tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-982633190780306493.post2097067976555942679..comments2024-03-24T18:15:18.350-04:00Comments on "WE THE PEOPLE": OFFICER RASHIM CAMPBELL DEMANDS RE-INSTATEMENTKEVIN BROOKMANhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06597937634837295016noreply@blogger.comBlogger42125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-982633190780306493.post-16891939984219863372011-05-23T19:16:24.101-04:002011-05-23T19:16:24.101-04:00Fact, Rashim got hired. Is he supercop, no. But it...Fact, Rashim got hired. Is he supercop, no. But its easy to point the finger. it is a combination of things. <br /><br />Fact, Lt Ford was doing his job, remember, he has a family to feed. If ur ordered to drive lester to get a haircut, you better do it, or else u will be in teleseserve on mid nites. <br /><br />Fact, Mirtha deserves any money that he gets, he shot at a career criminal who was trying to assault him with a car. <br /><br />Fact, rashim will be backMr Xnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-982633190780306493.post-85676377134845564122011-05-22T02:15:35.625-04:002011-05-22T02:15:35.625-04:00Anonymous at 9:16pm,
What exactly did you find ...Anonymous at 9:16pm,<br /><br /> What exactly did you find in a google search that is a background DQ? And what name(s) did you search? I'll assume when you don't have an answer to this post that you are totally full of it. This blog doesn't need people like you posting accusatory nonsense. There is more than enough going on at HPD, falsified rumors are not needed.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-982633190780306493.post-49882989603032768512011-05-20T01:16:44.959-04:002011-05-20T01:16:44.959-04:00Anonymous May 16 @ 9:16pm,
I'd like to unders...Anonymous May 16 @ 9:16pm,<br /><br />I'd like to understand how you came up with those two possible judgments about myself. Unless you have a different definition of applicant, as <i>you</i> said, than the rest of the world it is referring to PRE-hire or in this case pre-academy. If you are Googling their names after they've graduated from the academy then they are sworn officers, not applicants. If you made sense from the beginning then I would be confident you had a clue what you are talking about, I can see that is not the case. Google the word<b>Clue</b>.Billyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11089899972330917356noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-982633190780306493.post-1839804732398642162011-05-19T10:29:01.275-04:002011-05-19T10:29:01.275-04:00Mr.Brookman obviously you're in contact with a...Mr.Brookman obviously you're in contact with a lot of people concerning Officer's Campbell and Brodie. Do you personally know these gentlemen ? There are two sides to every coin especially with Brodie. From my experience he's always been respectful and considering his background,over 25 years of military service,numerous awards,two-three tours of combat,senior enlisted,and worked for Homeland Security for eight years. Just about everyone has or had some type of issues in their lives at one time or another. It boggles my mind that people are quick to bash without knowing the person(especially when the one casting the stones is dirty and grimey). I do realize mistakes(bonehead or otherwise)happen. I wonder if Brodie or Campbell were "white" what would have happened? HMMMMMMMMMM Not taking anything away from what the two officers alledgedly have did but why when it comes to "MINORITIES" within HPD the penalties are so severe? What happened to retraining? Just another thought.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-982633190780306493.post-68023120636314033322011-05-19T10:15:29.704-04:002011-05-19T10:15:29.704-04:00Campbell is an incompetent idiot who socializes wi...Campbell is an incompetent idiot who socializes with gang members and known felons....its an atrocity that someone like him was even hired to begin with...he got exactly what he deserved and the citizens of Hartford are so much better served without someone with zero moral fiber employed by the police dept....I'm sure that the savings the city will save over the coarse of his career far outweigh what they will spend to make sure that piece of garbage does not regain his job....truth hurts Campbell supporters doesn't it...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-982633190780306493.post-57866830522213084002011-05-17T21:46:00.945-04:002011-05-17T21:46:00.945-04:00We didn't drive out the past Chiefs. Perez dro...We didn't drive out the past Chiefs. Perez drove them out because they had enough self respect not to be micromanaged by him. Roberts is a by product of Perez's administration who lacks self respect and needs to go.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-982633190780306493.post-50705139601389543332011-05-17T17:09:58.827-04:002011-05-17T17:09:58.827-04:00Even if the Chief did decide to move on, who's...Even if the Chief did decide to move on, who's next in line to replace him. It's seems to me that no matter who replaces him HPD OFficers will never be happy. If they promote someone from within, they will find dirt on him/her and it will be just a matter time and the same thing will start to happen all over again.<br />In the most recent past Chief's in Hartford on lasted 5 years. So you do a nationally search for a Chief, how much time do you give him/her to try and clean up what you perceive as a mess?<br />When Officers in HPD don't like the person in the top position they will eventually run them out, the what?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-982633190780306493.post-11193846102283020422011-05-17T01:30:50.018-04:002011-05-17T01:30:50.018-04:00This blog has blown up at a tremendous rate in lig...This blog has blown up at a tremendous rate in light of all that has happened recently. I'd like to commend Mr. Brookman on an extraordinary job with everything he has done and said both on and off this blog for the good of the Capitol City thus far. I look forward to what he will bring to the table in the weeks, months and years to come. <br />If the day comes, you no doubt have my vote!Fuzzy Flatfoothttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11720246403537730308noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-982633190780306493.post-79952753509463713412011-05-16T21:16:37.190-04:002011-05-16T21:16:37.190-04:00Hey Bill, your not too bright or trying to think t...Hey Bill, your not too bright or trying to think too much into what I wrote. Once these cops come out the academy and we meet them and see how crazy they are, we do a Google search on their name and at least three different times it revealed some major problems in their work history. Problems that should have disqualified them from the hiring process. One of them is still on the job and will cost the city millions in the near future.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-982633190780306493.post-55514334497534728732011-05-16T20:20:11.378-04:002011-05-16T20:20:11.378-04:00The slide started many years ago.
