corruption

Duck, Chuck!

massmarrier — Fri, 29 Oct 2010 18:20:24 +0000

The Globe and BZ radio report in breaking news that Chuck Turner was just found guilty on all four counts.

Ed Repeat Davis: Lying REALLY a fireable offense this time

Brett — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 21:01:23 +0000

Adam posted earlier about Ed Davis swearing that lying will get you "fired". It may sound familiar.

Circa July 2009:

The words an officer writes down in a police incident report, the statements an officer makes to Internal Affairs investigators, the sworn testimony an officer gives to a grand jury or in court - it has to be truthful or else, Davis says. “The penalty will be termination, no matter the officer’s reputation. First one - and you’re out.’’

Circa today:

Boston Police Commissioner Edward F. Davis will fire any officer convicted of perjury or shown to have lied during internal department investigations

Inquiring minds would like to know what happened to Patrick Wood, author of Jamaica Plain Babies Pushed Into My Cruiser. Also, what happened to Rance Cooley, author of Criminals I Recognize?

Avenue Louis Pasteur needs a double-bypass

Brett — Fri, 21 Aug 2009 15:31:21 +0000

Why? Mainly because of all the illegally parked Boston EMS trucks, Department of Public Health SUVs, and the news vans- all there for a conference at the Joseph B. Martin Conference Center. The Channel 7 news crew was even blocking the sidewalk with their camera gear, sitting unused and unattended.

What would it take to have a Senator impeached?

Brett — Fri, 14 Nov 2008 00:47:21 +0000

Kevin John Sowyrda wonders:

...what exactly would it take for the upper chamber of the Great and General Court to expel one of their own for actions unbecoming a member of the Commonwealth’s not so elite, 40-member club?

Meanwhile, Wilkerson, indicted on numerous federal criminal charges, continues to collect pay as a Massachusetts senator. At $58,237 per year (roughly the fourth-highest legislative salary in the Union, not including the $10-100 per diem when away from the statehouse). That's around ten thousand dollars; your tax dollars at work.

Wilkerson Rebuffs Senate

Quantum Mechanic — Fri, 31 Oct 2008 03:26:42 +0000

The Boston Globe reports that Wilkerson will not resign despite the State Senate's unanimous resolution asking her to do so.

IACP: we park wherever we please

Brett — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 15:12:14 +0000

Right now, there are many police cruisers, both marked and unmarked, parked on Avenue Louis Pasteur. A large number are parked illegally, either in no-parking zones, bus stops, and even blocking crosswalks (in front of Boston Latin, a school zone.) This is an area where both the MBTA and MASCO run a large number of shuttles and need all the room they can get just make the turns. The State Police, Northborough, Danvers, and Boston were among the 'representatives' who showed up with marked cruisers. The unmarked cruisers and personal vehicles had various "I'm a cop" signs- raid jackets in windows, ticket books on dashboards, radios left in plain sight, or emergency lights.

They are attending a conference in Harvard Med's New Research Building, held by IACP, regarding Project Safe Neighborhoods. IACP is a police chief association, so there are probably a bunch of chiefs amongst these lawbreakers. Of note- there are multiple pay lots within 1-2 blocks, and public street parking within a few blocks.

Update: photos from twheaton. More welcome, especially showing plates and the signage showing they're illegally parked.

When crooked cops testify against other crooked cops

adamg — Tue, 11 Sep 2007 12:53:17 +0000

Scott Allen Miller notes that former Boston police officer Carlos Pizarro pleaded guilty to cocaine possession charges and that part of his plea involves agreeing to testify against other officers arrested in an alleged bad-stuff ring, including Kiko Pulido:

... Pizarro might want to move his loved ones and valuables into hiding, or at least make sure his homeowner's insurance is paid up.

A Big Dig Diogenes

adamg — Tue, 25 Jul 2006 14:55:45 +0000

Sco supports the idea of a subpoena-issuing Ward-Commission like investigative body to look at the Big Dig, but he wonders:

... The question remains, is there anyone left in Massachusetts who is both politically savvy enough to take this on and politically independent enough to make sure no responsible party is spared?

At least the anti-corruption unit wasn't corrupted

adamg — Sat, 22 Jul 2006 16:43:26 +0000

That's the good news in the Boston Police identity-theft, coke-dealing, alien-smuggling corruption investigation, Mats Tolander writes.

Steve Gilliard notes that the guy at the center of the investigation, motorcycle cop Roberto "Kiko" Pulido, seemed pretty busy protecting illegal parties and organizing other nefarious schemes:

... I wonder if this guy ever arrested anyone? ...

Apparently, the former Marine and father of five got shot once, but his bullet-proof vest saved him.

BPD statement.

Globe article.