a lot of times corrupt cops get away with awful and sometimes even unlawful things but in some cases the public fights back and sue them here are five different cases of corrupt cops who finally got sued let me just plea and get it over with for everybody plea to something that I absolutely do not feel good about but I don't want you to try to send me to the penitentiary for years and years if you can sleep with it I can sleep with it this is Sheriff Todd Pate a long serving law enforcement figure in Breen Ridge County Kentucky on 15th of March 2019 Sheriff pate's actions led to a series of events that shook the community to its core reports indicate that sheriff Pate while under the influence of alcohol engaged in reckless driving causing a severe accident that left one individual seriously injured and endangered the lives of several others on the road the incident marked Sheriff pate's second DUI offense with a prior arrest in October 2015 and on the basis of that incident he was taken to court I have previously been tendered executed documents by Mr Pate that uh have been likewise signed by his attorney and by the Commonwealth it is my understanding that through uh felony mediation um that uh an agreement was reached that that agreement was subsequently reviewed with the uh victims in this uh case as well and that the purpose for uh today's hearing was to enter that plea consistent with those executed documents um perhaps I should have my directed my questions first at you uh instead of of Mr Pate uh at this point in time what is Mr pate's uh decision with respect to proceeding forward with entry of his guilty please so I believe he's still under oath and I believe I'll just let him answer that question if it all right so uh Mr Pate um uh what is your position today with respect to entering a guilty plea here consistent with the executed documents that have been tendered to me can I say a few things or I I need to understand what it is that we're doing here today Mr P yes I had every intention of coming in here today and entering a guilty plea based on the um based on the mediation that we had uh it's very difficult for me to enter a guilty ple two felony related charges that I've been in law enforcement for 25 years and never have I ever charged someone with felony charges on a situation pertaining to this uh that was similar to this as mentioned by Pate he is meant to enter a guilty plea but is constantly stalling to the point where his attorney has to cut in if I may interject just if you intend not to enter a plea don't say very much about the case because what you say here under oath will be used against you I'm not trying to tell you not to say whatever it is you need to say but also want you to remember that if you don't ultimately plead here whatever you say I would think that Mr Chambers will definitely use against you at any further proceeding okay good thank you I was just getting ready to do that so sorry I did not mean to interrupt Mr pton you know it it's it's difficult for me to enter a guilty plea um for a lot of reasons and I don't want this court to think that I am trying to minimize take away from or deflect any responsibility that I had in this situation that occurred uh I do absolutely feel like that because of my bad decisions that this whole case took a turn that it wouldn't have taken had it not been the brenridge county sheriff it's difficult for me to plead guilty to FY charges where a prosecutor indicts me and immediately after getting an indictment recuses himself and basically testifies at the Grand to facts that were not at all and again if I hadn't did done what I did and drank and drove on March the E I would not be sitting here nor with anybody else but I absolutely think I was indicted that prosecutor said got my indictment I will jump out then I made an offer based on those indictments on a Monday we sent an email back to Mr Chambers office to not accept and two days later I'm indicted for assault first one that if you're found guilty you spend 85% of this was never an assault first case should have never been an assault first case but it became that and it became that to push me in a direction to take a plea I'm willing to take a plea but I now understand how some people feel I've defended the court system many many times s and still do but I feel like I feel like I'm being very much bullied into doing something that's not right now the gamble is Big Mr Chambers wants to go to trial and say now let me tell you this that and the other then I'm I'm risking leaving my family which I did that March 8th when I drink and drove thank God I didn't kill anybody but I want this court to know I want the people to know and I want the public to know that Todd P holds himself resp responsible for everything that he did but it's hard for me to lay down and plead to felony charges that don't apply despite his huge monologues the court only wants the answer to one thing whether he's going to enter the guilty plea or not so I think we are back Mr peon and probably should have have stayed in the place where we started again I wanted to give you an opportunity to have have further discussions with your attorney uh but I I'm sorry ma'am no you don't have I'm sorry for eventually the judge starts to lose patience with Pate what I I need to I think we're back to where we were before is that is it your intention today to enter this guilty plea I think we're at a yes or no place at that point say let me can I say one more thing I think everybody in this room wants us over with and if I could address Blake Blake I hope you learn from this case I'm not mad at you I'm not in any way upset with you Mr Pate we have reached that point now this is either a yes or no are you going to enter your plea or not I guess everybody thinks it's funny well certainly not the people who I think are are here with you today I know they don't I've broken everybody's heart but it's hard for me when I see Mr Chambers sitting over there smiling let me just plea and get it over with for everybody plead to something that I absolutely do not feel good about but I don't want you to try to send me to the penitentiary for years and years if you can sleep with it I can sleep with it okay I think we're done at this point in time I think we're done and so let me tell you where I think we are today is that we have executed plea documents whether or not Mr pate uh has the right to withdraw that his plea now that he's executed those plea documents remain to be seen um and at this juncture this court could not based on these preliminary statements that Mr Pate has made make a finding that this plea is knowingly voluntarily and intelligently made where I think we are today is is that on the one hand the Commonwealth can if chooses to do so to uh enforce the terms of this agreement based on the execution Mr Pate I'm talking at this point in time okay I'm sorry I'm sorry sorry after having enough of pate's antics she decides to conclude the session at this point in time I'm going to sustain the Commonwealth's motion to revoke his bond he's going to be taken into custody today we will come back for further hearing as to whether or not to go forward with this plea or to set this case for Dr and I will look at additional I will look at additional conditions with respect to his bond at that time he's going to be held without bond uh based on at least at this juncture they having been an executed plea where he was to serve 75 days with credit served there will not be any arrangements made with respect to how him in Grayson County or anywhere else that he will be taken into the custody uh and housed in the Breen Ridge County jail and at that point in time if the Breen Ridge County jailer wants to make arrangements with another Jailer to house him he can and then what we will do is we will look at coming back as soon as your respective schedules will permit in order to hear argument on whether this case should proceed forward on resolution of a plea or whether it should proceed forward on resolution for trial and if by trial then where that case should be tried we've got a fully executed plea documents that provided in pertinent part that he was to serve 75 days in jail and he's going into jail today under the terms of that plea whether or not proceed proceed forward with the court accepting the Commonwealth's offer of pre-trial diversion as opposed to rejecting that plea which would give him the opportunity to then of course withdraw his plea we got a whole lot of things to sort out and we're not going to sort him out this afternoon so if you'll look at your calendar and tell me when you can be back here next week I can be here Thursday afternoon I can be here anytime on Friday despite all of his charges Pate did not serve jail time due to a suspended sentence and payment of a fine in the current case Pate was required to serve 75 days in jail but with credits he would only need to serve an additional 29 days as stated by his attorney Douglas vowels vowels also indicated that entered into a pre-trial diversion agreement suggesting that the charges would eventually be dismissed if you think that Frank's death at the hands of cops was crazy wait till you hear about the next case you you are harassing me please stop put your hand behind you I'm not doing nothing I don't have a weapon put your hand behind your back I'm not doing nothing wrong put your hand behind your back how you hit my hand this is a North Salt Lake Woman by the name of Greta Jensen in December 2020 a Bountiful Police Officer was called by Greta and her ex-husband's neighbor on the basis of a domestic violence call the following took place when he arrived on scene boun to gol 10 we're going to be on 200 East about 600 North hi how you doing oh good how are you doing good we had a call about a disturbance here there's no disturbance here I'm not here we're just talking okay well looks like we haven't yelled or nothing looks like you're trying to talk to someone that doesn't want to talk right from the start the situation seems kind of unfavorable for Miss Jensen no he had his window down we've been talking we had some house stuff to talk about and stuff and we're just talking he just keep him warm I reckon I don't know I didn't ask him to get out so his window was rolled up that's weird well well you weren't here the whole time the window won rolled up he rolled it up when he turned but the husband himself doesn't seem too bothered by the presence of Jensen which indicates a false call she's leaving I'm I'm going we're not there's no disturbance somebody lied to you I would get them to false false or false reporting cuz we had had any disturb that I know of so are you doing okay all good I'm good good I'm just going in and she yeah we just talking about some stuff is there some was there somebody else here cuz I'm confused now I am too we didn't hear anything nobody yelling through my window or something no I was not yell talking loud excuse me no I was talking just like that I wasn't talking loud what's your name Monty no we haven't talk I talk like this are you are you guys ex uhh wife okay we still have who's the landlord Jeremy do any idea why he'd be calling maybe she was yelling through the window no maybe they I don't know Monty I was not yelling and you well I had the window closed maybe no I was talking this is as loud as I talk so you can call that loudy may maybe tell we were just talking and he ain't even we ain't have we don't have any issue we were just talking about can I just talk to the inside later in just a sec sure excellent thanks sure okay Greta continues to explain how she was not arguing at all and it's all a misund understanding no we I was just leaving we were just talking that's all we were doing we're not arguing we not mad nothing can you take your hands out of your pockets for me well you're cold can you just keep out of your pockets please oh no I don't have you feel I don't have anything in my pockets don't be silly why don't you settle down a little bit okay it's something I do for my and and harassing you you would get a little like why are you harassing me I didn't do nothing wrong so who's harassing you it feels like harassment I'm just asking you what's going on I need you to stay here I'm not doing anything wrong I'm investigating a potential crime okay there's an oak for crying out loud now you're exaggerating I need you to settle down there's based on the information