Apparently, there’s a Chicago female undercover cop so bored with her job as a "prostitute" that she slapped the cuffs on a motorist stopped on the street with his wife in the car and his adult daughter running back to the car after a brief stop (yet the cop, obedient to the script, swore that he had asked for sex)
So should anything happen to the cop? What do you think?
The rest of the story:
http://www.suntimes.com/news/metro/534614,CST-NWS-hook30.article
2007-09-04 13:48:07 · 6 answers · asked by whitiepossum 3 in Politics & Government ➔ Law & Ethics
There is nothing right about this. They obviously made a stupendous blunder and thought they could get away with it. By the time they realized how stupid the whole thing was it was too late. It had already gone into process and they were probably trying to save face with each other. Psychologists talk about "rewriting the script" meaning: when a person does something they are not proud of or they would rather not have, they immediately start to subtlely alter the event in their mind. Each minor adjustment of the truth inspires and justifies the next until, as little as a few minutes after the event has taken place, that person is 100% convinced that what happened was very different from the reality of it. This is something that everyone does every day in small degrees and sometimes not so small degrees. After the tow truck had been called, the report was taken, the man and the officers exchanged words and the officers back at the station had been radio'd as to the alleged crime, all the momentum was going in one direction and it would have taken an act of dissent from one of the officers (who I'm sure have no desire to appear insubordinate) to set this thing right. They probably at some point tried to appease the man by saying something like: "Well its okay, we just have to go down to the station to sort this whole thing out." But at that point the damage was done and everything that had been done, all based on one little misperception, had to be reversed which takes as much if not more time than doing it in the first place. It's a despicable example of abuse of power and the pride or ego of the officers overshadowing their common sense, sense of decency and the rights of these people. I would love to be a lawyer in this case and stick it to that entire department royally. The people who are meant to uphold the law and protect us from criminals must not be allowed to abuse their power and use it to save face. Y'know Whitie, this is another clear case of: its one thing to make a mistake but its inexcusable to not be able to admit it.
2007-09-04 22:10:02 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
This just shows that prostitution stings shouldn't be conducted unless the undercover cop is wired for sound. He should be awarded the private automobiles of every cop involved in the arrest. Taxpayers shouldn't be on the hook for crap like this, the cops have to be held responsible with their own funds and property or they won't stop doing it. It's just a big joke to them otherwise.
2007-09-04 14:12:57 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
The cop in the story is grotesquely unjust and should certainly be punished. It was completely uncalled for and just think of the ramifications that poor man would have received had he been alone. The city should certainly pay his fines at the impound lot and punitive damages for a certain amount.
Absolutely appalling. The cop should be suspended without pay indefinitely until further investigation by IAD.
2007-09-04 13:55:01 · answer #3 · answered by Glen B 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Yes many are overzealous.
This is due to many factors. But the major factor is lack of proper screening and training.
Often young men are accepted as officers without proper screening and are inadequately trained before being assigned a beat.
Some of these young men suffer from power trips and various other psychological disorders. This can lead to incidents such as the infamous Rodney King fiasco.
Often police departments either don't have necessary funding for proper training, or there are not enough qualified applicants to be choosy in their selections.
All this leads to a police department with many undertrained and unqualified officers which makes for a volatile situation---especially in tense areas. And as we all know, it only takes one or two incidents involving one or two officers to give an entire police force a major black eye.
2007-09-04 14:22:46 · answer #4 · answered by Wyoming Rider 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
This corrupt cop needs to be FIRED / NO PENSION / NOT ELIGIBLE FOR REHIRE. The officers that helped detain this man for eight hours should be fired too.
There is too much police power in America. Citizens must take notice and get up and get organized. We need to go undercover and bust these guys and put them away for life.
special laws need to be created to make it higher offenses for corruption. Cities and citizens need to organize and hire lawyers to help. This should not happen and it happens far to often.
2007-09-04 14:05:06 · answer #5 · answered by Mildred S 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Absolutely they are. Everyone has bad days. Sometimes they get pressure to close a case and arrest someone, anyone. The cop should be interrogated, arrested, tried, sent through the ringer, so they know what it feels like to have to go through that, feeling helpless.
2007-09-04 13:53:02 · answer #6 · answered by Flatpaw 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