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A police officer in Arkansas recently lost his job after he exposed a massive scheme that allowed officers to have sex with prostitutes and then arrest them for servicing the undercover cops.
The way that Former Fort Smith Police Department Sgt. Don Paul Bales department had it set up, cops would prove that they werent really police officers, by having sex with prostitutes. The cop who had just broken the law himself would then follow up by arresting the women.
Now, a lawsuit that was obtained by local KFSM, reveal that an officer was fired for exposing the twisted police work.
The suit was just filed in Arkansass Sebastian County Circuit Court. The officer in question says he just wants his job back, as he did nothing but expose criminal activity among fellow officers.
This all started when Bales received a photo of an affidavit that had been filed back in April of 2014. That affidavit stated that an undercover cop in the Street Crimes Unit had engaged in what it termed misconduct.
The undercover officer, who was identified as J.B., met a woman he thought might be a prostitute through the website Backpage.com.
The cop then set up a meeting with the woman at a motel where he later got her to agree to a rate of $150 an hour.
But the affidavit says that the undercover cop got disrobed, engaged in a sex act, and then arrested the woman on suspicion of misdemeanor prostitution.
The cop said that it was absolutely essential for him to do this because he believed that such action was necessary to gather the proof needed to convict the person for violating the prostitution statute.
When Bales saw this, he reported the misconduct to his superiors. He turned over the photo of the affidavit to his lawyer just in case.
But after an investigation, carried out by Fort Smith Police Department Chief Kevin Lindsey, it was decided that Bales was the one to blame. He had, Chief Lindsey still maintains, violated department policy when he allowed the officers name on the affidavit.
But Bales has maintained that any communication between himself and his lawyer is protected by attorney-client privilege.
The attorney published the affidavit some time later, but he redacted it to conceal the identity of the officer in question. So this department policy, both the lawyer and Bales maintain, was never in fact violated.
Now, the department is saying that Bales violated a full eight rules. Among them, Chief Lindsey says Bales was guilty of: not being truthful, giving false testimony, revealing confidential information, releasing a confidential report and not respecting his superiors.
Heres where it gets really crazy Lindsey says that the undercover officer in question was in accordance with department policy when he engaged in sexual relations with the prostitute who he later arrested.
Even worse, and adding insult to injury, the termination of Sgt. Bales has been upheld on appeal by the Fort Smith Civil Service Commission twice.
(Article by Moreh B.D.K.)
The way that Former Fort Smith Police Department Sgt. Don Paul Bales department had it set up, cops would prove that they werent really police officers, by having sex with prostitutes. The cop who had just broken the law himself would then follow up by arresting the women.
Now, a lawsuit that was obtained by local KFSM, reveal that an officer was fired for exposing the twisted police work.
The suit was just filed in Arkansass Sebastian County Circuit Court. The officer in question says he just wants his job back, as he did nothing but expose criminal activity among fellow officers.
This all started when Bales received a photo of an affidavit that had been filed back in April of 2014. That affidavit stated that an undercover cop in the Street Crimes Unit had engaged in what it termed misconduct.
The undercover officer, who was identified as J.B., met a woman he thought might be a prostitute through the website Backpage.com.
The cop then set up a meeting with the woman at a motel where he later got her to agree to a rate of $150 an hour.
But the affidavit says that the undercover cop got disrobed, engaged in a sex act, and then arrested the woman on suspicion of misdemeanor prostitution.
The cop said that it was absolutely essential for him to do this because he believed that such action was necessary to gather the proof needed to convict the person for violating the prostitution statute.
When Bales saw this, he reported the misconduct to his superiors. He turned over the photo of the affidavit to his lawyer just in case.
But after an investigation, carried out by Fort Smith Police Department Chief Kevin Lindsey, it was decided that Bales was the one to blame. He had, Chief Lindsey still maintains, violated department policy when he allowed the officers name on the affidavit.
But Bales has maintained that any communication between himself and his lawyer is protected by attorney-client privilege.
The attorney published the affidavit some time later, but he redacted it to conceal the identity of the officer in question. So this department policy, both the lawyer and Bales maintain, was never in fact violated.
Now, the department is saying that Bales violated a full eight rules. Among them, Chief Lindsey says Bales was guilty of: not being truthful, giving false testimony, revealing confidential information, releasing a confidential report and not respecting his superiors.
Heres where it gets really crazy Lindsey says that the undercover officer in question was in accordance with department policy when he engaged in sexual relations with the prostitute who he later arrested.
Even worse, and adding insult to injury, the termination of Sgt. Bales has been upheld on appeal by the Fort Smith Civil Service Commission twice.
(Article by Moreh B.D.K.)
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It's Arkansas, it doesn't surprise me that this happened.
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People who arrest people for the same thing they do themselves... This is just ridiculous, that cop should be celebrated for exposing that kind of corruption, instead of being fired...
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The only problem with this is them actually going through with sex.
Otherwise there is no problem.
And I don't know why anyone is surprised he's fired. Whistleblowers always get fired.
Otherwise there is no problem.
And I don't know why anyone is surprised he's fired. Whistleblowers always get fired.
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Lavish wrote The only problem with this is them actually going through with sex.
Otherwise there is no problem.
And I don't know why anyone is surprised he's fired. Whistleblowers always get fired.
Yea but it shouldn't work that way. Those who expose corruption should be given a raise and a paid vacation. And the ones breaking the law that he exposed should be fired. Or else this world is going to go farther and farther into the pit we've already dug ourselves into...
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At least it would work to catch them but is it really worth it just for an arrest?
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This is clearly entrapment. I say clear the entire department and then make this guy chief of police.
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This is awful. It is bad to see a twisted police deptartment.
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This is wrong in soo many way.....
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