Posted on 03/02/2022 6:25:16 AM PST by EBH
CLEVELAND, Ohio — Nearly all members of Cleveland police’s bomb squad are leaving the unit because of concerns about safety and supervision, according to the city’s police union.
Cleveland Police Patrolmen’s Association President Jeff Follmer said at least six of the eight-member team have requested to leave the unit over the past few days. He said police officials have no power to force them to remain in the unit.
Follmer said bomb squad officers are concerned with the sergeant in charge of the unit after several recent incidents and tactics he deployed during calls.
During a Jan. 5 training exercise in the parking lot of Cleveland Hopkins International Airport, the supervisor brought what officers believed was a potentially-live pipe bomb for the demonstration. Training exercises, particularly in public places, typically do not involve live or potentially-live explosives, Follmer said.
The union in recent weeks asked for an investigation into the incident and for the sergeant to be temporarily removed
Good judgment is not the strong suit for the sergeant.
It’s odd that the article doesn’t source how they became aware of the information. All signs point to the union itself.
“LET ME SHOW YOU SOMETHING!”
I hope they remove the sergeant and the safety-minded people stay on.
“I’m only going to show you this once.”
I remember when I was a kid in the early 60’s, on Saturday mornings, they had Public Awareness ads on TV telling us kids not to play with BLASTING CAPS if we found one. We were to run tell an adult. They had pics of one on the screen.
I didn’t know what a blasting cap was, but I sure wanted to find one!............
I would love to know what defines "potentially-live". Was it an empty pipe?
This isn’t about a single incident. Obviously, they have issues with this person that is systemic.
LOL, I remember those. The blasting cap would be shown on the ground or in the branches of a bush. They made it look like they were everywhere! I never saw one either. I guess they were mainly in areas under development?
I never found one either! BUT I DEFINETELY LOOKED FOR THEM!.........
"Follmer said the unit had run smoothly until police officials removed Lt. Timothy Maffo-Judd from the unit in March 2020 after he conducted an investigation into a bar owner who he believed had offered him a bribe.
Maffo-Judd has since filed a lawsuit against the city claiming that he was retaliated against because of his investigation, which ultimately ended with Duck Island owner Andrew Long convicted of bribery."
Seems the more competent Maffo-Judd was removed because he messed with somebody else's bribery trough.
What the heck is a "potentially live explosive" anyway?
It either is or it isn't a live explosive.
Probably inert, but not properly marked, is all I can imagine.
Sounds like a damn set up to me...false flag.
They gave us comic books what to do if you find blasting caps (growing up in coal country).
We couldn’t wait for school to get out to immediately start looking for some. We’d already identified the ant hills we where going to blow up.
I think the sergeant would be a good candidate to be hired by ALEC BALDWIN’S PRODUCTION COMPANY!🤷♂️🤷♂️🙀
I still look for them!................
We once got hold of RR torpedoes from the LIRR back in the mid 50s
About a dozen of them at close interval on the Port Washington branch behind the Durkee’s plant sounded fantastic. Train started slowing down immediately...we scattered like roaches.
Affirmative action supervisor?
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