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Springfield Has Cut Police Radio Access As City Descends into ‘Absolute Turmoil,’ Says Police Chief of Nearby Town
American Greatness ^ | 26 Sep, 2024 | Debra Heine

Posted on 09/27/2024 6:05:26 AM PDT by MtnClimber

An Ohio police chief says his access to Springfield’s police radio frequency was cut off after the beleaguered city became a political lightening rod over its Haitian immigrant crisis.

Tremont City Police Chief Chad Duncan told Blaze News’ Julio Rosas that Springfield has fallen into “absolute turmoil” since being inundated with up to 20,000 Haitian nationals, and said the lawlessness is spreading to nearby towns, including his own. Tremont City is located approximately eight miles north of Springfield.

Springfield has attracted national media attention in recent weeks over reports that some of the Haitians were stealing and eating pets and waterfowl, but residents say a more pressing issue has been their reckless driving.

Tensions between the Haitian population and native Springfield residents have been increasing since August of 2023, when a Haitian driving without a US license caused a school bus to roll over, injuring 22 children and killing 11-year-old Aiden Clark.

One Springfield resident estimated that there are four to five accidents a day caused by the Haitian immigrants, who are somehow able to drive around town without understanding basic traffic laws.

“The Haitians just don’t know our laws. They are causing accidents all the time. They just need to learn the laws of the road, they need schooling,” said Robyn Stultz, a 32-year-old mother whose pick-up truck hit by by a Haitian driver after he had made an illegal turn at an intersection. “My kids stay at home 95 percent of the time because the roads aren’t safe with these Haitian drivers,” the mother told the New York Post.

In December, Springfield grandmother Kathy Heaton was struck and killed by a Haitian immigrant driving with an expired license while she was collecting her garbage cans. Prosecutors declined to charge the 38-year-old driver, the Post reported.

Chief Duncan told the Blaze that the immigrants are often not licensed to operate vehicles, but Springfield appears to be protecting them from facing any real consequences for their reckless driving.

“People that shouldn’t be driving, they’re out there and they’re allowing them to drive,” Duncan remarked.

Duncan told Rosas about a recent traffic stop in Tremont City involving a Haitian national going 44 mph in a 25 mph zone.

“He didn’t even have a license,” he said, adding that it was the second time over a two-week period that he pulled the driver over so he had the individual’s car towed.

Duncan told Rosas that he didn’t think Springfield police would have towed the vehicle in that instance, and speculated why he thought that was the case.

“If you get two misdemeanors, you are subject to be deported,” he explained.

Duncan also said that his access to Springfield’s police radio frequency was cut off after the city was thrust into the media spotlight over the Haitian influx.

“We were able to hear them on the radio. They have decided to go silent. We don’t know what’s going on in the city,” Duncan said. “That happened the day they brought the State Troopers in to help them out.”

When asked why he believes Springfield Police shut off communications, Duncan speculated that it was to avoid accountability for their actions.

“When no one can hear what you’re saying, they don’t know what you’re doing so they don’t have to answer for it,” he explained.

Duncan noted that there was recently a threat at a Springfield school that he was unable to hear over the radio.

“I just caught wind of it from another chief that’s right next to the city,” he said.

Duncan told the Blaze that he thinks that the city’s leaders should have handled the influx of Haitian nationals differently.

“If they had taken the time, instead of worrying about the elites lining their pockets, and just took the time, this could have went so much smoother and been so much more beneficial to everybody involved,” Duncan stated.

When asked how he thinks the situation will turn out, he responded, “I really don’t know what the end result will be. But right now, it’s not good.”


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Society
KEYWORDS: coverup; haitians; ohio; police; springfield
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To: MtnClimber

“When no one can hear what you’re saying, they don’t know what you’re doing so they don’t have to answer for it,”

Reminds me of the old movie ALIEN.

“In (SPRINGFIELD) No One Can Hear You Scream”


22 posted on 09/27/2024 6:28:08 AM PDT by Ruy Dias de Bivar ( Government is not reason, it is not eloquence-it is force!--G. Washington)
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To: GrumpyOldGuy

Sadly many LE departments have become the secret police blocking public information, sanitizing reports, and outright censorship all while saying “OFFICER SAFETY” to anyone that questions the secrecy.


23 posted on 09/27/2024 6:29:25 AM PDT by jdt1138 (Where ever you go, there you are.)
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To: FlingWingFlyer

Modern day, government sponsored, slavery.


24 posted on 09/27/2024 6:31:36 AM PDT by jdt1138 (Where ever you go, there you are.)
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To: MtnClimber

Ain’t multiculturalism great?!


25 posted on 09/27/2024 6:35:19 AM PDT by cymbeline
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To: GrumpyOldGuy

The digital radios can be encrypted,and the system is programmable so that only authorized radios process the information.
The individual user radio is remotely controlled by the system computer.

You serfs don’t need to know what the enforcers are doing.


26 posted on 09/27/2024 6:39:26 AM PDT by hoosierham (Freedom isnt free)
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To: MtnClimber

“Lawlessness spreading everywhere that Haitians go. “Authorities baffled as to the cause of the lawlessness”


27 posted on 09/27/2024 6:49:53 AM PDT by Bob434
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To: MtnClimber

is mayor rue getting his rent on time?

that is the important thing

govt officials getting fat off the citizens misery

priorities people


28 posted on 09/27/2024 6:51:51 AM PDT by joshua c
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To: hoosierham

AND unauthorized use or possession of a decryption enabled radio is illegal.

The old 1934 law only punished misuse of communication not intended for you,; in 1976(?) the new law punished the ability to monitor .