It began in fre...The slide started many years ago.<br /><br />It began in free fall when Chief Marquis left after telling Mayor Perez to take a hike about police issues. That caused the jockeying for position to begin<br /><br />It has continued with lesser quality officers being promoted to high rank--see the entire command staff and that has put the department on a slow slide down the tubes. <br /><br />It has continued with countless officers afraid to do their jobs properly b/c of an over aggressive IAD. A common example is getting turned in for one thing, getting cleared and then getting disciplined for something else. This breeds a poor work environment and the crooks see that and operate as they want.<br /><br />Lt Ford needs to find new employment because he has discredited the department and himself with losing the Campbell case. That could have been taken care of with retraining and maybe a written reprimand. Also some instruction on how to shut his own big mouth.<br /><br />Guys, the job is too important to drag the entire department down. None of the characters running HPD will be there in a few years so keep your head down and ride out the bull**it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-982633190780306493.post-15464951716178372612011-05-16T20:19:59.875-04:002011-05-16T20:19:59.875-04:00Anonymous @ 6:35,
I was under the impression that...Anonymous @ 6:35,<br /><br />I was under the impression that the Hartford academy was still para-military, and it was the Meriden and other CT academies that were much 'softer', I take it that isn't the case?<br />When did you start noticing a change how things were done in the academy?<br />You Google applicants names? Don't take this the wrong way at all, because I don't know how many people have access to the applicant pool, but it seems to me that <i>someone</i> at HPD could narrow down who it is you are from what you say in a post. That is of course assuming you care.Billyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11089899972330917356noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-982633190780306493.post-20849206452550266422011-05-16T18:35:41.907-04:002011-05-16T18:35:41.907-04:00Ok, the backgrounds division sucks because I can G...Ok, the backgrounds division sucks because I can Google some of applicants names and come up with information that should automatically disqualify them. The academy staff sucks because no one there has a military background and as a matter of FACT, the people running the academy are SOFT. Back in the day the academy was about breaking you down then building you back up. Now its only building recruits up and all we get as new officers are arrogant punks who think they know everything. They are lacking in respect and discipline and lack people skills, so they tend to get reprimanded for excessive use of force.<br />And I'm not talking about the temporary assigned academy staff either. The two temp guys are hard chargers.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-982633190780306493.post-39529424249154571342011-05-16T18:15:33.530-04:002011-05-16T18:15:33.530-04:00Anonymous at 4:40... is that the same administrati...Anonymous at 4:40... is that the same administrative process Rob Murtha was terminated with? The same Rob Murtha who's about to win 1.1 million dollars from the city.<br /><br />Almost every town in CT puts its employees on suspension or desk duty until the criminal charges are resolved. Hartford is one of the few that fires people before due process. As long as they keep doing that they will keep paying and wasting the tax payers money.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-982633190780306493.post-90851047456216783602011-05-16T17:34:44.284-04:002011-05-16T17:34:44.284-04:00You don't understand, Campbell's departmen...You don't understand, Campbell's department hearing was a foregone conclusion before the hearing even started. The chief makes his wishes clear before the hearing. It did not matter what was or who testified. The chief wanted him fired. Not all the Captains on that board agreed. The one who didn't think Campbell should be terminated is still a captain; the other two who played ball are deputy chiefs. The admin hearing is a complete fraud. (ps. The captain who didn’t agree- the one who spear headed police corruption at HPD in the 90’s; he can’t wait to talk to the independent investigator)<br /><br />And when it comes to termination cases, the labor board is going to use a standard on the level with proof beyond a reasonable doubt. Trust me, when weighing the difference between short suspensions or ending a person’s career, the Labor board will adjust their standard of proof based on severity.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-982633190780306493.post-24823831155661326362011-05-16T17:05:09.559-04:002011-05-16T17:05:09.559-04:00Hey Anonymous 5/14/11 @ 4:40