I got I can talk based on the information I was given you're not in power over anybody I'm about to put you in handcuffs if you don't stop you're not putting me in handcuffs no you're not so let me tell you what the call was wrong I've done nothing WR let me tell you what the report was I don't care what the report was he just told you we weren't doing anything and we are the two people involved nah normal speed's fine so so we got a call that um you were being disorderly out in front of the house um that's a lie that you were shouting at him no no shouting and that you were not letting him get out of the car never never did I was just standing there talking we were just talking he never said move I'm going to get out of the car he had the heater on he turned it off he started the car back and we were just talking okay and I was leaving we were we were we were about I gave him a piece of mail that came to the house that he needed and then we started talking about we got to sell the house and we were talking about pricing and just different things we weren't arguing at all there was an can you understand how it would look to me when I come walking up here and his windows rolled up and you're being kind of loud the cop continues to explain how it all seems a little too suspicious to him you know what I wasn't being kind of loud that's a lie you can say it all you want don't make it true your opinion doesn't make facts true so I what's your name gra what's your last the same is here what's your date of birth okay there is no nothing go get whoever said that going you know me and mon can you just stand still please don't tell me how to move you're not God I just asked you to please stand still I asked you to quit bossing me around I'm not doing nothing wrong I asked you I'm not BOS you know what you're doing sir you know what you're doing to stand you know what you're doing stop will you please ego is out of control I said please will you please just settle down anything wrong we were having a perfectly fine conversation yeah me and Monty are we the did he tell you there was no problem did I tell you another the problem well people we the we didn't see anybody after a couple of minutes of conversation the cop decides to go ahead with an arrest so I need to speak to people separately when it's when it's a domestic violence there possible issue okay I'm going stop stop you're under arrest okay you're under arrest put your hands behind your back put your hands behind put your hands behind your back you are under arrest I'm not doing nothing put your hands behind your back stop resisting youur stop resisting I'm not doing nothing stop resisting I'm not doing nothing stop resisting just stop right now stop resisting put your hands behind your back I am stop your hands behind your back stop right now stop expedite now you're out no you're lying put your hands behind your back put your hands behind your back I didn't do nothing sir put your other hand behind your back please stop please don't make something it's not put hand I had should surgery would you stop put your other hand behind your back then I didn't do nothing put your other hand behind your back listen stop just stop right now stop you are harassing me please stop put your hand behind your back I'm not doing nothing I don't have a weapon put your hand behind your back I'm not doing nothing wrong put your hand behind your back you hit my hand please stop put your hand behind your I'm not doing nothing wrong your hand behind your back put your hand behind your back put your hand behind your back your head behind your back during the arrest the cop gets a bit too carried away with his use of force help that hurts put your head behind your back he's hitting me he's hitting me he's hit me he just hit me in the face over I didn't do nothing I didn't do nothing I did nothing he hit me in the face okay he hit me in the face stop stop he hit me in the face please all I get was walk off that's all I did that's all I did I didn't do nothing stop we'll figure it out I did not do nothing he hit me in the face like three times figure it out you got a lawsuit you got a lawsuit you [ __ ] you cannot do that somebody I didn't do nothing I did nothing get the medical here get medic here right now right now where you she busted my ja she busted my to I didn't even move my hand I didn't do anything oh my this is not my all I did was just say I'm leaving he a he has nothing I didn't do nothing you know what this ain't right right it ain't about being calm it's about breaking the law it's about breaking the law you do nothing you know you are not and look what he just did to me let give us a sec to work okay he got a lawsuit buddy I didn't do nothing I did not do nothing you got to take this one step at a time all right how are those hand did not do anything okay hand C did not do anything I didn't do anything I was talking to him and asking him this question he came up here me and Mony were talking we nothing we talking here what we're going to do after this incident Greta had a fractured jaw as well as a bust up shoulder in October 2023 Jensen filed a $1 million Federal lawsuit against officer zuar alleging that he violated her constitutional rights by using excessive force when he arrested her she also argued that she had committed no crime on March 9th 2021 the Bountiful Police Department held a formal hearing concerning allegations that juar had violated several department policies during the arrest Bountiful Police Chief Edward beer issued a written reprimand finding that zubar striking Greta Jensen in the face was unreasonable and unnecessary in addition to the written reprimand zubar was instructed to attend a remedial defensive tactics class however he was not fired from his job as an officer if you believe that officer Michael amot was unempathetic and misused his authority and power wait till you hear about Sheriff Charles reader's case our debit card was put in a machine and the money was taken from checking account well obviously that doesn't answer the question where did the money in the checking account come from but no at that time I was making the salary of the sheriff and my wife was making approximately $2500 just asking the question here that that that's all this is Charles reer a former Pike County Sheriff who in 2019 was accused of stealing money from his Department's drug busts for his gambling addiction reer was also brought into National spotlight back in 2016 for his gambling at the time reer had been a part of a case in which eight members of the Roden family were found massacred in Pike County reader claimed that he couldn't get any sleep because of the case which Inn led him to gambling your honor I stand here before you today to take accountability for my actions as a sheriff of Ohio I should excuse me I shed bad light on the office of sheriff I can only ask that my staff their families the community and my family who is here today will forgive me for the undue stress I caused him for this I am terribly sorry I stood in this court on September 24th and pled guilty to the charges against me to accept responsibility for my conduct that day within minutes everything that I've worked for professionally and honorably for 25 years was stripped to me with nobody de BL but myself my staff and I had United with the community and had a partnership and trust and they truly believed in us as a unit as a whole and I betrayed that trust if I could go back and change it I would a million times for this is not who I am never ever did I imagine myself on the defense side of this courtroom that I've spent 25 years of my life in in this County in law enforcement as the sheriff I gave my staff in this community all of me every ounce of my be you are aware your honor that this has affected my mental health as well as my physical well-being there's nothing left for me to get or to take from me other than my freedom I have and I now pray that the court will find mercy on me and I beg the court if they see fit to grant me Community Control even with the strictest sanctions that I have proven to this court in the past two and a half years that I can abide by I am a good person who made bad decisions and choices say I can continue to be a productive citizen in this County and be in the community with the love that I have for my family my friends and my neighbors I'm asking all this so that I have the opportunity to watch my son graduate from high school and attend college this year my daughter is getting married in October so that I can be there for her and my wife so that I can be a husband that I haven't been in 25 years due to my career I've just not been there given the opportunity I would be able to spend the time with my mother and my father and continue to be there for them when they need me in the last years of their lives as I've experienced this week with my dad when two days ago I thought that I had lost him he's still at Riverside isn't he yes ma'am he's not on a ventilator he is on he's on two forms of ventilation without the actual not what the nurse said but okay he's on he's got some oxygen or breathing equipment but it's not a okay I have no words for the shame that I have and that I feel and the regret that I have betraying and disciplin the trust that I had with my staff in the community and causing damage to my family's good name again I beg of you to impose a sense of community service but the strictest sentencing and sanctions y honor please do not send me to prison I have roed but I'm not rued I still have a lot of good left in me I thank you for your time it's evident that Mr reer has committed a dishonorable offense and although Mr reer asks for forgiveness the gravity of the crimes he's committed leaves little room for leniency the only appropriate consequence for such a misconduct that would be accepted by the judge citizens and the law is imprisonment I have a couple of questions for you the big question I have and is on everyone's mind I'm assuming is why did you cut open these evidence envelopes and take the money out and then in some cases you put it back although you were caught because the envelopes had been unsealed uh and sealed again improperly and the denominations did not match what was taken at the crime scene or from those individuals uh I guess why did you take the money I took the money and mind you this does not excuse it but from drug deal builders that took it from parents of very poor people in this County that money regardless of what the state and what the media has claimed in the past years of a gambling problem and that money being used for gambling was used when there was a tree planted in the name of the shelman boy it's at the ENT of Western High School to the left as soon as you pull in nobody could pay for that tree nobody offered to pay for that tree a drug dealer did when schools had um cheerleading or peeeee that had car washes and such I would have our Cruisers taken down there my men and women didn't not make good money so some of them would give them $2 $5 I took money from that and I provided it to those people now I replaced it in time the money was not in the safe the day that they came and they did the search war of my office three days prior to that which the state has not included I had Knowledge from my secretary Kelly Sanders that the security company was coming into my office and that office was going to be open to anyone I removed those monies from that safe and I put it in the back of the F250 that I drove now the day they did the search for I'm sorry and it would be safe in the lock box in your car than it would be in a safe open Office only you have and a few other people have the combination Well ma'am no one should have had the combination but me and it strikes me odd that Lieutenant burett at the time would make a statement to the state that he'd never seen the accordion file that I provided the state I did so only on the direction of chiefs Michael Spirits who'd worked for the state at the time who asked me if I had a comprehensive list of all monies that was in that safe and I did not due to the prior Sheriff never when there was an officer involved shooting that involved his brother that sheriff resigned and I took over that office when I swore him in as a special Deputy he left two black marks leaving that office he never he handed me the keys he never did an inventory of the safe never provided Ed any paperwork of