29 posted on 09/27/2024 6:57:21 AM PDT by hoosierham (Freedom isnt free)
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To: joshua c

Actually we owe the Haitians, cats, ducks, and chickens, a debt of gratitude. They served as the tipping point of leftist corruption while pretending to be good people. Despite all the “Lids” on Springfield, the curtain has been pulled back for all to see. Nothing but modern slave trade, sponsored by no plantation owner, but by the US Taxpayers, to benefit the ruling elite class.


30 posted on 09/27/2024 6:59:56 AM PDT by blackdog ((Z28.310) Be careful what you say. Your refrigerator may be listening & reporting you.)
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To: 1Old Pro; MtnClimber
What did the people who organized this think would happen?
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Anarchists want anarchy.

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Government funding & budgets. That's what they're protecting.

For example:

* Jan 2024: New Catholic Charities center to help city’s Haitian population with immigration, jobs
A new Springfield facility that will provide services including help with immigration status applications, legal advocacy and case management, will open this year.... Located at 448 E. High St., it will be operated by Catholic Charities of Southwest Ohio, which has been providing aid in Springfield for about a year and a half, CEO Tony Stieritz said during a Haitian Coalition meeting Wednesday.

* Mar 2023: Clark County life expectancy shorter than state, nation
For example, the health district and its partners are working to address needs unique to every sector of the community, like delivering messaging to Haitian Creole speakers who are new to the community.

* Jan 2023: Springfield Regional welcomes first baby born in 2023: Nouasi family from Haiti welcomes baby girl
Riley is the second child for Elda Felix and Jeremie Nouasi, who already share a son. The Nouasi family is currently in the U.S. for a six-month stay before they will return to their home country of Haiti.

* Sept 2022: Fresh CultureFest in Springfield returns with record number of vendors
With the theme of “Here Comes the Sun,” CultureFest 2022 will have a record number of vendors and reflect the area’s diversity. It takes place from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. today in downtown Springfield, and admission is free. It is presented by the City of Springfield Community Development Department with neighborhood and organizational partners.... The CultureFest tradition will continue the namesake of various cultures participating including representatives of the Haitian community for the first time.

* Mar 2022: French-speaking Haitian children in Springfield getting help with English language
Ian MacPhail-Fausey, a 2021 linguistics graduate, has been teaching Haitian children how to speak English in Springfield, which is an area in need of help with their growing Haitian immigrant population, since last fall... In response to this, Springfield hired several ESL teachers throughout the year
31 posted on 09/27/2024 7:02:58 AM PDT by nicollo (Remember when we had to close tags?)
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To: MtnClimber

“In December, Springfield grandmother Kathy Heaton was struck and killed by a Haitian immigrant driving with an expired license while she was collecting her garbage cans. Prosecutors declined to charge the 38-year-old driver, the Post reported.”

String the prosecutors up, and then do the same to the Haitian who killed her.


32 posted on 09/27/2024 7:06:10 AM PDT by SharpRightTurn (“Giving money & power to government is like giving whiskey & car keys to teenage boys” P.J. O’Rourke)
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To: All

Springfield estimates that Haitians cause four to five accidents a day, and are somehow able to drive around town without understanding basic traffic laws.

In August of 2023, a Haitian driving without a US license caused a school bus to roll over, injuring 22 children and killing 11-year-old Aiden Clark.

In December, Springfield grandmother Kathy Heaton was struck and killed by a Haitian immigrant driving with an expired license while she was collecting her garbage cans. Prosecutors declined to charge the 38-year-old driver.


33 posted on 09/27/2024 7:12:35 AM PDT by Liz (Faith is believing what you cannot see; its reward is to see what you believe. St Augustine)
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To: MtnClimber

I suspect citizens are already fleeing the town b/c there is just not much they can do - and if they speak out they are instantly labeled as racist and conspiracy theorists. I know I’d get out, especially if I had school-aged kids.

I suspect the town will soon become majority Haitian, with a Haitian mayor, police chief and city council


34 posted on 09/27/2024 7:14:54 AM PDT by Bon of Babble (You Say You Want a Revolution?)
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To: MtnClimber

The dealers that sell cars to the unlicensed drivers should be criminally and civilly liable.


35 posted on 09/27/2024 7:17:01 AM PDT by nonliberal (Russia is not my enemy.)
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To: hoosierham; GrumpyOldGuy
The article says that the radios went silent the day after the State Troopers arrived to help out Springfield Police. I suspect that the State Troopers have the resources to help hide the radio transmissions. I wonder if the help the State Troopers are there to provide is covering up the trouble caused by the immigrants that would probably help out the Ohios Haitian charity Governor too.
36 posted on 09/27/2024 7:26:42 AM PDT by radmanptn
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To: FlingWingFlyer

Sorry, giving women the vote was the dumbest idea ever. The worst enemy America has is white female liberals.


37 posted on 09/27/2024 7:29:30 AM PDT by LouAvul (DEI = Didn't Earn It. )
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To: MtnClimber

My brother lives in Indianapolis and sometimes when the wind is right he can smell Springfield


38 posted on 09/27/2024 7:36:37 AM PDT by butlerweave
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To: MtnClimber

Thank you Mr. Trump...

39 posted on 09/27/2024 7:37:51 AM PDT by jerod (Nazis were essentially Socialist in Hugo Boss uniforms... Get over it!)
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To: MtnClimber

They wanted Haiti in Ohio and they got it.

Why Americans tolerate such abuse from their government is beyond me.


40 posted on 09/27/2024 7:38:28 AM PDT by Vision (Woke is communism and it has no place in America. Election Reform Now! Obama is an evildoer.)
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