How a troubled Michigan cop moved from department to department, leaving scandal in his wake 

CHARGE the one that PERJURED himself!

This is what happens when states don't have a state agency that controls police training certification & investigation..

@solodad7999 This is what happens when revolution is overdue

I agree, however, don't these towns/cities have a HR Department, or hire an unbiased outside agency to conduct background checks...right ?!?

Blame the system

If I was harassed by the officer I would get a hold of either the chief or the mayor's office

Happens all the damn time

@@jonahkasiborski1472 great !! So the police can investigate themselves ?

just one?

@@technodrone313 it can be any.

Nobody cares. I don’t mean that condescendingly i mean that realistically. There are plenty of corrupt cops in police departments, all across the states. ppl only care when it affects them. it’s an unfortunate situation because these professions should be held with the upmost integrity.

@@drehot118*Utmost, not Upmost

​@@drehot118true but it's happening so much now everyone is catching on

Smfh this a set up plain and simple

​@@originallonewolf6643How is this a "set up"?

He is a cop

The more you arrest cops the more people stop seeing them as law and order. So they allow them to get away with crimes to preserve the idea they are the good guys. They are not.

I don't care if he's a cop. His position as a cop does not justify breaking the law! If anything, his position is to be made as an example of the Law. Our town taxes should not pay for hypocrites! 🤬.

Professional immunity And it needs to go All those in the law profession police, lawyers and judges etc need to be made to take personal responsibility for their behaviour and not hide behind immunity If there’s no personal consequences for bad behaviour, it will continue and in fact, get worse and that is what we’re seeing now

@@gc4161I get you are saying he got away because he is a dirty cop

It drives me crazy when they do that!

I said basically the same thing 👍🏻

a thug in blue with a badge

Troubled gentlemen!!@ wtf😮😮

Pirate

Why, Gov Synder poisoned Flint and still no charges?

@@user-ss8iy2to6t When did he do that?

The reason they don't is POLICE UNIONS will SUE over any kind of firing no matter what & IF they are able to get away or win their case it becomes a HUGE HEADACHE & Liability with that city/town..NOT to mention they DON'T want the NEGATIVE press reflected badly on their departments...it's frankly easier for them to just let the person resign & its not their problem anymore........... IT'S ABSOLUTELY abhorrent & nothing WILL EVER change until POLICE lose their QUALIFIED IMMUNITY & are PROHIBITED from investigate themselves when they commit unlawful acts.

I suspect it's because with a resignation they don't have to worry about retaliation from the police union

Police are inherently cowards and it takes courage sometimes to fire someone.

Agree professional immunity has to go

Yes. Apply it to DAs and Judges who don't prosecute criminals who then go on to commit another crime. Probably should apply it to gov officials and legislators too.

Starting with the Ebay/car scheme...

Because then you can't see the evil the rest of the cops do

Thin blue line gang…

Because the chiefs know he'll bring down the rest of them. They don't act alone.

A righty thinks for the system not the individual. A righty will almost always conform to the system and cave in to authority. They're not so keen on our individual civil rights in courts either. Go vote 2024! This is human nature and is as old as time itself. Strength minded get in line with the system vs lefties that stick up for the individual. If you see this someday it was worth the explanation.

Exactly. Where is the actual accountability?

The story of a white man. Live life with impunity. There is no accountability what so ever.

The system gave him a coat and a different hat and a ride down the road to the next town. They knew he was a bad apple and gave him a pass.

Just like many others in power. P Diddy

@@ronpetroski7203 you dumb F, Diddy is wealthy. You can't compare him to basic white cop, or can you?

Ya, the cop needs to go to jail and every person that was tasked with doing a thorough background check on the guy before hiring him needs to be fired for incompetency. They put the public in danger.

e174..The thin blue line needs to be renamed: The Huge Blue Eraser!

🙈😄😂 really

And there is the problem in one line.

The thin blue line 😂

Most important journalism is local journalism Not that corporate media crap they spew…….