what was in that safe the money in that safe or anything I find it odd that in their search warrant their confidential informant tells them everything to do with my office where the safe is that I have members of my staff telling them that they have never seen anything like that in my safe which would only be suspect to the fact that they had gained entry into my office and into my safe to have that information to provide to the state I did what Chief Spirits asked me to do I organized and made a list of every envelope and every dollar that was in that safe including the name of the defendant the date that it was taken and provided to the state at my attorney's office to the point that I had to lend my knife to them to open these packages so that they could be counted my attorney was called away for court and I continued to stay in that office and assist the state in counting the money to my knowledge there was none of the envelopes that didn't contain the right denominations of money their discretion or their objective is that the money from a video that was counted appears to be different than money that was in the envelopes that they seen well from the video from the PSI the video shows on different dates officers counting out money in one instance yourself um coming to $7,000 for instance and then turning it over and there was like $600 short and ma'am your honor I advised my attorney I would take a stipulated polygraph on the $1,000 that I provided on that particular case that the state now has a cashier's check for $11,000 for State versus Carter at that scene on Rainbow Trail Road I was with Lieutenant burett it was videotaped it was videotaped of Mr Carter opening a locked door there's a videotape that exist opening a locked door so we could prove that that door was locked and that Mr Carter had a key we entered that it was being videotaped by Lieutenant burett Mr Carter pointed out where those funds were they were in some sort of little container if I remember correctly they were pulled from thata container and counted they were taken to the back of that same F250 and placed in the same lock box in that F250 where Mr Carter got in the front passenger side of my truck with me Lieutenant burett followed me in his vehicle directly to the office without stopping we got to the office I provided Lieutenant burett with the ENT entirety of those funds so where the ,000 mistake comes in I have no idea whether it was accounting error I have no idea but I would agree to a stipulated polygraph but you put guilty I I did ma'am yes your honor and you're asking me and I'm giving you the explanation and I have paid the restitution I understand you've given uh yes your turning that but that particular case restitution um that was doing do an owing excess of $4,000 $4,850 that's been done today all right I want to go back to all right in the PSI the prent investigation it indicates what you're saying here as to why you claim you use the money for various charitable Community things and then but the PSI officer notes there's no do documentation that you used it for those things right I did not document those things okay now I I want to ask you about this all right that's your statement what you say you use the money for and okay that's on record um but I do want to ask you some other things here okay the majority of the acts in this indictment took place between June 2017 and July uh 2008 uh right June 2017 and September 2017 okay uh the state uh obviously alleges in their brief that particularly since you do not have any documentation of that you use this quote for charitable purposes uh they secured your bank records and credit card records and all of that uh and indicates uh did you lose $3,000 gambling at the scota downs Rino between June 2017 and September 2017 yes not by myself they have cards and and of course again your honor I've pled guilty to this but they have cards that you put in a machine I can have a card in my name and I can have a card in my name that my wife possesses so I can be at one machine and she can be at the other and the money that she spends and the money that I spend they count on the same card and calculate the money as one now the state has my financial records They will see that when we are at those casinos and I have not been to one since and will never be one again that the money was taking that our debit card was put in a machine and the money was taken from our checking account well obviously I that doesn't answer the question where did the money in the checking account come from but no at that time I was making the salary of the sheriff and my wife was making approximately $2500 just just asking the question here that that that's all the pay okay uh also I want to ask you in late June 2017 you took a trip to Reno Nevada for the sheriff's conference and then you withdrew 20 $2800 in an ATM this is in addition to the expenses related to the trip for which you were not embur reimbursed until later are you see where they the state believes that some of this is due to gambling I mean you're talking like over or almost $6,000 in a couple months that you lost um or expended on gambling and at that point we were making almost $11,000 a month and that again was from my checking account where it should show my direct deposits my wife directs deposits and that it came from our debit cards where I retrieved that money I don't doubt it came from your debit cards the question is where did the money come that went to your checking account that's I guess that's that's that's where that's where the reported that I had marital problems because it came from our joint bank account my wife made very good money at the time and I took that money and I gambled okay all right um that's all the questions the court has thank you your honor thank you all right I initially want to say um first of all I have sentenced a number of public officials every case is different no two set of facts are the same in deciding what I believe is an appropriate sentence the court has looked at the purposes and principles of sentencing I've read over the brief submitted by the attorneys I've read over the pre-sentence investigation you know what I have one more question for you yes you're here it is okay now the thrust of some of the letters especially from Miss craft the licensed social worker yes ma'am who did who didn't start to see until March 2019 talks about the stress from all these cases all these criminal cases the road and murders and whatever did you ever tell your counselors about about stealing uh from the evidence envelopes yes we discussed that I'm sure there was a lot of stress and sleepless nights uh you had in terms of your post-traumatic stress syndrome or your anxiety caused by the fact that you opened up these envelopes and took money it didn't belong to you yes your honor I was being treated since 2013 for those conditions and it progressively got worse well it it got worse during the time period in which these offenses occurred and uh in 2016 starting the investigation of the rodent homicides but I want to ask you that because I from what I can tell uh the social worker never mentioned anything in there as a stress factor she just focused on your police work um and I would think as I said if you committed a theft wouldn't that cause stress no Mr let him talk I didn't want him to interrupt you yeah I apologize go ahead I believe in the last letter that she provided she spoke of the court cases and the stress and things that I was encountering because of that as well I'm I'm unsure I I believe I provided that to my counsel yes but that that's that's again uh in terms of the the stress over this case which has caused I'm sure Untold trauma for you and your family uh it's always the unintended innocent victims the families that actually suffer the most in 2020 the accused Mr Charles reer faced a series of felony charges including theft in office and tampering with evidence accepting the responsibility for his crimes Charles reer pleaded guilty then in a decisive courtroom moment on March 24th 2021 in Waverly the judge sentenced reader to a total of 3 years in prison one year for the two counts of theft in office and two years for the two counts of tampering with evidence if you think that these officers from Adam County Sheriff's Office were corrupt wait till you see the officers involved in this case you cannot search my vehicle I'm not trying to se up my door sir I'm not going to let you open up my door now what is the problem I'm sitting here you just gu been sitting here long I been you a walked up to him act bought no beer on the ground this is Douglas babbit a 51-year-old Oakland resident and former Army reservist on on a chilly January evening in 2015 Mr babbit found himself in a troubling encounter with law enforcement outside of 7-Eleven on East 14th Street in San Leandro California did I say it was your beer yeah he actually it was my beer right how go to the Beer way over here I'm sitting over here well who does it belong to don't you ask the person who put it there cuz I don't know well do you know who put it there no okay anything else you want to ask me no why are you so aggravated cuz you coming over ask you b a beer that's not mine the officer kept trying to prove in some way that the man was drunk but the babbit kept denying well that's why I was asking you whose it was I I don't know who it is that's what I told you did somebody well I don't know who put it there I was asking if you saw who put it there I'm not security here okay I'm just telling you the fact sir will you do me a favor hang up home please no I'm not going to hang I want just to hear what you talking about okay well sir you're being recorded on that's fine I want him to hear it too okay well who's on the phone my friend okay okay you know I ain't did nothing wrong I did one thing wrong so why are you bothering me you keep on saying the beer on the car in the ground the beer is not on my b not in my vein right but now based upon your aggravated agravated because you're bothering me and again the officers make their false claim of the Man being drunk well it appears to me like you're under the influence I'm not under the influence can you just open your door for me please you can search my vehicle I'm not trying to search don't open up my door sir I'm not going to let you open up my door now what is the problem I'm sitting here you just got been sitting as long as I you a walked up to him actually B no beer on the ground and you can give me you can bring your breath downal over here and I'll take it go ahead with the last I ain't had no alcohol okay why you so aggravated cuz you come to ask me about a beer on the ground that's not mine okay okay I why I'm aggravated just simple as fact I ain't did nothing to nobody here you you step up the cover no you can't come in my car why you got what cars do you have to search sir what cars do you have to search sir and then the cops decide to escalate things by trying to arrest babbit what what wait a minute what kind of cars do you have to search you don't have no reason to search I'm not going to resist why you searching JC you hear this you're under arrest right now why under arrest I'm not drunk bring your right wa I'm coming up don't TR my arm I got body pain my hands hurt you have to all you got to do is bring your right hand behind your back bring your right hand behind your back get your I'm coming up you're hurt my head wait a minute what are you guys doing stop resting stop I'm not resisting get down on the ground get [Music] down stop resisting sir stop resisting stop resisting stop resisting stop resisting just bring your hand behind your back Sir put your hands behind your back now unit off 3 bring hand back here we got it cy22 office 33 [Music] on side my one detain 71 out 21 a medical [Music] one you just passed me out yeah all right in response to the incident Mr babbett pursued legal action filing a lawsuit against the city of San Leandro and the involved officers alleging violations of his constitutional rights excessive force and false imprisonment and Mr babot actually won the case proving that the beer can wasn't actually his nor was he under the influence let's get off of the tractor now you have to warm get off the tractor dude get the [Music] off come on out SM get God game c deployed God damn it get it get off the tractor now this is Armando Frank A 42-year-old individual with a history