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Creative writing has been Cecil Lacey's forte for years. If someone wanted interesting reading, they should go back through the Civil/Warrant files, and not just the training files. But if you want real interesting reading, go through the files of the Dick Moore administration, now that is interesting reading.

As for Tim Cannon, he was one of the few supervisors w/ Pct 4 that had ethics and morals, there is no doubt that he was given a direct order to release her, and now has been thrown under the bus by those supervisors that gave him that order. Good luck Tim!

Now for the real goodie! Scott Claborn was a Pct 4 Deputy for more than 14 years, he was killed in the line of duty, the suspect, Donald Fincher,was 3x's the limit and was given 4 yrs in TDC. Constable Hickman the Pct 4 Constable wrote a letter to the Parol Board for the early release of Fincher. That is correct, The head of the agency is asking the parole board to release the man convicted of killing one of his deputies! The ULTIMATE BETRAYL.  

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Thanks for writing. I have been posting articles and comments about creative writing skills used by "bad" cops when they make an arrest or some other thing they shouldn't be doing. That paper they so "skillfully" write somehow always comes back to bite them in the ass. Funny thing is, some people who read these posts of mine take offense at them, and adopt the bunker mentality.... can you find these doc's this guy has written and post them in here for discussion?

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The creative writing is just the tip of the iceberg. Reports are altered or just vanish, prisoners are released prior to booking because they are big contributors, then they make the deputies lie about the arrest. God forbid  a deputy wants to do the right thing, and go against the grain, because if they do, the life that they know would be over. Their career is gone, and the only job they would be able to get involves wearing a paper hat.

http://abclocal.go.com/ktrk/story?section=news/13_undercover&id=6157597

This website will verify some of the things they are do. This article is about deputies following/spying on citizens that have filed suit against the county. This is nothing compared to what they have done to some of their own deputies. It is nothing for the 'admin' to direct their flunkies to illegally gain entry and search deputies homes, and tap phones, follow and harass them and families. They have given a new meaning to retaliation; all because someone is perceived a threat to the dictatorship. What is sad is the county commissioner has known all about the antics and hides behind plausible deniability.

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Has anyone contacted the FBI or the US AG's office. This is nothing less than organized crime and it should be investigated. LASD has done similar things to people they falsely arrested. They were doing driveby's past the victim of their abuses' house, trying to intimidate the family in hopes they would make the administrative investigation go away...well, it didn't. The moment it was reported to the sheriff's executive assistant, it stopped.

kk, tried that link, and it doesn't work, you may have to post the article.

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http://abclocal.go.com/ktrk/story?section=news/13_undercover&id=6157597

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Here is the article, the news has a copy of the inter office memo.

By Wayne Dolcefino HOUSTON (KTRK) -- It may be just an email, but tonight, only 13 Undercover has it.

It could spell new trouble for the sheriff and his secret squad of detectives, who spied on two brothers suing the sheriff's office for civil rights violations.

The Ibarra brothers' story is quickly becoming quicksand for Sheriff Tommy Thomas. First, his department loses a big civil rights lawsuit, costing taxpayers millions. The brothers claimed they were roughed up for videotaping a drug raid at their neighbor's house. Then, we learn the sheriff's office spied on the brothers just weeks before the trial.

"What they always wanted, which was a sense for things to change in this county, and now we're finding out they've gotten worse," said Lloyd Kelley, attorney for the Ibarra brothers.