@@olyokievery true. If your local news station is owned be Sinclair, you’re not getting news.

Sadly, you are 100% correct. Sinclair has become a criminal organization. They have a problem with the truth!

@@Fuzzypotato2 sinclair is dirty, but so are all the rest. even pbs has been known to be biased and dishonest.

@@Fuzzypotato2 Or fux, nbc, cbs, abc, cnn…….if its corporate……..it is shite. Now You Know

Indeed!!

There is no such thing. If they had one they would be held accountable. Can't have that!

Agreed. I think that they should be livestreaming while on duty with the exception of restroom breaks. Any member of the public should be able to access their camera/profile while they're on duty and see what the officer is doing.

Exactly that's tampering with evidence.

@@victorcoleman949that is a terrible idea that would lead to the lowest morale possible and officers not doing anything. You would see the shortage of officers only become worse.

Qualified immunity makes them practically above the law

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂 There's bad cops, doesn't mean the whole system is bad. You like stereotypes and bias I see.

Naw, he's friends with the "city attorney".in my town he runs city hall,from the mayor,thru council..sad

Not in their eyes if you know what I mean 🤬

I don't care if he's a cop or who he has "ties to". His position as a cop does not justify breaking the law! If anything, his position is to be made as an example of the Law. Our town taxes should not pay for these hypocrites! 🤬

@@lotusluciditys3rdrealm It all falls on .attorney, of that district..to seek prosecution?.maybe ur area is Clean; good luck

Bad DA in that county!

Exsactly

Exactly, worse yet there's a sizeable portion of Authoritarian Americans who either think there's no problem, or who actually like when the cops are brutal

It’s not just America, crooked cops and crooked chiefs in every country

If it’s not chief after chief “giving chances” to obviously bent officers, it’s the police union getting them re-instated. Citizens are just cattle now, soon youre asked to love the abuse.

@@post-leftludditeit’s gunna get a lot worse for you leftoids real soon.

That Blue Line they live by is a division line between them and citizens. It’s nothing a buddy club that citizens pay for.

Right on!!

how often do we see bad behavior described as 'crazy' when jerk is more appropriate. crazy can't be helped.

It's they own color

Don’t just blame the cop but blame society and these blue lives matter people that insist on pushing this mentality that you need to support every cop. Some of these guys are dirty more than the criminals on the streets and should not just be supported blindly. You need to actually look at them individually just like you would look at any person individually. The fact he can get job/ after jobs in different city is exactly the problem with policing and why they’re filled with bad cops. Once you’re fired as a cop for incidents this serious you should never be able to work as a cop anywhere in this country.

Why is that? You got some super power or whack job ideology that cops are some how a perfect place for employment? Ever see Suoer Troopers, the movie? That is exactly what real police departments are like. It's smoke & mirrors and a great snow job on citizens.

A good cop would never be fired for standing up to a group of bad ones, eh? *Comment is very assuming.*

Most prior employers will simply confirm that a person was a previous employee. Unless there is a disqualifying criminal conviction you won't find officers like this prevented from moving on to a new employer when they simply resign from their previous job

One would assume that should be the standard.

Good. But INADEQUATE. Permanent, ACCURATE NATIONWIDE DATABASE needs tp be maintained and updated regularly.

thin blue line gang

Criminals don't trust hiring honest citizens.

the thin blue line of conspiracy - back the blue until they do it to you - FTP

Most they all guilty! Disband it all ……..Helter Skelter

And that's exactly why there's no such thing as a "good cop", because literally every cop alive is guilty of doing absolutely nothing about the corrupt cops rights next to them

shiet than go be an officer urself then. u act like regullar folks aint corrupt either

@@billylee4460 yooo. You seriously defending this dude? Yikes bro.. Bootlickers are werid...

@billylee4450 they’re officers & get sworn under oath to protect & serve the community from harm or wrongdoing. Big difference

​@@billylee4460 Billy, what's your badge # 🧐

I agree !

