affiliations cause some huge problems.

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    • 10-32inIdaho
      Posted on July 4, 2012 at 11:57am

      @DOGOODER yes they are clueless because GOOD cops have done such a fantastic job they have no idea. None. Zero. I would bet only good cops spend the time to read each of these posts, we take it to heart. Cops know what they are up against. People are so mad about the laws enforced. NEWS FLASH the police do not write the laws.

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  • KidCharlemagne
    Posted on July 2, 2012 at 9:09pm

    In general, this is yet another example (in a long line of them) of why the state of Florida is an emerging police state:

    ———————————————
    Day 1: Cops crash often, ticketed rarely
    By Rene Stutzman and Scott Powers, Orlando Sentinel
    11:55 p.m. EST, February 11, 2012

    “Every day, about 20 Florida police cars crash into something: another vehicle, a person, a utility pole. Every year, those crashes kill 20 people, hurt 2,400 others and cause $25 million in property damage, an Orlando Sentinel investigation has found.

    The Sentinel analyzed five years of Florida vehicle-crash data — 1.6 million crashes — to determine how often Florida law-enforcement officers crash while in department vehicles and how often they’re at fault.

    About 7,400 crashes a year involve cops. In one out of every four, they’re at least partially to blame, and they seldom are ticketed, the data revealed.

    In fact, though average drivers receive citations if they are at fault in crashes more than 64 percent of the time, officers are cited less than 11 percent of the time.”
    http://articles.orlandosentinel.com/2012-02-11/news/os-police-car-crashes-totals-mainbar-20120211_1_officers-crash-cops-crash-officer-mark-maupin

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    • spasm
      Posted on July 2, 2012 at 10:15pm

      Here is a little fyi for you pocket lawyers. If an LEO, Cop, does not witness a traffic crash you can not be issued a citation for it. It is in case law. Most cops still issue tickets because they, we, are not fluent in case law only statuary and constitutional law. Judges will throw out tickets received in a crash if a cop does not witness it or is not an expert in crash reconstruction. blah blah, cops can do things I can’t. Can citizens in Florida open carry a weapon. Nope. Just more fuel to complain about….

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    • The_Cabrito_Goat
      Posted on July 3, 2012 at 12:38pm

      Spasm, we just ask that cops follow the laws they uphold. That’s all.

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  • scrudge
    Posted on July 2, 2012 at 9:02pm

    Ah Yes…. oBAMAS body guard

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  • freeberty
    Posted on July 2, 2012 at 9:01pm

    Cops are just part of a welfare benefits program, so the same type of people who live in section 8 are the same type who make up your local police department. If it wasn‘t for the massive influx of federal dollars to local and state police these people wouldn’t be able to get a job.

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    • spasm
      Posted on July 2, 2012 at 10:16pm

      you just laughable. ever know a cop other than tv or the news? Please do not use the 9-1-1 system and free up the lines for people that do not wear tinfoil hats..

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    • The-Real-Enrico
      Posted on July 3, 2012 at 3:15am

      @spasm I wouldn’t generalize it like it was stated above but do and he is not that for off in my local area. The substance of what he is saying is true. Not all cops are bad but all bad cops are protected by people like you and the public unions and friends.

      If you are or were one of the good cops then thank you and keep being that person. That is if you were a cop.?

      I have personal have called the cops after have been attacked a bipolar women who was a acquaintance that I only knew for a week. Who then threatened kill me and kill in my sleep and the police turn on me when didn’t not even do anything to provoke her behavior or even interact with her.

      Shoot, I didn’t even do much to defend myself besides bear hug her to restrain her arms so someone could call the police after long minutes of being assaulted and attacked. I had multiple witnesses and was still bullied, intimidated threatened of being arrested without any grounds.

      I should deal with dumb ass people who happen to be cops who abuse there power. They are suppose to protect and SERVE. You know as public servant. This is only one small issue I have come across in my local area.

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    • 10-32inIdaho
      Posted on July 4, 2012 at 12:01pm

      Hey ENRICO why don’t you sign up?

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  • mattintexas
    Posted on July 2, 2012 at 8:58pm

    And this is why I do not trust cops. You never know when the one your dealing with is good or not. What a shame because cops actually have a very important role in our society.

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    • Agnes
      Posted on July 2, 2012 at 9:38pm

      Personally speaking, I can tell you that from experience, you cannot trust a cop!

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  • Constructionist
    Posted on July 2, 2012 at 8:47pm

    Thank God there won’t be any problems like this after the government and unions seize control of the health care system.

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  • Magyar
    Posted on July 2, 2012 at 8:43pm

    This guy is the next Drew Petterson!

