Two links to two different media reports on the Mesa PD in what was shocking and unbelieivable conduct by cops in Mesa AZ

http://www.azcentral.com/video/3258113087001

http://www.azcentral.com/video/3263604727001

I finally had a chance to watch these two intense reports by Wendy Halloran – your remarkably accurate and factual journalist / investigative reporter and the citizen’s champion for justice.

The first report titled “the Fun House” was really scandalous as I found its contents to be disgusting, revolting and ghastly in nature as it made me recognize the fact that some cops act that way behind closed doors in areas not available to the public. It was certainly a tarnished reflection of their badge, uniform, sworn oath to protect and serve and revealed a vulgar comportment that can only be described as inequitable and condescending to the worth of human beings that lived there in.

Whether they were homeless or law-biding citizens these people were stereotyped to be unfit for respect or dignity and sub-human treatment, under their sworn protection as public servants.

Although it happened many years ago, it is likely still practiced and condoned in secret through their code of silence and still well hidden from their supervisors and administration or worse, still tolerated and covered up. 

Then I watched the second report and realized this shame was deeper than one could expect it to be. Watching the second report titled “Right to Know” gave me a negative impression of the administration that seemed to go the extra mile to hide this type of misconduct from the public and then, to make matters worse, encourage police officers that have received misconduct sanctions or discipline to purge their personnel files so these facts won’t be held against them when made public.

Needless to say, I am very appalled and disappointed in the Police Chief [past and present], the city administration / oversight board and the Mesa PD chain of command that endorsed these kinds of behaviors or misbehaviors through passive enforcement of the code of conduct; deliberate silence for not acting upon legitimately logged citizen complaints; encouraging pseudo&   inert informational cover-ups, failing to condemn and condoning actions through tacit approval or lesser disciplinary sanctions or even promotions after the facts gleaned their unfit behaviors to be agents of public trust.

As a citizen residing in the City of Mesa I would not trust my grandchildren in the hands of these bigoted and biased cops that roam the streets in disguise as uniformed or un-uniformed law enforcers as what they are in reality are self-appointed enforcers of their own standards and their own beliefs whether they are ethical or not since their culpability is not challenged and their [agency or PD records] transparency is discouraged.

It will be difficult to realize that not all Mesa cops act this way but to be truthful, when other cops who do not condone such conduct or misconduct look the other way, they are in some sense tolerating this type of behavior. That worries me too.