True, so many covered for him and The Blue Gang Culture perpetuates this bad behavior.

@@10thmt87 They asked him to retire, when he deserved to be fired, and they falsified forms. The Thin Blue Line strikes again.

I find it troubling that so many officers are dishonest and corrupt. From the too down.

100th like 🎉

He got hired because he’s white duh.

👍🏼 ..150th like 😆 🎉

Imagine what they could do about criminals if they weren't bigots and shills.

The problem with the thin blue line is that it has gotten so thin that it doesn’t even exist anymore.

​​@@DrakeSmith-tn6ijgood Let citizens police ghemselves.

He was never fired. He resigned before that ever happened which happens all the time with bad cops. He is one out of thousands of bad cops that do this.

It depends on what they were fired for.

The chiefs know that, that’s why they ALLOW them to resign, so they don’t have the stigma of having been fired, this way the corrupt officer can still be rehired by another department.

..and he was "askedc to resign when he should've been Fired. ​@@vietman79

Exactly i guess the chiefs don’t care until their department is affected. It comes down to eff the citizens we swore to serve and protect.

Because if you fire, then you get sued, or their union forces you to retain them.

@@glee21012 Bingo! It's far easier to let him resign and allow him to become another agency's headache. Why waste city tax dollars on arbitration and litigation and even risk having to hire him back with a huge settlement? These shenanigans happen every day across America especially now when it's tough to find anyone that even wants to be a cop.

If cops hold cops accountable for their misconduct, it means they too might be held accountable for their own actions one day. Police cannot police themselves and be expected to act appropriately. This is not an isolated incident, it's the norm. When police are allowed to resign instead of being charged with felonies and having their certification revoked, the police are placing their own interests above the communities they're supposed to be protecting.

​@gr33dyglutton 💯. The fact they are also protected by qualified immunity is also the biggest factor of why police never are held accountable on almost all cases.

​@@glee21012yes. And the politicians, both conservative and liberal NEVER stand up to the police because they're terrified of being labeled "soft on crime", and unfortunately, we have a large portion of America.erica who blindly supports the police and who swallow that "soft on crime" BS

That’s not how that works. A ‘dismissal’ of said position doesn’t qualify the loss of one’s pension. Stripping a pension would require violating state statute (criminal code) and must be proven in the court of law. Research before commenting next time.

@@R.P.Ewe don’t care about the current rules that continue allowing this behavior to slip through the cracks. You missed the point entirely with your need to be right. There is an entire world happening outside of the limitations of science and the outdated and ineffective judicial system. Maybe think about this before commenting. 🙄

hahaha... good joke, its like thinking they are responsible for their actions!

Yep. . . except the first one.

​@@MissingScaffoldingWe have to care how the rules are enforced. His pension was part of his agreed upon compensation regardless of how badly he performed his duties. Moving forward, the state would need to amend their compensation package to highlight what constitutes "bad behavior" and loss of pension. This guy sounds like he wanted to be a "Walker" lawman but was in reality a Barney Fife gone wild.

He committed perjury, and only got a demotion. He should have been fired and prosecuted.

It’s not laziness, these departments record everything their officers do. That means they kept hiring him knowing full well he was a serial offender. It’s corruption not incompetence.

It's simply not true. The concerted effort to vilify the police and treat police officers badly, results in police departments having trouble recruiting good people. They have to settle for cops like these. There is a big shortage in many places. The day when people desperately need police and there is mo one, people should remember how hard they worked to make sure to get to this point.

@@eternity7477 okay, officer. One of his bosses swore under penalty of perjury that he reviewed the records. He lied. Stop trying to justify unjustifiable behavior. Police are regularly earning the vilification they get.

The blue.protecting the blue

Why? Its simple there is a 30 to 40 percent shortage of police officers across the nation. Small cities are absolutely desperate for anyone who is delusional enough to want to be an officer.