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  • YallComeBack
    Posted on July 2, 2012 at 8:40pm

    his was the only line that mattered to me….

    “He was expelled from police academy twice and fired from two other departments before joining the Opa-locka force.”

    Sounds like the stupid town got what they deserved for hiring him in the first place.

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    • antisocialist
      Posted on July 2, 2012 at 9:43pm

      Not only that, they promoted him to Sgt. Go figure.

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    • mareseb
      Posted on July 3, 2012 at 2:58pm

      That’s the problem, the public have gotten so complacent that they aren’t even aware of what goes on in their own community so they get what they deserve.
      Having said that, it’s not always easy to tell if a politician, a police officer, a mayor, or whoever working for the community is going to turn out to be bad later on. Once they’re caught though, there shouldn’t be any second chances.
      And as an aside, it turns out that TSA screeners…..who are nothing more than a person in a uniform masquerading as law enforcement with zero training in law enforcement…..are being hired even though it’s known they are sex offenders, child pornographers, rapists, thieves, and criminals in general. So it gets back to the people who hire these misfits in the first place. Psychological screening should be done with a thorough background check before they’re hired. This goes for cops too.
      So whether anyone on here is a cop…..these comments shouldn’t bother you one iota if you have a clear conscience, because NO ONE on here is lambasting decent, honest cops. In fact you should be just as outraged as civilians when you hear about, or witness a rogue cop on the force.

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  • feverpitch
    Posted on July 2, 2012 at 8:39pm

    I don’t know if the guy is good or bad. Someone else can decide that. But I will tell you this. I have no problem with the guy slapping the 16 year old punk for the confrontation with his mom. I would have given the guy a medal and a raise if he had beat the living sh*t out of the kid. If we raised our kids “old school” the prison population would be smaller. No, I don’t really care what anyone else thinks, so save your breath.

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  • BryanB
    Posted on July 2, 2012 at 8:36pm

    The press has been doing stories on this guy here in Florida for years.

    The one thing this article doesn’t mention, is his long criminal record he had before he was a cop. Also the article barely scratches surface on how corrupt The Florida Department of Law Enforcement’s Criminal Justice Standards and Training Commission is. If the Law Enforcement Agency that brings charges against a LEO (Law Enforcement Officer) and the Agency has a Union. Standards and Training Commission will not discipline the LEO……

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    • Bruce P.
      Posted on July 2, 2012 at 9:55pm

      This reeks of union interference and corruption.

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    • taxpro4u03
      Posted on July 3, 2012 at 9:43pm

      True. But it is the CITIZEN‘s responsibility to ’know the law’ — as well and the remedies available to hold public AGENTS (foreign, all the way up the chain – right down to the desk clerk) to account. You won‘t hear about these ’case laws’ because the people who STAND (without lawyers — their FIRST duty is to the court) because they never make it into the public record or into the media — they are settled ‘out of court’ :-) — CAVEAT… make damn shore you as the citizen are RIGHT. Civil Rights lawsuits are FEDERAL lawsuits and the knife cuts both ways. ‘Frivolous dismissals’ is a tactic many judges use to ‘assume’ they are correct… Case law, once appealed will remand the case BACK for review. Citizens must understand that the ‘rule of law’ only applies when INVOKED… otherwise, the ‘system’ assumes it is correct. Rebut that assumption with FACTS (case law) – and the charge crumbles, particularly when its only about MONEY. ‘Be nice.‘ Speak softly and ’carry a big stick’ – “Knowledge.” — Obey ALL commands by ‘enforcement.’ — resistance is futile. Better yet — never put yourself in a position in which you would need to invoke that knowledge….

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  • BrianL
    Posted on July 2, 2012 at 8:34pm

    Ah… the blissful chemistry of government and Unions. Only when put together can we experience the symphony that this story truly is :)

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  • Elena2010
    Posted on July 2, 2012 at 8:30pm

    Forget fired. Why is this guy not in jail?

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    • randy
      Posted on July 2, 2012 at 9:30pm

      My thoughts EXACTLY!

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    • pamela kay
      Posted on July 3, 2012 at 2:42am

      ELENA2010, That‘s what I don’t understand. This is unacceptable and wrong on so many levels. The Unions are out of control and will be a big part of BHO’s re-election. I am worried and hope that it doesn’t happen in November. There are so many Union members who will vote for BHO to keep their benefits, job security and salaries. Never giving a second thought to the cost to their own country, or to their children and grandchildren’s future. Greed and corruption has taken over in our country.

