CORRUPTION SUCKS BLOG

  IOWA: town's mayor, police chief and other city officials arrested for embezzlement The mayor, police chief, city clerk and a former city clerk of a town in Iowa have all been charged following a multi-year investigation that accuses them of misappropriating city funds, producing fraudulent public records, using a TASER on a civilian in exchange for cash and concealing embezzlement. The Iowa Attorney General’s Office filed charges on Feb. 11, against the current and former public officials of the city of Armstrong, Iowa, located in Emmet County close to the Minnesota border, according to a statement released by the Emmet County Sheriff’s Office. “Mayor Greg Buum, police chief Craig Merrill, city clerk Tracie Lang, and former city clerk Connie Thackery were charged with felony and misdemeanor offenses in a 21-count joint trial information approved by the Emmet County District Court,” said Emmet County Sheriff’s office. Buum, Merrill and Thackery face a top count of ongoing crimina

  LRPD cop Owen Lakey and his Crime Scene Tech wife take insensitive, shocking photos LRPD employees Chalsea & Olen Lakey  Russ Racop  - February 11, 2002 Mercenary LRPD cop Olen Lakey began employment  at LRPD back in 2016.  Source: Bordeaux-Racop Transparency Project This is the file we have on Lakey. We have these on all LRPD cops. Lakey was featured in a video we made about the sketchy and ineffectively wasteful ShotSpotter program. Chalsea Beck began employment at LRPD in 2018. No doubt she was a  badge bunny / holster sniffer  as her dad was a cop. The two apparently crossed paths at some crime scene or a LRFOP party and began dating in 2019. The couple (who lived in Chalsea's home in Cabot) got engaged and obtained a marriage license on September 4, 2020 (in Pulaski County - while stealing time no doubt). The wedding took place on September 12, 2020. We found that the couple had engaged the services of a photographer and took some engagement photos. Some were romantic.💓

  TARNISHED BRASS We found 85,000 cops who’ve been investigated for misconduct. Now you can read their records. In 2019, USA TODAY led a national effort to publish disciplinary records for police officers.  George Floyd's death has renewed calls for transparency John Kelly and Mark Nichols, USA TODAY At least 85,000 law enforcement officers across the USA have been investigated or disciplined for misconduct over the past decade, an investigation by USA TODAY Network found. Officers have beaten members of the public, planted evidence and used their badges to harass women. They have lied, stolen, dealt drugs, driven drunk and abused their spouses. Despite their role as public servants, the men and women who swear an oath to keep communities safe can generally avoid public scrutiny for their misdeeds. The records of their misconduct are filed away, rarely seen by anyone outside their departments. Police unions and their political allies have worked to put special protections in place