of encounters with law enforcement on the morning of October 20th 2017 in the bustling parking lot of a Walmart in Marksville Louisiana deputies from the avo's Parish Sheriff's Office were drawn to a figure seated at top a tractor identified as Mr Frank their interest in him was drawn by his presid presence on several outstanding warrants adding tension to the encounter hey Mr Frank my name is Harden Daniel with the B per Sheriff's Office how you doing boss all right uh you mind if I talk to you real quick first of all you got an ID so I know who I'm talking to I can't take your word for it I got to make [Music] sure all right appreciate it man I understand you're a veteran both of us are too you mind coming on down and talk to us over here real quick I need to talk to you over here real quick need you to get off the tractor sir you're coming off the tractor Mr Frank get off the tractor get off the tractor Mr Frank I have a warrant for your arrest what I don't know what the warrant's for but I do have a warrant for your arrest well we it's at the sheriff's office we can discuss it when we get there let's go we are going to see it you're coming with me to see it without proof of the warrant in any way Frank decides to resist the arrest and ask more about it I'm not leave tr get off the tracker sir okay s the war I'm sorry you s the warrant I don't know who signed a warrant then why would you have a warrant for me it's at the office we can take a look at it when we get there I'm not the one who got the warrant made now what Warr would you at Mr Frank the warrant at the office we'll see if when we get there what one would you that show me one it's at the office I'll show it when we get there don't have it with me because the cops did not have the warrant Frank decides he isn't going to cooperate however by law the cops don't actually need the warrant physically present to arrest someone no you can't arrest me yes sir I can now you need to show me a warrant G Checker show me a warrant step off the tractor oh sir step off of the tractor I'm going to take you get off the step off of the tractor you don't have no war step off of the tractor show me war Mr Frank although Frank was being uncooperative the cop decides to make things worse by escalating things immediately it's confirm yeah go get off the track Mr [Music] Frank get off to the Tractor now you don't have no warm get off the tractor dude get the [Music] off come on out are deployed God damn it get it get off the tractor [Music] now oh godamn it what's his location off the tra off the tra temp4 we're still fighting get off the tractor now get off the track Mr [Music] [Music] Frank location one my parking lot three uses of taser [Music] [Music] leg you problem 13 Sheriff's Office head W come on Mr move your leg get off the tractor are you on leg [Music] no I got his [Music] [Music] shoulders stop fighting this you're making it worse [Music] why [Music] effect man parking lot on the side of the building I got up H me [Music] [Music] up come on drag him [Music] out dragging him out put him let him go put him the C [Music] [Music] [Music] him up [Music] he's there wait he's there waiting where the head goes the [Music] bottommost here put him in this [Music] all right B oh [Music] yeah [Music] got you all right y all right ra my yeah I'm good why Frank the situation took a dire turn when Frank started getting breathing issues prompting deputies to swiftly summon Medical Aid despite their efforts and the subsequent transfer to a hospital Frank tragically passed away as a result of this Frank's family sued the cops involved although the doctor who initially attended to this case ruled Frank's death as a homicide the court wasn't convinced on the 13th of June 2022 US District Court senior judge drr dismissed the lawsuit with prejudice meaning it cannot be filed again with the court he ruled the officers did not use excessive force and said there was no evidence they intended to harm Frank but the corruption misdemeanors and the act of misusing authority by the police don't end here next is the horrendous case of Daniel sailor you H don't know what to say to you I still believe what I said was the truth I'm a single father with a daughter I've served my country in state of Flor for many years and I find myself in this position now I don't know what we said your AR please have mercy on me this is Daniel sailor age 58 a former windir police chief who was first arrested in January 2011 for covering up the rape case of his friend Mr Bush Daniel sailor pleaded no contest to official misconduct and served Les less than a year in jail however soon after sailor was charged with perjury for allegedly providing false testimony during his friend Bush's trial back in January 2011 I want to thank you again for your time and consideration of this case I also wish to tell you some special privileges enjoyed by jurors no juror can ever be required to talk about what happened in the Jury Room except by court order for many years we have relied upon jurors for consideration of difficult cases therefore the law gives you this unique privilege not to talk about your votes your discussions your deliberations for as long as you wish it you're now free to speak with anyone you'd like about this case you're also free to refuse to speak with anyone it's completely up to you individually with that you can follow the deputy out any legal reason we Cann not St are you I do have a score sheet if I could approach R you may defense do you wish to handle the V at the same time yes cf11 518 Mr St you're still under oath is it true that you were in fact on probation for four counts official misconduct official misconduct solicitation for official misconduct and tampering with evidence is that true yes ma'am yes were you in fact placed on probation on June 30th 2012 yes me finding that I will find that your mission is on on that particular issue and find that there is a violation as to violation of condition five and there just for record purposes for purpose the violation probation we objected to the same evidentiary issues that in the trial understand thank you state argument yes your honor the defendant has been found guilty of perjury I know your honor heard the testimony over the course of the last day and a half um the state believes that one not statutory aggravators the factual aggravators in this case are the nature of the proceeding not only the fact that it was designated by the legislature as Capital case but that there were two young victims involved uh who did testify and as I stated it CL in arguments I don't believe there's any other way to read mr's testimony other than was designed to impact their credibility before the jury thankfully the jury found Mr Bush guilty in that case to compound that you have the fact that he was in law enforcement for many years and as he admitted on the stand was very aware of his duty and oath to tell the truth not only as a law enforcement officer but especially when testifying before this court uh and finally as youron just noted for the record he was on probation to boly U made these statements so I will leave it by saying that y knows that every day we do criminal cases in this courthouse and if people do not tell the truth then the system of justice we have will not work it's impossible Mr knew that and regardless of that fact in all his years of experience he got on stand and told lie um I'm not going to make a formal recommendation as to the years your honor has a score sheet in front of you you know we scores um state would just ask that your honor way to testimony and evidence in this case and R appropriate sense thank you arum you honor I don't really know what to say I still believe what I said was the truth I'm a single father with a daughter I've served my country and the state of Flor for many years and I find myself in this position now I don't know what said you AR please have mercy on me you just quickly um I have reviewed the score sheet we have no additionals or corrections to make to it I always think it's difficult your honor when there are witnesses who testify in court and cases like this would seem to stifle certain Witnesses from testifying in cases because of the ramications of that testimony the court Rec call the evidence from the bush case in 2003 which was the basis of this statement there was no evidence that Natasha bush had ever made any sort of allegation of the sexual abuse that didn't occur in 2009 I believe the state's position that somehow this affected whatever the outcome of the case when regards Natasha isn't true based fact that there was no such is back in I understand that Mr s was convicted here today he would ask the court to file the guidelines and sentence of Mr sailor and give him the concurrent sentence on violation probation cf13 390 the court will adjudicate you guilty as the jury found you to be guilty senten you to 8 years departmental Corrections credit for 13 days that you served and cf11 51 a as to the four counts the court will will uh adjudicate you guilty will revoke and terminate your probation and each of those counts will sentence you to a 4-year Department of Correction sentence each count should run concurrently in each case you concurrently that's credit for excuse me 15 days if you served all the statutory court cost fees cost of prosecution those amounts of money will be sent to collections court for you to start making payments within 180 days of your release from custody no less than $30 a month until it's paid off you have 30 days in which to appeal the Judgment sentence if you cannot afford an attorney attorney will be appointed to represent you the a has to be writing in those 30 days do you understand that sir I don't understand how many years I got here on eight years total it's four years concurrent on the violation of probation you as a credit for time the violation probation was Min understand that we had served a year in jail in that matter is that your understanding today yes I believe the F was 52 weeks 51 weeks B release is my understand and that should be 51 weeks and 15 days that's not showing thank you thank good luck you sir an Orange County jury set for Mr sailor's case took a considerable amount of time 1 hour and 15 minutes to be exact before reaching a verdict the nature of his offense left little room for doubt demanding a verdict that would serve as a firm example Mr sailor was sentenced to 8 years in prison and he was escorted to Orange County Jail to serve his time but if you think that cops getting sentenced for exploiting their power stops here then you must be in the dark about the case of David Oliver Mr Oliver you you did stipulate to the facts I did the facts as they were written on paper by other officers and I want to stay with a no contest play your honor I'm doing it with a clear mind this is David ol ol aged 56 who became the Brimfield Chief back in 2004 amassing a significant social media following through his Facebook page however his tenure took a challenging turn in 2015 when allegations surfaced of mistreatment toward a female officer Crystal Casterline within his Department this led to a civil lawsuit being filed against him by Casterline and then later escalating to Federal Court proceedings ultimately the case was dismissed in 2017 following a settlement agreement nonetheless Oliver found himself entangled in further legal proceedings related to his involvement in the Scandal and an attempted theft in office Mr Oliver I'm going to ask you some questions on need answer yes or no would you please CH you want to sit the podium or right there sir have you been informed by your attorney and do you understand the nature of the charges to which you're reping which would be count one attempt to theft in office Mr the first degree count two assult misdemeanor of the first degree unlawful restraint misdemeanor of the third degree and unauthorized use of property misdemeanor of the first degree yes sir do you understand each of the misdemeanors of the first degree may bring with them up to 180 days in jail and up to a $1,000 fine in cour CS yes your honor I do you understand the misdemeanor of the third degree may bring with it up to 60 days jail and up to a $500 F in court C yes your honor I do understand understand you do have a right to a trial on this matter I would to the court or to a jury yes your honor I do understand that are you waving your right today sir yes ma'am