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Corruption in the SLMPD
Aug 8, 2008 | 12:33 PM
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With the continuing saga of the "Tow-Gate" being publicized, my notion of corruption in the Board of Police Commissioners have been exemplified.

1. When the Board of Police Commissioners asked a "private" law firm to investigate the towing contract of S & H Towing with the Poiice Department, I was concerned about the veracity of such an "investigation" since the "private" law firm is not a law-enforcement agency and is not answerable to the public. They are answerable to their  "client" (AKA, the Police Board of Commissioners).

2. When the Board of Police Commissioners voted to give former Chief Joe Mokwa a "sweetheart deal" of $100,000 severance package that included free legal services at his retiremen, I wondered if the "package" was "hush-money" to keep him quiet about the fiasco.

3. When FOX2 publicized the loss of the gentleman from Memphis Tennessee "lost" his  2005 Ford Escape due to "forfeiture" and "abandoned" property while he was detained in jail for about 1 month, even without being indicted by the Circuit Attorney's Office, completed the examples of such corruption.

Lauds to FOX2 to dig for the paperwork that indicated the "smoking gun" of the St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department-Board of Police Commissioners in the preceived "forfeiture" of the gentleman's vehicle.

I hope that there will be a "kind-hearted" lawyer somewhere in St. Louis that would take on the gentleman's case against the SLMPD Board of Police Commissioner to get back his vehicle so he can return home!!!

I hope fomer Chief Mokwa will use his "free'" legal services to make a deal with the US Attorney's Office (immunity) so he can disclose the corruption that is evident with the Board of Police Commissioners.

I hope (Circuit Attorney) Jennifer Joyce is nervous about the corruption of the SLMPD in relation to her criminal cases (a "good" defense attorney may want to consider judicial review of all criminal cases investigated by the SLMPD).

This situation is the prime example of why the SLMPD should be runned by City Hall, not Jefferson City!!!!

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tagalong68 read my blog
Aug 8, 2008 | 6:07 PM

City Hall? Its all part of the same-o, same-o. Do you honestly think city hall is any different? They aren't. They are just as corrupt as the cops,all the way from Dist. 1 to 8. There isn't a politician in the city of St.Louis that has an honest bone in his/her body! You got the bread? You got the 'deal'. Mokwa was made to resign as a cover up, thinking his resignation would calm the turbulent waters! It hasn't because the pit gets deeper and deeper! Cops? I know a cop that was on the city force for over 25 years told me just two days ago that 85% of those cops should NOT be cops at all! They are too young, have no experience, are dangerous with a gun and a badge! This, from a former cop, and he should know!!!! Think about it folks!!!
dwheeler6201 read my blog view my photos
Aug 10, 2008 | 8:38 AM

If City Hall ram the police dept. only the "tourist" or more affluent areas of St. Louis would have any police protection. Mayor Slay does not care about any other area of the city. Every thing Mayor Slay is involved in involves money or the potential money and votes. I have lived in St. Louis all my life and it is a known fact that most (not all) of the cops are corrupt. They have a Mayor that hides everything, I don't know how much Mokwa was involved in the towing scandal, I did like him and thought he was at least trying to do his job. I wonder how many people at City Hall took advantage of those cars?
tagalong68 read my blog
Aug 10, 2008 | 11:08 AM

That is a fact we will probably never know. Believe me, the "perks" are there and they use them. There is one alderperson that has mickey moused around with lots of the cops in one of the districts (and I know which one), but nothing is ever done about it. It is a known fact how they sleep around and they don't care what it is they are sleeping with, or who. "To Protect and to Serve" is a joke! If they did their jobs there wouldn't be as much crime around the city- it used to be north, but now its all over. You cannot go anywhere without taking a chance with your life, daytime or night, it doesn't matter. Crime on every corner and inbetween. It won't get any better, it'll just get worse - who's to stop it?
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