100%. Every police department drools over the opportunity to hire useful idiots like this guy. Easy to throw under the bus when necessary and will further the main objective of instilling fear in the citizenry and extracting revenue

No good men want to be cops. "ACAB" remember 😑

80% are doing what? Your full of it.

@@canlib learn second grade grammar skills before commenting at others.

All the way to the White House baby 😔

Seen it in corrections to.

Resigned in good standing too

But cops are mostly white men and that’s a demographic that really doesn’t like being told no. It will never happen.

I think knowing some departments it would be used as a hiring list

@@popcorn8153Bahahahahahahaha You and I are mentally linked. I was thinking it and you typed it LOL.

@@thomasjoseph5876 not if they’re credentials are revoked. They don’t deserve to keep their license to be an officer if they pull crap like this.

@@ravenm6443 Of course they don't. That's part of why most of them are allowed to simply, resign, that way there is no fallout regarding their licenses. What popcorn and I were alluding to is how some Police Depts. appear to be so corrupt that they would be likely to hire other corrupt cops from a "Do Not Hire List". It's called tongue in cheek or in some aspects, sarcasm LOL.

Hater . That should be for every professional job not just police

​@@son-in-law7372only the color matters

@@son-in-law7372 I smell bacon...🙄

Sadly bad cops just get hired on in other agencies regardless of performance issues or integrity issues. There’s a lack of accountability and due to staffing shortages most agencies will hire anyone that can meet the very minimum standards to be a law enforcement officer.

That could only be done in Federal court and they don't have civil lawsuits at the federal level. It's reasonable that any employee on any job has protection from frivolous lawsuits. The problem isn't immunity. It's the unions that protect the cops from having their immunity waived when they do something illegal. It should be simple. Cop breaks the law and goes to trial. If found guilty, immunity is waived and the victim can sue the cop directly without the tax payer footing the bill. But since immunity is rarely waived, everyone sues the city and the tax payer is the victim.

Do you really think that anyone wonders why tho? I think it's known fact that cops constantly do this same thing.

It is the dirty police officers that ruin the reputation for a department. It is a shame, because even the legitimate ones are pooled in with the dirty ones...

People hate the cops because they can put you in jail or write you a ticket. People don’t like to be held accountable. Yes this officer needs to be held accountable because he has been given the trust of the community. Two wrongs don’t make a right a right.

@@smokewagon47 "People don’t like to be held accountable." Really? Perhaps, we should debase the currency even more so that crime will increase magnificently and profoundly. It's clever when a currency is debased crime inevitably escalates. When it's monetary policy to increase crime and instability moreover social decay and moral degradation, etc... Who should be held accountable for this? You? Well, you did vote for it and pay taxes blindly to fund and support it all. You're right that people don't like to be held accountable for their choices.

Every profession has its bad apples. They need to clean it up.

Resign and investigation and pending charges get dropped. How would that work out for the rest of us.

"Us vs them" mentality. The Blue Wall of Silence protects its own -- no matter how depraved or evil!

​@@Wooley689Yeah. If I pulled a gun on someone over a parking spot would all be forgiven if I resigned my job? Didn't think so...

Isn't that so they don't have to pay unemployment

The department or individual swine are never held accountable and if sued you and I pay the bill

They don’t care about the people that has been clear for decades, courts have ruled cops do not have to protect citizens or do their job

Not just designed to protect - PAID by taxpayer money to protect. That they stonewalled the reporter and refused to answer his questions is the ultimate insult.

I have the feeling he cares more about police ‘honor’ than police protection. Cults do that, too, with the same kind of gross secrecy.

The police have no obligation to protect anyone.

That's because they are the same as him

Right??

Except for when they say you don't pay taxes. You don't live in there town.

@@delresearch5416 what are federal taxes? Do you not appreciate having your rights stood up for? I don’t think I would be complaining regardless of where they live.

Cops are not hero's.

yes to that! 💪

This is how muck rakers destroy careers and smear authority with their lies.