and sir did you sign w a right to jury trial yes ma'am and did you do so voluntarily yes ma'am sir do you understand you of the right to confront and cross exam of witnesses against you I do understand that too are you waving that right yes I am and sir you understand you have the right to subpoena witness who committ testify on your behalf yes ma'am I understand are you waiting at right I am yes and sir he understand it is the obligation of the prosecutor's office prove your guilty on yes ma'am are you waiting that right yes ma'am sir you understand you're not required to testify against yourself yes ma'am are you waving that right yes ma'am and sir do you understand by entering a no contest plea with the stipulation to a finding a fact you wave the right to appeal any issue that may have been brought up a tri yes ma'am and you are waving that right sir yes ma'am and sir you signed a written plea of guilty or I'm sorry written plea of no contest wer rights document is that correct yes four or five pages long yes' did you sign this document voluntarily yes did you review this document thoroughly Mr Pierce yes I did do you have any questions at all anything contained within this document no ma'am sir you are a US citizen yes ma'am sir I briefly got all your rights with you I know Mr Pierce has got over rights with you you've gone over do you have any questions regarding your constitutional rights no may do you wave those rights at this time yes sir to the charge in count one of attempted theft in office misdemeanor of the first degree how do you pleas no cont count two simple assault misdemeanor the first three how do you play no contest count three unlawful restraint misdemeanor of the third degree how do you play no contest and count for unauthorized use of property and Mr the first degree I no contest and you are if you L to a finding a fact is that correct that's correct judge we we would consent to the court making a finding a fact the court will make a finding a fact find that the defendant is a piece was a pieace officer at the time of this incident and based on the reading of the facts the court will find the defendant guilty of count one attempted death in office Miser first grade also the court will make find of guilty on count two simple assault Miss firste based on the reading of the facts based on the reading of the facts the defendant will be found guilty at count three and loal restraint misdemeanor of the third degree and count for unauthorized use of property misdemeanor of the first degree the tenant will be found guilty based on the reading of the facts at this time the court will proceed with sentencing um before the court sentences the defendant I'd like to hear from defense councel thank you your honor Mr Oliver as I think everybody in this room knows uh served the township of Brimfield first as a police officer uh and later as a chief he served approximately 10 years as the chief of police uh as everyone knows Brimfield is a small town that has its own small town politics um I think politics have played a role in this case um and Mr Oliver is at a point where he has decided it would be in his best interest in the best interest of his family to resolve these matters with no contest please to misdemeanor offenses uh he's done that for both his sake and his family sake um I know that there are going to be statements made in this case um by think Miss Casterline I think as everyone's aware there is a civil suit that is pending Miss Casterline has filed against both Mr Oliver and Brimfield Township uh there will be more litigation to come but uh Mr Oliver's motivation in resolving these is to attempt to achieve some closure for both himself and his family this has been an extremely rough time for them and I would indicate Mr Oliver has done a lot of good for the community some of that good is is a matter of public record U some of the charity work that he's done some of the proceed seats from from his book that was referenced um there are some David Oliver supporters I suspect that a lot of people in this room today are not here to support him uh but Mr Oliver is um certainly willing and wanting to move on with his life and his family's life and that was the motivation for these pleas today the attorney representing Mr Oliver Advocates on his behalf portraying him to be a beneficial member of society who has positively contributed to both the community and the police department despite the lawyer's audacious claim that Oliver's actions were motivated by the need to safeguard his family it's important to remember that theft from the police department cannot be excused under any circumstances Mr Oliver would you like to make a brief [Music] statement your honor I was Chief uh for the brenfield police department for 10 years 10 months there was a collective bargaining contract in place for the entire time I was there there was never one grievance filed never one this year we entered into some pretty tense I'm sorry in 2014 we entered into some pretty intense contract negotiations where I requested pay cuts from the officers due to a 12% increase in Insurance the officers refus to take that that cut and and negotiations gotten pretty tense nothing was said about any of this some of this information gave back to 2012 I mean I one qu and I'm not going to be long your honor but one question I would ask is if there was a forign police officer who thought there was a crime that have been committed in 2012 why didn't you report it the secondary thing about this is I never heard anything about a hostile work environment or assault or I will guarantee you that Crystal punched me as as much as I punched her that's that's the relationship we had her children spent the night with me and my family numerous times all the way up to September 2014 then we had the layoff notices came out and she was on the list and as soon as we worked out the contract and we sended the layoff notices two days later I got the hop style work environment charge and a threat from the union for a no confidence vote there is no way in the world that I could have brought this case to a jury with three or four police officers what they were going to testify and run the risk with the jury I I just couldn't do it so this this whole thing befuddles me I I've never seen anything like it there are officers here today who used to work for me show that that have shown up just to grind it one that I fired well I mean when you are the boss you don't make a lot of friends so Mr all you you did stipulate to the facts in this matter I did the facts as they were written on paper by other [Music] officers and I want to stay with a no contest plea your honor I'm doing it with a clear mind anything else Mr Pierce you'd like to say on behalf of the defendant no y thank [Music] you um I was thinking this morning about um how I was involved in shop with the cops in Brimfield and you were the head of that program and the little children were so happy they loved do the shop with cops and loved going to Apple be I I'm thinking now how you let those little children down you've let the people of Brimfield down you let your family down you let law enforcement down you've become the mil that you wrote about in your book you realize that I'm going to take the recommendations of the um Assistant Attorney General in sentencing the defendant with uh a Proviso probation um just based on what she felt was appropriate and what uh the attorneys agreed to I hope this never happens again to anyone else I hope no one else comes forward that would be a huge shut down to everyone in law enforcement on the attempted theft in office mror of the first degree I'm going to sentence the defendant to 180 days before each count jail on the simple assault mror of the first degree I'm going to sentence the defendant to 180 days before each County Jail on the unlawful restraint misdemeanor of the third degree I am going to sentence the defendant to 60 days of Page County Jail on the unauthorized use of property Mr M the first I going to sentence the defendant to 180 days in jail those sentences will run concurrent to one another I'm also going to assess the defendant $1,000 fine in court cost I will suspend the balance of the jail and $700 of the fine on the following conditions first you will be placed on basic probation here in Page County for a period of 24 months second you'll pay your court cost and fines within 24 months if you cannot pay I will allow you do community work service of up to 40 hours a week at $10 per hour till pay full your court costs are currently $121 so to work this off you have to do around 42 Community work service hours you will pay restitution of $134 in 24 months through the adult probation department here in Page County to the victim Brimfield Police Department you will be Persona NADA at the Brimfield Police Department and you will have Absolut absolutely no contact was over directly or indirectly with the victim in this matter lastly you will surrender your op certificate under Section 10977 of the Ohio Revised Code so my understanding at this time you don't have the physical uh certificate but you are surrendering uh your right to be a police police officer in the state of Ohio you understand that yes ma'am so if you violate any of these terms or conditions I will impose the original jail sentence on each count to run consecutive to one another do you understand that yes ma'am anything else at this time Mr Pierce no other thank you anything else tomor not you'll need to go over to the adult probation today and sign up with the probation department thank you David Oliver repeatedly shook his head took long pauses and was clearly hesistant before he finally entered a plea of no Conta contest to four of his misdemeanor charges including two connected to the mistreatment of the female officer Portage County Judge Lorie Pitman sentenced him to two years of Probation and ordered the suspension of his law enforcement certification effectively prohibiting him from working as a police officer in Ohio ever again if you think that officer zuar crossed his limits wait till you see the next case get hands out of your [ __ ] Pockets bro don't F dude dude put the he's got a gun he's got a gun this Mario Ortega a 35-year-old man who found himself at the Lakeside Motel on the Fateful night of July 14th 2023 around 12:16 a.m. a deputy from the Adams County Sheriff's Office self- dispatched to the scene surveillance footage captured the moment when Ortega parked outside the motel was approached by the deputy as Ortega stepped out of his SUV accompanied by a woman the deputy emerged from his Patrol vehicle drawing his gun in a tense display of authority let me see your [ __ ] hands let me see your hands get on the ground get on the ground get on the I'm going to tell you oneing time bro get on the ground get on the ground I'm going to punch you in the bro get on the ground get on the GRE hands out of your [ __ ] Pockets bro don't F dude dude put the he's got a gun he's got a gun 271 shots fir shots fir shots fir let me see your hands let me see your [Music] hands 271 suspect is down suspect is down female is walking on the second floor towards room 20 or 17 [Music] sorry 7 mon in pure hey man go and start medical Cod [Applause] three hey man hey stay with me bro hey stay with me bro hey man stay with me stay with me hey bro stay with me secure that gun stay with me hey man stay with me stay with me bro hey I need you to trade out with me I need you to trade out with me you need a chest yeah just go do you have a chest yep I can't find the entrance right [Music] here what right here right here hey female's walking around up here somewhere just keep an eye out she's wearing all [Music] black came gun's right there hey secure this gun real quick quick okay hey hey hey we're here we're here lock out ay female all black somewhere she's walking around last time I saw her she's walking this way up top okay stay me what I need what I need right now okay I need this entire Place locked down okay so start start clearing these cars so medical can get in here okay okay get him out on the street or are you 64 I'm right here yes get him out on the street that way I'm hey and hey where' the gun go I got I'm despite efforts to save him Ortega passed away to his wounds after being transported to a nearby hospital in the aftermath of the tragedy Ortega's family revealed his criminal past but mentioned his recent