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  • GoodStuff
    Posted on July 2, 2012 at 8:25pm

    Aren’t public unions wonderful!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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  • v15
    Posted on July 2, 2012 at 8:25pm

    I know Glenn loves to step up for cops but that’s where he and I differ. I don’t trust most cops. I swear they are trained to see the bad in not just the career criminal but in the law-abiding citizen as well! The stereotypes didn’t arise from myths.

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    • JediKnight
      Posted on July 2, 2012 at 8:50pm

      Glenn steps up for most cops. This cop is obviously a “dirt bag”.

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    • spasm
      Posted on July 2, 2012 at 10:20pm

      AGGIEBREWER

      when you cant attack the argument you attack the one making it. i didnt capitalize nutin and forget, left out puckshuation just to mess with you..

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  • DetritusScreener
    Posted on July 2, 2012 at 8:24pm

    While I was a police officer, I never once saw any offer I ever worked with ever do anything I didn’t think was legitimate. I know there is “BAD COPS” but for every one of them, there is a thousand “GOOD COPS” that you will never hear anything about unless something bad happens.

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    • kalli
      Posted on July 2, 2012 at 8:48pm

      I agree with you that there are more good cops than bad ones. Unfortunately, you’re right…it’s the bad ones that give the good ones a bad rap. I am one who appreciates what our military, police and firemen do every day. They all are a strong part of what makes America great. These past 3.5 years have brought to view an even greater danger that cops face, and that is the militant groups forming within our borders…black panthers, al queda, and union thugs. And to top it all off, our top cop, eric holder, gives the entire justice system a bad name. It leaves a bad taste in citizens’ mouths.

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    • aggiebrewer
      Posted on July 2, 2012 at 8:54pm

      DETRITUSSCREENER…
      You might want to look into subject / verb agreement.

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    • acidovorax
      Posted on July 2, 2012 at 9:00pm

      Det, IMO, its the other way around: 99% of cops give the 1% a bad name. I realize that the majority are NOT acting as egregiously as this officer, but its the silence of the other officers that make them complicit. Police, like all groups, are motivated by self-interest. While many regard this officer as out of control, they realize that to rock the boat can lead to personal retaliation from the “brotherhood” or they themselves don’t wish attention to be drawn to such acts because they bend the rules now and again. The egotistical, power-trippin jackboot is not a stereotype for nothing.

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    • chazmo
      Posted on July 2, 2012 at 9:54pm

      I think that number is down to 100 to 1.. Maybe even lower. It’s sad. Frankly distrust amongst the communities is real.

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    • ChuckJ
      Posted on July 2, 2012 at 10:00pm

      To Acid
      Do you really think that every police officer knows when there is a bad police officer in the room? There is no spider sense for bad cops. If you do not work with someone then you will never know except for rumors. People are correct when they say the bad cop will make the news and the good cop will be over looked. Yesterday Fox reported that a state trooper died saving 2 kids, and today more people are talking about this loser than the officer who died saving ther 2 kids. Bad news sells more than good news and bad cops make better headlines. I am not saying there are not bad cops, but most are good who go out into the night to answer calls for barking dogs to disasters like 911. We should be thankful there are police out there ready to stand in the breach and stand behind them when we find a bad cop. And as for being taught to look for only the bad? What do you expect when you spend 8 to 10 hours seeing the underside of a city and then you read the nice comments that fellow citizens leave for them in articles like this one. Nothing is nicer for an officer than to tell him/her that you appreciate their work. You could let them see that the city is not all bad and you could see that not all police are bad.

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    • acidovorax
      Posted on July 3, 2012 at 1:34am

      Chuck, your argument is sycophantic. Yeah, there is no “spidey sense” because in the real world, people tend to have some knowledge of the bad apples in the groups they frequent. And as I stated, it doesn’t have to be flagrant violations of power, simply the turning a blind eye to just abuses, that makes them complicit. The police, as an agency of government, is granted a monopoly on force and because the system has the flaw of self-policing, there is a real moral hazard of incentivizing abuses of power. Even when such abuses are made public, we still must deal with the sycophants who praise every action of the police and contrive infringements of law towards the victims. Hell, some just come out and condone abuses because of the nature of their job.

      No, unlike many, I have no trust in the police, not because I believe every officer is out to get me, but because I DON’T know anything about the officer(s) that I may meet up with and the system has their hands on the scales tilting it in their favor. Reason.com and Cato.org have at least a story a day of police misconduct. People just want to lie to themselves that it’s rare, because then they don’t have to rethink everything they have been led to believe might not be true.