Cops don't become psychopaths. Psychopaths become cops!

Yes it is just the "tip" ....the ones where he got caught......how many went unreported ? How many of his poor, uneducated victims did not know how to fight for their rights ?

Sick freak

This has nothing to do with qualified immunity. Most of that stuff happened when he was off duty and is a part of his record. You should know exactly what "qualified immunity" means before you start just throwing around random phrases that sound good. If you did, you'd know that that isn't what happened here- what happened here is simply the next department either ignoring or not caring about his record, which actually contained all of these infractions.

Actually, the chiefs should be charged with conspiracy for protecting the officer as well.

Sounds just like bail reform for blacks and browns.

@@InkedCarpenter1776Bail reform is colour coded?

​@@sammylong3704that's why they're attempting to persecute the white guy that put a choke hold on that piece of s*** in New York

Exactly.

@@sammylong3704 It sure seems to have a racial preference.

There are laws, they just don't charge these so called bad actors. It would violate the brotherhoods protection rules

100% agree

Mandatory 10 minimum.

all the the first since it was not know who he was at that point

DO TRUE!!!

Every time you see a cop, you see a corrupt cop.

Same as those elected in l.p. Fraudsters all the way to the 25th dist.

@@michelerenea louder for the people in the back

Exactly.. I always say there's no such thing as a good cop.. There's just cops that haven't been caught yet

They have what is called a Brady list in some cities but the unions stop them from being available to citizens.

Exactly

​@@user-ur7bf1in4hstill do, but it doesn't matter

Absolutely!!

Republicans refused

Agree with your comment.

Today agree with you

No way he didn't know. I suspect he's claiming ignorance because it is better to appear incompetent/negligent than it is to appear corrupt.

When the department gets sued, it's not their money, it's ours. So they don't care.

THE CHIEFS YOU TALKING WERE LIKE HIM B4 THEY BECAME CHIEFS.

I'm going to say....your correct 😐

I'm going to disagree with you. Most public servants are NOT corrupt. The reason this is a story at all is that this corrupt dishonest cop is quite rare. If they were more common then this wouldn't be a story, right?? I wish corruption among gov't officials was extinct, but it's not. I know this disrupts your narrative of "all gov't is corrupt" but you're wrong, thankfully.

Like Ron White's bit about getting the wrong dog to watch his chickens. Dog: _"So, I can eat the chickens?"_ Ron: _"No! Your job is to protect the chickens!"_ Dog: _"Oooh, I see.... And, then, I can eat the chickens?"_

Right

over and over

Good point. If you get your license suspended or revoked in one state you can't just move to another state and get another license.

Dont need police reform need accountability and responsability

@johnderfler5183- knew* Learn to spell!

But Biden says ice cream is gooooood. And his son says coke is goooood. And bring on the burritos 🌯

@@tphvictims5101what a dumb a** you are.

​@@tphvictims5101remind me which party is pro-police and which party got yelled at by the other party for saying to defund the police? Was it the Republicans who wanted to defund the police? I forget.

@ralan5527: We don't need reform. We already have a system in place to remove an officer's license to work as a cop. Coward chiefs are the problem. Had they done their job this clown would never been able to work as a cop in MI again. If reform means holding these chiefs accountable then I'm for that. Also, where is human resources in all of this? They play a role in vetting as well.

But they lie and say it is "defunding".

You're making a mistake. They didn't have the balls to fire him, they instead asked him to "resign" which left him eligible to look for another job, and another, and another.

Federal law restricts negative info being passed onto other agencies

Behold the Rise of The Gypsy Cop.

​@@solodad7999what thats crazy I even think they may be a lie.

How delusional are you? You honestly think he was fired? This is 100000% common practice with cops. That's why everytime you hear about cops being in trouble they will resign. Then they get hired somewhere again. Cops should not be allowed to resign to get out of charges

It shouldn’t be but sadly that is the corrupt system nowadays!

Exactly