efforts to turn his life around in gy they announced their intention to pursue Pur legal action through a civil lawsuit the investigation into the alleged wrongful acts of the officer are still going on the deputy involved has been placed on administrative leave which is standard procedure and any changes to his status will be determined after the investigation is completed your Council mentioned Rehabilitation what does that mean to you or Rehabilitation is changing stand up will Rehabilitation be changing Behavior my mind in order to not move away from different outcomes this is Officer Michael amot 37 years old from the uid police department who in 2017 conducted a traffic stop on Richard hubard after noticing that the vehicle's license plate was registered to an individual with a suspended driver's license during the stop amot alleged that hubard resisted arrest and proceeded to repeatedly punch him later on in August 2019 amot was arrested and charged in uclid Municipal Court after following an extensive investigation however due to the disruptions caused by the covid-19 pandemic his trial was postponed for 2 years ultimately resuming in 2022 good morning good morning thank you to the court for allowing me a few minutes to speak it's been a long road it was 31 years old at the time of this incident I'm 37 today as I get older I tend to put things in perspective more raw molded in shape by our experiences in life and the outcom of those experiences since that it is no different for me and I learned a lot as I look back I know I've certainly changed in many ways far from a perfect person one thing I've always done is look back and reflect on my mistakes and failures it is very important for personal growth history is a great teacher the only problem is you can never change it can't rewrite it can only learn from it feels like we've been polarized to feel that people on both sides of this topic are either all good or all bad but the truth there's more Nuance than that the procedure leading up this moment has exposed me to what defendants are really up against once they're accused in the system this case was investigated by numerous outside agencies with immediate attention the case God itly it certainly should have been after all investigations or search for the truth I want the public to know what really happened to get us to this point in day one I cooperated fully with my own Department investigation how County Sheriff's Office use of force investigation team and the FBI was repeatedly interviewed by numerous investigators in 2017 I never downplayed my actions these investigations were reviewed by my local Department County sheriff's deputies federal agents local prosecutors County Prosecutors and federal prosecutors at the conclusion I was never charged by the city the state federal government 2 years after this incident in 2019 the special prosecutor filed charges after negotiating a salary of $250 an hour pre-trial stretched on for another 3 years before trial during the trial I was disappointed that the jury didn't get to hear about the findings of those investigations or could hear from a single investigator I was also disappointed about how known falsehoods were allowed to be presented like the truth one of the most shocking examples was a prosecution witness called and testified that I was celebrating in the aftermath of this arrest he testified that I was high-fiving fist bumping and dabing it up with other officers there was five police cars on East 228 street that day all with their dash cameras on and rolling they all had overlapping field of view I can be seen in front of one of those cameras the entire time I was on scene until I was transported to the Hospital nothing remotely close to what the witness describ happened with me or any other officer on the scene they knew this and put the witness on the stand anyway this was a use of force encounter that divided a community it is something I've replayed in my head for the better half of a decade this is not something I've ever celebrated I take full responsibility that there was a failure on my behalf to get Mr Hub and custody quickly the incident was prolonged and I was shot with the taser during the deployment I broke my hand ruper t as and injured my shoulder when most people see a violent encounter like this they usually ask are officers a lot of punching people and if so under what circumstances are they allowed to do it for me it was important to attempt to educate the jury as I was educated as a police officer I called every relevant instructor I had to the St taser instructors I had Department use of force instructors captain in charge of the use of force committee my Police Academy use of force instructors and traffic stop instructors I hired a national use of force expert who reviewed everything each of them agreed that I have to give them scope of my training you of force is supposed to be judged from the perspective of a reasonable officer in light of their training and experience every officer testified that my response was consistent with the law policy and training he also submitted handbooks training documents and videos supporting the testimony regardless of how I feel about the situation I accept the jury's verdict however it's become clear that there's a disconnect between how officers are taught to react and how the public expects officers to react I cannot change the outcome here but I can make positive changes going forward I have to figure out how to move forward make sure I don't end up here again as a community we have to figure out how to come back together and make sure we don't end up here again as well a law enforcement training must keep officers safe and also be consistent with public policy a lot of changes have been made since 2017 and if you can give me just another moment I'm going to talk about a lot of the changes that I've made in the Department's made during the aftermath of this incident the department started looking at Alterna use of force training that does not relyant stri several officers were sent to become Gracie survival tactics instructors these instructors Now teach a revolutionary defensive tactic system based on Gracie Jiu-Jitsu these tactics are more effective at subject control instead of play pce instead of paying compliance through strikes kicks tasers Etc utilizes mechanical control holes and body positioning I think the leadership of my department with a tested that champion these efforts early data from one Department utilizing this program regularly shows a 48% decrease in officer injuries and 53% decrease in suspect injuries based on deployment of bra jiujitsu in their trol D the department found that uh physical confrontations with suspects were 200% more likely to be injured by an officer that did not have the same training they also reported a decrease in caser usage and workers count by $70,000 per year which was significantly less than the cost of the program I'm proud to share this is now part of our you Police Department's annual defense and tactics training program previously I had 4 hours of training every 3 years now the training is completed at least on an annual basis at firstly taken at least almost 100 hours of training outside the police department and around the state M the use of force in human relations since this incident the uid city council has provided funding to officers giving them the option to seek additional training additional use of force training on the officer's own time at a local Grace Jiu-Jitsu school the school is owned and operated by another local police officer and Taken full advantage of this opportunity so far and out of all the officers participating in the program I've Advanced the furthest and attain the most rank since this training program began you received some grant money through Co I worked with a group of officers to get some of that money to build a new use of force training room we were given approximately $20,000 for materials to price design and build a new defensive tactics training area I helped design the new room I personally constructed a large 1120 ft training mat complete with wall Ms and Department logos I put in every screw nut and bold into the new training area myself we've never had anything like it before I worked with one of the defensive tactics instructors to create waivers so we can use the new training area in our own time using Department techniques to get the repetitions we need to not only be more effective on the streets but to keep suspects and officers safer during these encounters I want to end by saying I'm not an advocate for or against use of force everything I did on that day was based on my training and experience from here on out I'll be an advocate for subject control training department wide going forward so we can all be at our best when the time comes I have a deep respect and love for the citizens and his community I want to do my best to serve them after all it's what they deserve thank you thank you officer Ott's address does reflect his commitment to minimizing the use of force against people but if fails to demonstrate any empathy towards his victim Richard hubard something even the judge notices and points out officer am me out um your Council mentioned Rehabilitation what does that mean to you well Rehabilitation is changing the stand up will Rehabilitation be changing behavior in my mind in order not move away from different outcomes um so like in this case for example we got here for in I believe punches in the duration of the fight if there's a better way or faster way to do it then the police department's looking at the ways to do that so a lot of that's being taken for me training on my own time and um departments done it that's Rehabilitation to me is changeing behavior you know I'm I'm listening to everything that U was said by everyone and and particularly what you were saying one of the things that I did not hear you did not address Mr hubard at all uh and I'm not saying it's something that need to be done but it's an observation that I made um and part of that uh you know I I try to observe and and see what's going on and listening and you can be seated uh I'm going to talk a little bit here I just wanted to ask that question I you know I I do didn't just sit here and let the trial pass me by I I observed the testimony from everyone I listened one one of the things that U stood out to me is that uh the initiation of this incident probably never should have occurred when you receive that initial radio communication that initiated this whole thing and the other thing that sort of stood out to me was that in approaching the vehicle and asking Mr Hub to get out of the vehicle from my perspective there was no there was an inability for him to get out of that vehicle without making contact with you inability to get out of that fiic um I I appreciate the things that you said about mistakes and failures the the amount of Investigation that's gone on that took place as a result of that and and I I appreciate sh out of that you know I uh personally spent over 30 years in the military so I'm used to having orders following orders obeying orders a regimented order of things I I'm accustomed to that and and I appreciate the necessity of police having the ability to we need them we need them to do their job appropriately and when we deviate from that then we have to do what we need to do to ensure that uh it doesn't occur in the future and I I appreciate what uet has done the uid police department has done with respect to modifying how contact is made and how you get people under control and police need to be able to control folk no doubt about that there must be control but uh there's a limit to how that's done and based upon the evidence that was presented and the testimony and and I did listen to your trainers your prior instructors I did listen to that but I I do believe in this case I believe the jury got it right I do uh and the court must imposed the sentence at the court appeals is appropriate in a case like this and I appreciate uh the information provided in the pre sentence investigation and generally U I'm the type person that generally follows recommendations generally speaking I'm not here today to send a a message to the world I'm here here today to evaluate what occurred here and especially given the length of time that has expired since this incident and to today take what I think is the appropriate