From the “at least they didn’t shoot anyone” Department of Police Misconduct, we have a tale of a cop-bro who, well, I’m not sure what he was thinking. [azcentral]
A former Superior police commander filmed himself having sex in his office using a department body camera, and stored pornography on a departmental computer, according to court and investigative records that portray a law enforcement agency dominated by officers who were previously fired or suspended from other departments.
It’s the last part of that sentence that really bothers me. Some police departments are dumping-grounds for overly violent or corrupt cops that get shuffled from diocese district to district. When you hear about a dirty cop resigning or being fired, it usually means that they’ve had to move and been counseled not to be quite so awful. This guy, apparently, didn’t get the memo.
I can’t even come up with the right words for how obnoxious that is.
The story gets darker, of course:
A deputy examined the computer’s hard drive further and discovered a folder titled “fun times” containing over 36 gigabytes of images, including pornography, pictures of Doran’s penis, and pictures of a naked girl about age 5.
The personnel inquiry was then halted, and the case was referred for criminal investigation, but no charges were filed.
There is a certain similarity to the roman catholic church: internal investigation, good old boy network, no charges filed in what is clearly a criminal matter.
Doran also denied he was on duty when the video was filmed. He said he lived at the police station in a room adjacent to the office, and worked flexible hours. At times, he said, he would list himself as working even though he was not officially on duty.
He should lawyer up. He should hire Rudy Giuliani.
Wut??
Wait till you see the reports from the Inferior police department…
Charly@#1:
Wut??
The article goes on to explain that it was his daughter and the pictures were non-sexual.
Still – putting that on departmental computers is huge WTF.
It’s a good illustration of why police should not be allowed to police themselves. That’s almost as bad an idea as letting the roman catholic church offer moral guidance.
Not only on that, but in your “fun times” folder with your porn and dick pics.
Urgh.
Parents taking photos of their children when they are naked is odd (most parents prefer to photograph their kids with some clothes on). Parents storing their child’s nude photos in a folder titled “fun times” together with pornography is highly suspicious. Knowing that pedophiles frequently rape their own children, I’d say that a further investigation is necessary.
Nothing odd about the occasional nude picture of child. There are in existence several photos of me and other children in my family while bathing or showering, especially in the summer (my parents were proud of our ability to tan, it was considered healthy back then). And there are families that practice the naturalist lifestyle who spend a lot of time in the nude. The rest of the context is problematic.
@ 3 Marcus
It’s a good illustration of why police should not be allowed to police themselves.
Here in Ontario we have the Special Investigations Unit that investigates shootings, etc. Unfortunately it cannot do normal criminal investigations of police as far as I am aware. It has some serious problems, some legislative and some structural but it is better than nothing.
It was due for a major legislative overhaul but the last election brought in Doug Ford & the Conservatives who immediately cancelled plus anything else vaguely progressive. It is a pity as the new legislation had pretty good consensus from most stakeholders except the police union or unions.
You may remember the (in)famous Rob Ford, Mayor of Toronto. He was Doug’s brother. Rob was the nicer one and possible the more competent one.