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  • 338lapua
    Posted on July 2, 2012 at 8:21pm

    Hemp Rope Futures……..

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  • JUSTANOTHEROPINION
    Posted on July 2, 2012 at 8:20pm

    Maybe it’s getting time for Govenor Scott to get involved. Also public sector unions need to be cassed to the wayside. With all the laws protecting labor now they are an un-necessary dinosaur.

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    • Magyar
      Posted on July 2, 2012 at 8:42pm

      OMG…cassed? CAST!!!!!!!

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    • GENEPAGLIARI
      Posted on July 2, 2012 at 9:32pm

      @MAYGAR-
      Glad you were able to figure that one out. I was perplexed and bewildered ’til I read your reply.

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  • Optimist4now
    Posted on July 2, 2012 at 8:18pm

    Another glaring example of why unions have no place in public sector jobs. The police, the sanitation workers, the teachers and other public sector union leaches should be put back in the reality game and not allowed to hold the private sector hostage for their pay and benefits.

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  • Individualism
    Posted on July 2, 2012 at 8:17pm

    cops? you mean terrorists they make up most of them around the world. i can’t wait till the public rises up against them and defend their neighbors against them but i think it will take an attempt at gun confiscation for that to happen.

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  • ProPatriaVigilans
    Posted on July 2, 2012 at 8:16pm

    what else is new. Never met a good one. All cops are bully’s with power. Protect yourselves at all times and never talk to a cop. Not even one off duty, anything you say can be used against you, it can not be used to help you. So shut up and say nothing ever to a cop.

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    • The-Real-Enrico
      Posted on July 3, 2012 at 4:56am

      Don’t for snitches are bitches and bitches get stitches? Is that how the saying goes? I know that model have done wonders for urban and black communities. Right? Stop snitching! Yeah!!!

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  • Personalforrest
    Posted on July 2, 2012 at 8:14pm

    Yeah, what do you expect, he’s union…

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  • lukerw
    Posted on July 2, 2012 at 8:11pm

    ‘Whom will protect us from the Guards that we employ to Protect us?’

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  • Andy Cooper
    Posted on July 2, 2012 at 8:11pm

    Can he be prosecuted? Throw him in jail.

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    • chazmo
      Posted on July 2, 2012 at 9:58pm

      If we had the rule of law, yes he can.. but, today i’m not so sure…

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  • Paul
    Posted on July 2, 2012 at 8:09pm

    He’s a modern day cop , what do you expect, most are not your friend…

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    • DetritusScreener
      Posted on July 2, 2012 at 8:19pm

      For every “BAD COP” there is thousands of really “GOOD COPS” you never here anything about.

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    • Sicboy
      Posted on July 2, 2012 at 8:19pm

      I second that opinion. Not all, but a lot of cops will lie in a heart beat to make a case. In the last 4 or 5 years there has been at least 4 Fort worth cops fired for some type of criminal activity. Probably more, I;m going easy on them.

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    • jonhova
      Posted on July 2, 2012 at 8:36pm

      @ DetritusScreener

      Although that is true, where are all those good cops siding with the public against the bad ones????

      Blue wall of silence. Us against them.

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    • Paul
      Posted on July 2, 2012 at 9:37pm

      @jonhova

      Thank You.

      For the others who commented, I have known many in law enforcement (Myself being on the right side of the law) and I know what I’m saying…

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    • cous1933
      Posted on July 2, 2012 at 10:02pm

      I‘ve said this many times on The Blaze and I know I’m wasting my time but I’ll say it again. I have been a cop for 27 years and no one dislikes bad cops more than good cops do. The Blaze articles that expose these bad cops are a perfect example of how these idiots make us all look bad.
      I fully realize that there are bad cops. I want every single one of them fired and prosecuted if that is appropriate. I also know that police unions make that extremely difficult. I am no fan of labor unions and as soon as my state becomes a right to work state I will be the first out of the union.
      Again I know I’m wasting my time, but the fact is there are many cops who are good, honest, hard-working, and have no desire to bother anyone who isn’t hurting someone else, and have absolutely no use for bad cops.

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    • The-Real-Enrico
      Posted on July 3, 2012 at 3:37am

      @cous1933 I feel for you all that are like you but we must shine the light on these corrupt police men as long as their there. To prompt action to break up these corrupt public police unions that protect bad cops aka criminals.

      It is not attack on cops or the police. It is call to action to up hold the law to stop bad cops, corrupt police and their unions that protect them.

      We cheer good cops but shine the light on the shine the light on the corrupt. Like the politician or the school teacher. Unless you want protect the corrupt which then you also became apart of the problem.

      Reasonable?

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