action and imposing ascentage how long did Mr hubs been in jail I think an hour or two an hour or two okay okay good that's a good thing um Mr Hubbert let me say to you uh it's been s years yes uh the city of uket uh compensated you yes uh if you need assistance you need to go and get that assistance but uh I'm not going to say you're not going to have uh instances of flashback or what have you but you need to move on with your life also oh yes yes sure and not uh let this incident uh continue to hover over you the city compensated you Council I appreciate uh your comments with respect to the things the court is required to take a look at in imposing a sentence uh based upon uh the evidence presented and the pre sentence investigation the court at this time will impose a sentence of um 90 days U require you to pay a fine of $1,000 and will require you to pay the court cost in addition the court will suspend the sentence of 90 days uh place you on non-reporting community control for a period of one year uh if you violate during that one year then the court will retain the ability to imposed the sentence anything on behalf of the state no you're right on behalf of Miss D just what um countt what count while U Mr hubbert's rights were violated and the officer as an officer he used his authority to do that however given the length of time involved here the court will use the assault as opposed to the violation of civil rights not saying they weren't violated but given the length of time uh the court will use the assault charge anything else thank you that's all good luck to you sir thank you um I I'm I'm still troubled by the fact that you did not address Mr har I I can address I that's all right you're no it's not all right I don't need it you do need it you you say you can't move on I'm telling you you need to move on not easy life is not easy but as long as you let that handicap you he has control as long as it handicaps you he has control you make that decision sir do you want want him controlling or this situation to control you no need to think about that all right you all do what you want to do the jury convicted amot on one count of misdemeanor assault and one count of interfering with civil rights as a result uclid police officer Michael OT received a sentence of one year of non-reporting community control and a $1,000 fine for the assault on Richard hubard initially visiting judge guy Reese also imposed a 90-day sentence but the sentence was later suspended Charles case definitely went quite peacefully something that we can't say for the next one it is the Judgment of the court that you be sentenced to 6 years confinement in the Texas Department of Criminal Justice institutional division that will be suspended you will be placed on probation for 5 years there's a 25 $500 fine plus court costs no restitution is ordered in this case this is Michelle bentes vea a former Bexar County Precinct 2 Constable she was taken to court for two felony counts of tampering with records the verdict came after she presented falsified Rodriguez Park Security payment logs during a criminal investigation if you could please stand so that we can proceed to sentencing Mr go is there any legal reason we cannot proceed to sentencing oh it is the Judgment of the court that you be sentenced to 6 years confinement in the Texas Department of Criminal Justice the institutional division that will be suspended you will be placed on 5 years probation there's a 20 after the announcement of her punishment chaos broke in the court and it took a while for things to settle can close the door close the door I did not hear I'm going to start over it is the Judgment of the court that you be sentenced to 6 years confinement in the Texas Department of Criminal Justice Justice institutional division that will be suspended you will be placed on probation for 5 years there's a $2,500 fine plus court costs no restitution is ordered in this case you will be ordered to satisfy 600 hours of community service one half of those hours I will allow you to buy out by contributing to the San Antonio food bank at $10 per hour the remaining 300 hours you will satisfy by working for Habitat for Humanity at a location I will designate there is to be a no contact order with leonio Moreno no contact order with Anthony Del I am ordering a $50 contribution to Crime Stoppers I'm also ordering a moral recognition therapy course you will um complete that course I will be satisfied if you uh buy the workbook yourself I'm not going to require you to go to the group therapy sessions confinement as a condition of your 90 days confinement in the bar County Jail I am going to hold that in Avance until the results of the appeals are exhausted but I am ordering it I'm imposing it once all of that is finalized and I will decide how you will serve that in fin it I have options lastly your probation starts today ma'am look at me your probation starts today Michelle Barry anesa was sentenced to 5 years prob ation 90 days in jail and 600 hours of community service after being found guilty of two felony counts of tampering with records although things did get crazy during her case she remained calm unlike the next corrupt cop I'm going to prohibit your physical or constructive possession of firearms or ammunition at any time for any reason this is Joshua Underwood a former deputy sheriff with the okone county sheriff's office on February 28 2019 he appeared for a bond hearing at the okone County Detention Center center after a tense situation unfolded at an apartment complex on South Oak Street in senica South Carolina where Underwood was residing Underwood was being charged with opposing or resisting a law enforcement officer serving process and here's how that turned out all right Mr Underwood I find the solicitor's request for cash assurity bond $50,000 to be reasonable accordingly I'm going to impose that cash or Bond uh for your release after the announcement of his bond isn't too happy I find it absurd that you haven't even obtained any information from me based off the you're going to believe everything that he says okay and you going go ahead set a sec Bond on me on a ment okay are you are you finished okay if you'll hear me out please thank you uh additionally I'm going to place a requirement for a GPS monitor prior your release on bond uh I'm going to restrain or restrict your contact with your domestic partner the mother your child whichever best describes her to include her place of work and her residence additionally I'm going to prohibit your physical or constructive possession of firearms or ammunition at any time for any reason and I want to make sure that you understand when I say constructive possession I mean there's to be no firearms or ammunition in any vehicle you're being transported in or riding in unless it's what grounds are you prohibiting me from Firearms I am why what ground I am because I have that Latitude given severity what reason is why you standing behind that that you Mr Underwood Mr Underwood in this court in this court one person talks at a time from off in the Sheriff's Office you're going to find yourself in contempt of court I've already been content okay I'm not here sir all right are you going to allow to finish constru constructive possession of a Firearms or ammunition means you will not have it in your possession it won't be in the house or the room that you're staying in it won't be in the vehicle that you're being transported in unless we're talking about transport by law enforcement do you understand that all right that's all you're dismissed officer if you remove him you can't look at me look Joshua continues to talk angrily with the judge while he tries to get him to calm down Underwood's bond hearing shed light on the legal proceedings following his arrest a judge set his bond at $50,000 and mandated the use of an ankle monitoring device should he secure his relief but if you think that it's the end to such horrendous cases then you're in for a surprise with the case of police Chief Scott Gardner yeah it's it's it's been two years since I've been able to talk about this um and and I greatly do a I apologize first off for wasting the Court's time wasting the State of Ohio's time um it was never my intention to have this unreported and as as Miss hward expressed as soon as I found out what was happening and the state makes the allegation of of why I did it after the subpoena I didn't know there was anything wrong we going going on until I receed this opinion this is Scott Gardner aged 49 a former East Cleveland police chief who was indicted in August 2022 on various counts including theft in office telecommunications fraud and tampering with evidence in the summer of 2023 he was re-indicted and prosecutors added counts related to filing fraudulent tax returns money laundering and new theft offenses Mr gner is sorry for what happened he absolutely is remorseful this has been very very difficult for him he has asked me on a number of occasions what am I going to do I have to make sure that this never happens again like I you know it worries him he he doesn't want he doesn't want to engage in this sort of behavior he doesn't want to be seen as somebody who would steal from the state of Ohio Mr Gardner is a person that cares about others I can say that from my personal experiences with him I can say that from the way I see him interact with others he is a very kind man he is generous he would help anybody with anything he really would it's just his nature I know I had said it before but just as generous as as Mr Gardner is with others in he would pay for things for others you saw that in the letters he would buy other people things if they needed them he put his own money into the department he put his own money into the fop and maybe maybe some of the money was that but Mr Gardner is not only did he do those things but he is trying to pay that back and he's paid a significant portion of that back and he will continue to make payments on that he's dedicated to doing that he's dedicated to taking care of his responsibilities and he cares about other people him attempting to be a cheat or a thief or anything of that nature is not his intentions it's it's really not Mr Gardner is a caring person and I think that he is going to now tell you how he got into this situation and he would like to apologize to the court and the state of Ohio honor thank you um yeah it's it's it's been 2 years since I've been able to talk about this um and and I greatly do a I apologize first off for wasting the Court's time wasting the State of Ohio's time um it was never my intention to have this unreported and as as M hward expressed as soon as I found out what was happening and the state makes the allegation of of why I did it after the subena I didn't know there was anything wrong or going going on in until I received this opment I immediately took action I I fully acknowledged that that money is not my money the money was accepted as I've learned that I should not have accepted or kept um so I fully acknowledge that and I fully prepare uh you know since that time i' I've had certified public accountants uh filing my sales tax uh with the inter term of my CPA actually firing me because of this incident uh recently but um my my intention is to make certain that this does not occur again um this is not who I am this is not what I want my my perception to be uh for the remaining time and I I appreciate the time and honor for me to be able to speak I want to be real clear Mr Gardner because I don't want you to have any um false impression about U the impression that you've made on me this isn't just Reckless on your part I don't believe that for one minute not for one second do I believe that you're just a poor bookkeeper we're talking about a factor of over 10 you you paid 1,000 when you're supposed to pay 12,000 you paid 3,000 when you were supposed to pay 49,000 that's not an oops that's not a I I just I'm a sloppy bookkeeper that's a person who who essentially was and maybe Miss Miss uh Hibert is right when she said that says that you did good things with some of that money but you were essentially robbing from Peter to pay Paul and and I I don't buy the argument that it was just an oversight and as soon as was brought to your attention you said oh my gosh let me correct this um I believe you believe that you could just do this get away with it nobody would notice um but for the phenomenal