↑ Dan Drummond - Police Serial Rapist
Posted on 06/26/2013 3:17:14 PM PDT by Neil E. Wright
A West Sacramento police officer allegedly raped at least six women while on duty, the Police Thugs blog reported Monday, referencing a Huffington Post article from February. Officer Sergio Alvarez, a five year veteran of the force, was initially placed on administrative leave and then fired and arrested after an investigation into the allegations. In fairness to former Officer Alvarez, he has not yet been convicted. Trial is set for September. He remains in custody with bail set at $26.3 million.
Dan Drummond, who was police chief at the time (he was replaced in May), said he and the department were “appalled,” and to keep it from happening again, they’re reviewing their policies.
“We are looking at our procedures and the way we are accountable to each other,” Drummond told the press.
What, the WSPD personnel department is going to write a "Don't Serial Rape the Public" policy? Maybe design a form the troops can sign acknowledging they received special training and know it's illegal and wrong...?
Some of us aren’t interested in how police are accountable to each other, we're interested in how they're accountable to us. So far, they're not -- and in "Four Stars/Number One in Gun Control" California, it looks like they won't be, at least until the final straw snaps things big time. They can do what they like to you, and if you’re "law-abiding," there’s not a damn thing you can do about it except hope to survive the encounter.
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Tragic. Unfortunately, our society has put blind trust in governement employees, including cops-—becoming willing to turn a blind eye to such illegal actions in the name of “standing up for our public servants”.
We cannot be surprised when the ‘public servants’, believing themselves to be above the law, act accordingly.
I hope the women receive the help they need to recover from his assaults on them.
“Speaking as a former cop, (1) I hope they fry his ass, (2) It’s time, and past time, for people to understand that in this day and age, the cops are NOT your friends, and (3) It’s ok to use force, up to and including lethal force, to resist official abuse. “
So tell me, just when does #3 start in earnest? Too many “officers” have gotten away with murder already. I am just wondering when there will be some retribution.
Drummond was the chief of police. The accused rapist is Sergio Alvarez.
my gut says it will be a case where it’s an uncalled for dog - or other pet - shooting by an officer, occurs. one day they will pick the wrong owner.
sad thing is you’re right on all points. these types of officers screw it up for the rest because it makes it more reasonable to assume you’re going to be dealing with a bad one.
i don’t mind peace officers. law enforcement officers are another mindset/story.
“i don’t mind peace officers. law enforcement officers are another mindset/story.”
Agreed.
Yes, I did criticize his career choice.
Were we alienated from each other for awhile? - yes.
Is he looking for something else to support his wife and 4 children? - I certainly hope so.
You must have been a Peace Officer.
Quite a few posters at www.officer.com point out that many LEOs are in more danger from their own coworkers than from any member of the public.
There are many reasons for that. For example, the majority of people that an LEO comes in contact with are normal people - who sometimes are in a hurry, or who drank a bit too much, or who simply can't find a location in an unfamiliar city. However mentality of many police officers is already heavily skewed toward distrusting everyone, looking for hidden motives, and every other aspect of paranoia. A police job appeals to some starry-eyed idealists (who are just a few,) and to people with a grudge against the whole world, and to the people who enjoy the power over others, and to opportunists (like the case here,) and to eager collectors of "protection money." Some LEOs informed the mafia; other moonlighted as hit men. This is a tough crowd, and anyone would be well advised to stay away from them. This is not possible if you, as an honest (a.k.a. "starry-eyed") officer, are required to work with them day and night, and depend on them, and to help them whether they are right or wrong.
The LA killer, Chris Dorner, is the terminal case. But his Manifesto, if true, is quite illustrative, as it exposes all this infighting and conflicts that are common in the LEO world. Even if we assume that Dorner was crazy and everyone was without fault (which is probably a 90% to 10% mix,) it still exposed other officers to antics of late Mr. Dorner - that, in the end, resulted in deaths.
I have said all of those things several times. It helps to have someone else affirm.
Thank you for posting.
ooops... my bad... the pic is the perp.
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