Our surveillance story launched a criminal investigation. Now, we discovered the only documentation We now have that email from December 16, 2007 from the secret squad's commander. It doesn't talk about the alleged surveillance of the Ibarra brothers for five or six hours over three days, but about the "many days of surveillance of the Ibarra house," surveillance that apparently included accessing police computers to check warrants and police calls to the house over a two and a half year period.
It concludes "no suspicious activity" was observed.
"The apparent existence of this email regarding the Ibarra brothers surveillance which has never been disclosed is particularly troubling," said Channel 13 attorney John Edwards.
And that's because high ranking sheriff's officials claimed in our court trial that any email detailing investigations had been saved in other forms. That's so defendants wouldn't have to worry about destroyed evidence.
"Mr. Dolcefino was supposedly given all the completed investigation files regarding this unit months ago," said Edwards.
And now the Ibarra surveillance will likely prompt a new civil rights lawsuit, allegations of perjury . Ibarras' lawyer claims Major Juan Jorge testified in the civil trial he had no involvement in the Ibarra case for years. The email shows he was involved in the surveillance weeks before trial.
"Either he lied under oath in this trail, the Ibarra case or he is the fall guy and he's saying, 'Yeah, I ordered this up'," said Kelley.
Whatever really happened, it's clear the Ibarra case is far from over and the credibility of the sheriff's office is now front and center. Sheriff Tommy Thomas won't face reporters to explain any of it.
Response from the sheriff's department
We've been asking Sheriff Thomas to answer questions about the Ibarra surveillance for more than a week now, but he won't. So we spoke with the next best thing. His second in command talks about the surveillance and the secret squad that conducted it.
A high-ranking sheriff's official admits if it wasn't for that email, you may have never known about the Ibarras' surveillance. And that's not all the department is saying.
"Is this the sheriff's goon squad?" we asked Chief Deputy Danny Billingsley with the Harris County Sheriff's Department.
"We have no goon squad," he answered.
"You don't follow the sheriff's enemies?"
"We don't follow the sheriff's enemies," he answered.
But Erik and Sean Ibarra were adversaries, suing the sheriff's office among others last year when they were watched by criminal investigators from a secret sheriff's office squad. No one knew about the surveillance until last week. Few knew about the squad and there are close to no records detailing their activities for years.
"Where are the records?" we asked.
"There are no records that detail the use of the van or the use of the surveillance equipment," said Billingsley.
"Why not?"
"Oversight on my part," he said.
The Investigative Support Unit, as it's officially called, is made up of 5 investigators and a specially equipped van decked out with surveillance equipment.
"Basically if you got in the van right now, what you'd find would be radios, computers, cameras, binoculars, scopes, that sort of thing," said Billingsley.
Billingsley sat in the seat we were hoping the sheriff would fill.
"How come he doesn't want to sit down and set the record straight or at least defend himself when you have all these things out there?" we asked.
"I think there's a level of mistrust that has developed," answered Billingsley. "Whether it's right or wrong, it's there."
We wanted him to explain why Harris County citizens who are not the subject of criminal investigations are spied on.
"Was it to find dirt on them?" we asked.
"I guess you could say if they saw dirt, that could be it," he answered.
Chief Billinsgley says all it takes is for a supervisor to request surveillance. It's used in many murder cases. The Ibarras were the first for a civil lawsuit. The email is the only record they were the targets of the secret squad.
"Was it because you didn't want the public to know what you were doing?" we asked him.
"No, not at all," he answered.
"How can there be such arrogance of power to think somebody wouldn't have to keep records?" asked state Senator Rodney Ellis.
Senator Ellis is calling for an investigation of the sheriff's office.
"It smacks of Gestapo tactics to me," he said.
He wants a historical report of who has been investigated, why and what was learned.
"Can you comply with that?" we asked Billingsley.
"I can't comply with it in as much as I don't have a record of all that," he answered.
But our questions have prompted change.
"I think that I was remiss in not requiring greater reporting and not auditing that," said Billingsley. "I accept responsibility for that. I see that as a problem. It's been addressed. You come back in a month and I'll show you records."
On Tuesday, Chief Billingsley ordered the squad to start documenting. Still, it's been around for years. The public may never know who's been watched and why.

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When the state and the feds did try to investigate, the 'admin' would not allow the feds to interview employees w/o someone from the admin being present. Well you can guess what happened...everything was wonderful and working for the sheriff was a ray of sunshine. The feds did try to interview ppl at a separate location, to no avail. You guessed it...'admin' implied that they would know if anyone talked to the feds....and I believe they did. Long story short, the feds said that since no one would talk they couldn't do anything

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I just want to add that district 4 has some of the finest deputies that I have had the honor to work with, and would not think twice of running warrants with any of them.

And it is a sad state when the intregity of these deputies is called into question because of the raging malfeasance of the admin brass.

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kk, I have come to believe we are suffering from the fallout of affirmative action, lowered hiring standards, and the Peter Principle......have you heard of the term "de-policing"? This is a serious problem, and it is impacting our quality of life. I think you good cops need to go after the bad ones, and get them OUT of your profession.

I think that most of the time the feds are in bed with most law enforcement agencies, an innocent person has no recourse to have his side of the case heard. The federal government is corrupt, so what can the little guy expect?

You may have to have your local media keep hammering at your admin jerks until they scream UNCLE!

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The local media believe there is more hype and better sound bites when the departmental abuse involves citizens and not the deputies. But they do get all warm and fuzzy when the street deputy is bad. Believe it or not it has only been recently that the media has taken a interest in the admin.

But let me tell you that back in the 80's to the early 2k's justice was bought and sold, if someone was a big contributor, then they could pull a OJ and never get charged or if they did it would be filed as a Class 'C' simple assault. If the boss liked you, your could do no wrong, but God forbid you should fall out of favor and it did not matter if you are a citizen or a cop.