investigator work done by the agents um who testified in this case I think you never would have paid this money um so I don't buy that argument I don't buy the sloppy bookkeeper argument um it just it doesn't fly I I listen to the testimony sometimes when cases aren't tried as judges it becomes difficult to assess what really happened because you you don't get to really hear uh the facts of the case U as much as you do when there's a trial but here it was abundant ly clear that you were you just were kind of running a scam I mean we're not going to get too deep into it because a lot of the counts were dismissed against you but there was an awful lot of testimony that I heard uh that that signaled a a guy who was willing to cut Corners um that's who you are I mean let's not kid ourselves right this is your third time in the courtroom or is it fourth third or fourth time third your honor all right so we we have two separate instances where you've been charged with this sort of behavior right the first time it happens you might say oh my God here I am a police officer I've been charged in pis County for misconduct revolving around um a cigar shop I own might say well you know I'm a fine police officer but I'm a bad cigar shop owner operator um I've got to do better then you get another case and you say oh my God I can't this happened again I I I've got to do better now a third time and we're supposed to write that off as just another oops that's that's nonsense I don't buy it not for one minute that's not to suggest that Miss Hibert is wrong when she says that there's good in you I'm certain that it's true um but but you were stealing to come in here and say something else um is somewhat offensive um in the end though what you PL guilty to was a single fourth degree felony with a presumption in favor of community control and as judges we're not just throwing darts at a spinning board and hoping that we hit the right sentence we use the guidance that we're given and this is a nonviolent offense you have no felony criminal history so this is your first felony conviction um I don't see that as a small matter um I see particularly someone who spent their career in law enforcement having to carry around a felony conviction as a significant thing um so although I'm I'm in no way fooled by your story of the hapless business owner who just can't shoot straight I'm not going to overreact um and incarcerate you today um I don't believe that police officers um when they commit crimes that are really unrelated to their business ought to be treated more harshly than say a butcher a baker or a Candlestick Baker you know the fact of the matter is um I I'm going to sentence you like I would anyone else charged with a lowlevel nonviolent felony of the fourth degree who has no prior felony criminal history so although I certainly appreciate why the government might be inclined to ask for prison here I think it would be an overreaction I think it's unfair to people who have committed their lives to law enforcement which is a real honor to be able to say that my job is to protect and serve the community um I mean that's a real honor but I don't think that the payback for having committed yourself to a life in law enforcement is for judges to immediately send you to prison and apply some sort of police officer specification that means whenever police officer commiss a crime they have to go to prison when another person wouldn't I don't think that's appropriate um so I'm not going to incarcerate you even in the face of your foolish explanation as to why you did this you need to take some time while you're on probation um and and and do some soul searching and figure out what your life plan is going to be because cutting corners and running raggedy businesses where you steal from the state hasn't worked for you you're now a convicted Fon here's where it gets a little more interesting now that you are a convicted felon and you're about to be on probation to me for the next 5 years if I even get a whiff a sniff that you're cutting Corners out there in the world that you're running some kind of a business and maybe not doing the things that you're supposed to do that maybe you put a business in someone else's name and you're teaching them them how to cut these Corners if I find out about it you're going to prison do you understand me yes right is there anything unclear about that no you're right you're going to have to pay this restitution you will be responsible for what is it $149,000 $1 49,95422 tarnish the badge when you do this now you didn't do it relative to your work as a police officer right this wasn't something that that that you used your role as a police officer um to sort of get away with the crime um but look let's let's be clear the reason why all these cameras are pointed at you is because you're a police officer not just police but chief of police who has fallen this far it stains the bag it lies the bad you going you going to have a consequence that's tangible not just the intangible um consequence of a felony conviction uh you're going to give back to the community uh this went on for many years um going back to 2014 our window is a is a six-year window um so with that in mind you're going to do 600 hours of community service 100 hours for every year that you engaged in this scam and that's what it was it was a scam I don't again I don't be repetitive but the slobby book keeper story is not believable for a guy that's been in court on two separate occasions for similar conduct so for each year you engaged in in this um scam you'll do 100 hours of community service um I would certainly um I I would never over any point in that 5 years your own probation to me I'd never forget that I I I'm giving you a chance that your judge gave you a chance right but that's all it is if it turns out that Miss soul and the state of Ohio is right and you just don't have it in you to do good then you'll make a mistake over these 5 years and you'll end up going to prison on the other hand I hope that just like me on some LEL the state of Ohio is rooting for you to do well right the goal of this is to see people not recidiviz the goal of this is to correct behavior and there ought to be punishment the punishment is a $600 of community service but but the hope is that over the course of the next 5 years um even if it's only out of fear um the state of Ohio won't have to worry about you stealing from the state anymore uh because of that that heightened anxiety that your your freedom is at stake do you understand yes sir uh normally it's the course inclination um to to create incentives uh for people to do well on community control uh and so I I always look for ways to consider terminating Community Control early so I would commonly put people on maybe 5 years of community control but I say look if you can show me a year of sobriety um 12 straight months we'll terminate your probation but I want you to understand I'm not going to do that in this case I want there to be some certainty that you're being supervised for as long a period of time as I possibly can so that's the that's the uh maybe the one dis similarity to the way I'm treating you and I might someone else um I want you to be supervised for as long as the law allows me to do it and that's the 5 years uh so while you're on uh Community Control you'll report monthly uh you'll be drug tested uh you will have to maintain verifiable employment um you are um you are on a habitual offenders list so you can't um operate a business in the state of Ohio you'll have to have some sort of verifiable employment um I I'll I'll give you some flexibility there because I understand that you are retired but but there's going to have to be some work you'll have to show that you're doing some work in addition to just the community service um as I indicated you will be drug tested U I don't know if there's a drug issue here maybe there's not um none whatsoever that's that's fine I'm happy to hear that um but but on the off chance that there should come a time uh where you test positive for an illegal substance I want you to understand I'm not going to incarcerate you for that uh we'll just we'll talk more and we'll figure out a way to help you if there is a drug issue that that uh that that should arise um and to that uh to that end I want you to be forthcoming with our probation department if there are issues that you have that maybe haven't been addressed in open court uh maybe they're too private uh to discuss in open court discuss them with your probation officer develop a relationship with the probation officer so that you can speak with that person we have a fantastic probation department um bless you um I I I I certainly hope that you're able to pay this money back um I don't want you to think that just because um maybe on some level I've had some harsh words for you Mr Gardner um that that I want to see you do poorly uh to the contrary My Hope Is that this sentence uh will have the net effect of you doing well and extricating yourself from the system and never having to uh to to go through this again do you understand yes right um Miss Soul anything else on beh to State no your honor we would just ask the journal entry to reflect the restitution amount it will be in the journal thank you Miss hbert nothing thank youor all rise in March 2024 Mr Gardner pleaded guilty to one of the tax related charges in a plea deal that dropped the other 23 counts against him between 2014 and 2019 Gardner failed to pay more than $23,000 in state sales taxes from his private security business according to kyoga County assistant prosecutor Samantha Soul Gardner was placed on probation for failing to pay taxes in two other cases in 2014 the same time he started failing to pay his taxes in this case considering all the offenses Mr Gardner was sentenced to 5 years of Probation and 600 hours of community service for tax charge it is astonishing to see cops committing such heinous crimes but at least some of them are on camera getting their deserved punishment but even this case was not as shocking as the next one we are going to share with you I'm get in that truck and leave that's fine but then I'm going to have to arrest you go ahead you're staying here sir you're not leaving I'm leaving no you're not this is Clyde J Giblin a resident of Colby Wisconsin whose life changed dramatically after an encounter with Marathon County Sheriff's deputy Troy dealer and his police dog Leo on August 6th 2015 morning sir how are you I see a business name on your excavator here are you running a business why are you doing work right now yep where you headed to if I might ask dester and the reason I asked this is I don't see a name or a USB number displayed on your truck people told me I don't need one oh you would sir not for hire well whether you're For Hire or not you're still considered a commercial motor vehicle as long as you make a buck you want a business and um you're going to a job site you're considered a commercial motor vehicle what am I supposed to do well you have to obtain your usdot number that's first off I'm not going to do that I got to get going well you're going to have to wait until we're done with the I'm not going to wait either well you'll have to no I don't have to yes sir you do don't tell me hey I have to I'll get in that truck and leave well that's fine but then I'm going to have to arrest you when the officer initially threatens the man the man simply refuses to be arrested and claims he'll just leave go ahead you're staying here sir you're not leaving I'm leaving no you're not I got work the door no you were going to go through this inspection you need to settle down that's fine you're you're going to be placed under arrest after the cops stop the man their dog decides to act up [Music] me you're on now [Music] [Applause] [Applause] back [Applause] after the incident galine filed a lawsuit against Deputy dler alleging unconstitutional use of force and seeking damages for the physical and emotional trauma he endured the lawsuit highlighted the permanent scarring medical expenses and business loss suffered by gabeline as a result of the incident a lot of these corrupt cops definitely got what they deserve from making unlawful demands to abusing their power corrupt cop cases appear regularly but unfortunately not all get dealt with if you enjoyed this video let me know in the comments below and don't forget to subscribe goodbye