Comments on: Really? I’ll Look Into It! http://tcextra.com/terrycowgill/2006/12/07/really-ill-look-into-it/ The View From Connecticut's Northwest Corner Sat, 22 Nov 2008 06:50:18 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: Janet Manko http://tcextra.com/terrycowgill/2006/12/07/really-ill-look-into-it/#comment-2218 Janet Manko Sun, 10 Dec 2006 14:50:34 +0000 http://tcextra.com/terrycowgill/2006/12/07/really-ill-look-into-it/#comment-2218 Pick up the paper this week to read an editorial that discusses this topic in more depth. Pick up the paper this week to read an editorial that discusses this topic in more depth.

]]> By: Terry http://tcextra.com/terrycowgill/2006/12/07/really-ill-look-into-it/#comment-2193 Terry Sat, 09 Dec 2006 22:46:34 +0000 http://tcextra.com/terrycowgill/2006/12/07/really-ill-look-into-it/#comment-2193 Here's an example of what I'm talking about. Congress <a target="_blank" href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/12/08/AR2006120800908.html" rel="nofollow">investigates itself</a>. Here’s an example of what I’m talking about. Congress investigates itself.

]]> By: fred http://tcextra.com/terrycowgill/2006/12/07/really-ill-look-into-it/#comment-2147 fred Fri, 08 Dec 2006 20:28:37 +0000 http://tcextra.com/terrycowgill/2006/12/07/really-ill-look-into-it/#comment-2147 at times when i see stories of crooked and corrupt cops.. I look the <a href="http://www.timesunion.com/archives/summarylist.asp?DBQUERY=John+Shakeshaft&DBLIST=allpub%5Falbanytu&SORT=d%3Ah&NITEMS=25&qtype=q_string&action=Search&outputtype=XSLT&papid=albanytu&view=rtemplate&templatetype=legacy" rel="nofollow">albany times union archives</a>, an see snippets of ploice repots where my uncle, a former NY State trooper, worked to make New York safer.. from stopping drug dealers... to joining the national guard after 9/11.. even being injured on duty. Like I said before.. most of the cops are heros. the bad ones just ruin it for the bunch. at times when i see stories of crooked and corrupt cops.. I look the albany times union archives, an see snippets of ploice repots where my uncle, a former NY State trooper, worked to make New York safer.. from stopping drug dealers… to joining the national guard after 9/11.. even being injured on duty.

Like I said before.. most of the cops are heros. the bad ones just ruin it for the bunch.

]]> By: Paul Henrici http://tcextra.com/terrycowgill/2006/12/07/really-ill-look-into-it/#comment-2134 Paul Henrici Fri, 08 Dec 2006 14:54:14 +0000 http://tcextra.com/terrycowgill/2006/12/07/really-ill-look-into-it/#comment-2134 Having experienced first hand the lying and manipulating of Troop B officers when my stepson was involved in a very serious auto accident, I can say this doesn't surprise me at all. Either the State Police training is insufficient, or the personality traits of individuals choosing the profession should be looked at more carefully. I am reminded of a lawsuit brought against the state of CT by an applicant some years ago because he was turned down for being "too smart". We should also remember the HARASSMENT that Mark Laretano's wife Kathy (also a Trooper), endured when she questioned some police "maneuvering". Having experienced first hand the lying and manipulating of Troop B officers when my stepson was involved in a very serious auto accident, I can say this doesn’t surprise me at all. Either the State Police training is insufficient, or the personality traits of individuals choosing the profession should be looked at more carefully. I am reminded of a lawsuit brought against the state of CT by an applicant some years ago because he was turned down for being “too smart”.
We should also remember the HARASSMENT that Mark Laretano’s wife Kathy (also a Trooper), endured when she questioned some police “maneuvering”.

]]> By: Marshall Miles http://tcextra.com/terrycowgill/2006/12/07/really-ill-look-into-it/#comment-2133 Marshall Miles Fri, 08 Dec 2006 13:26:59 +0000 http://tcextra.com/terrycowgill/2006/12/07/really-ill-look-into-it/#comment-2133 This is one of the more "scary" stories in a while. Any business, nevermind a police agency, needs the checks and balances of a body of its peers to investigate internal problems. A polcie depatment out of control is just about as bad a a gang of thugs. Marshall This is one of the more “scary” stories in a while. Any business, nevermind a police agency, needs the checks and balances of a body of its peers to investigate internal problems.

A polcie depatment out of control is just about as bad a a gang of thugs.

Marshall

]]> By: Terry http://tcextra.com/terrycowgill/2006/12/07/really-ill-look-into-it/#comment-2109 Terry Fri, 08 Dec 2006 02:15:04 +0000 http://tcextra.com/terrycowgill/2006/12/07/really-ill-look-into-it/#comment-2109 I wasn't working in CT at the time (though I was living here) but it's my recollection there's a lot of evidence Trooper Mark Lauretano was the victim of an internal investigation motivated more by "internal" politics and 1st amendment issues than getting at the truth. So Fred S, I think you are right, the Lauretano case is probably another one that proves my point. I should have done some additional research and mentioned it in the post. Thanks for the reminder. <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.firstamendmentcenter.org/news.aspx?id=14148" rel="nofollow">Click here</a> for a refresher on the Lauretano case. I wasn’t working in CT at the time (though I was living here) but it’s my recollection there’s a lot of evidence Trooper Mark Lauretano was the victim of an internal investigation motivated more by “internal” politics and 1st amendment issues than getting at the truth. So Fred S, I think you are right, the Lauretano case is probably another one that proves my point. I should have done some additional research and mentioned it in the post. Thanks for the reminder.

Click here for a refresher on the Lauretano case.

]]> By: fred http://tcextra.com/terrycowgill/2006/12/07/really-ill-look-into-it/#comment-2108 fred Fri, 08 Dec 2006 02:02:23 +0000 http://tcextra.com/terrycowgill/2006/12/07/really-ill-look-into-it/#comment-2108 wasn't it an "internal investigation" that had salisbury's resident trooper suspended without pay for excersizing his right to free speech? And it took a long court battle to get him vindicated? Maybe I am grasping at straws. That case was long before I moved to the area. All I know if it is was what I read in the archives. In my expirence it is the good police officers that get their name tarnished because of these things. wasn’t it an “internal investigation” that had salisbury’s resident trooper suspended without pay for excersizing his right to free speech? And it took a long court battle to get him vindicated?

Maybe I am grasping at straws. That case was long before I moved to the area. All I know if it is was what I read in the archives. In my expirence it is the good police officers that get their name tarnished because of these things.

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