Are you F#@*ing kid...Hey Anonymous 5/14/11 @ 4:40 <br /><br />Are you F#@*ing kidding me, to say that any hearing is fair at HPD is a joke and when the only one I can remember that was done in a fair and impartial manner the Capt. got passed over for a Chief's spot. <br /><br />So don't sit there and say that its fair or not biased, the level of proof is the lowest level and when you are looking at terminating someone's livelhood/ carrier just maybe, just maybe you should have all of the facts first. <br /><br />I would of loved to see what Mr. Campbell's attorney would of done with Rob "the fabricator" Ford if the city and Dept. did not protect him by not allowing him to testify at the hearing. <br /><br />A straight up joke, and for you to sit there and say that the hearing was fair your kidding yourself.<br /><br /> Just look at where two of the three hearing officers from Campbell's hearing landed as D/C in the Chief's command staff the one Capt. who questioned the evidence ended up in the same spot on the outside looking in. <br /><br />How's that for a fairness. Don't go breaking your arm and patting yourself or anyone else on the back on second floor for doing a screw job. You might be next and would you want that "level of proof" alliped to your case, it's just like the olde saying goes you can indite a ham sandwich at a grand jury, and get a termination at an HPD heraring.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-982633190780306493.post-83983307733902640672011-05-16T16:40:25.922-04:002011-05-16T16:40:25.922-04:00Instead of bashing the Chief and calling names, wh...Instead of bashing the Chief and calling names, why don't we look at the facts of the case. <br /><br />The administrative hearing is based on a preponderance of evidence (much lower level than the criminal side's proof beyond a reasonable doubt). You also have to consider that Campbell did not testify at his criminal trial and HAD to testify at the Administraiuve Hearing. I would love to see a transctpit of his testimony and know what he said.<br />Or for that matter, what the others tesified to. It must have been quite concvincing for him to be terminated.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-982633190780306493.post-86441536591473188212011-05-16T13:58:48.243-04:002011-05-16T13:58:48.243-04:00Anonymous at 10:36,
No one ever said what the maj...Anonymous at 10:36,<br /><br />No one ever said what the majority was, only that minority residents (the ones that there were) took the place of more qualified out-of-towners, simply to make some officials happy. <br />Enlighten me on how the background division and academy division sucks, unless I'm just not reading what was meant to be sarcasm.Billyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11089899972330917356noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-982633190780306493.post-31631024706101721842011-05-16T10:36:20.600-04:002011-05-16T10:36:20.600-04:00I don't know what academy you guys are talking...I don't know what academy you guys are talking about? The last five classes maybe six was predominately white cops that weren't Hartford residents. The academy staff sucks, the backgrounds division sucks and the Chiefs Complex is the BEST! (I'm a Golden Boy.)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-982633190780306493.post-41437794643992990982011-05-16T09:15:39.605-04:002011-05-16T09:15:39.605-04:00Good point, didn't McCrash get caught changing...Good point, didn't McCrash get caught changing a time-card, not realizing the employee made a copy of the original prior to the forgery? That’s when they got caught with their pants down. The amount of crap is astounding. Every Officer or Command Staff member has been taught over the past 5 years that this is the way to act. That independent investigator sure has their hands full.... Bernier and Ford have a very valid excuse, their actions were at the behest of the chief, that’s the way things are done around here.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-982633190780306493.post-33977154368068029302011-05-16T08:28:22.978-04:002011-05-16T08:28:22.978-04:00it is easier to blame all your problems on someone...it is easier to blame all your problems on someone else or deny knowldge of them by insluating yourself with layers of command staff members. Deny everything and admit nothing. <br /><br />Just as DKR about the NABLEO conference and basketball game where a member of HPD suffered a serious knee injury. He lied just like his underling Ford when it came to telling the truth about the facts surrounding the incident to this work related injury. The individual was representing the PD and there was a deal struck that if he gave them comp. time to pratiace then it was mandatory they had to play in the game. Sound like a nexus to a work related function which equals a work related injury. Oh yeah they even went do far as to say not to want to comply with a supebona for records until they got caught with their pants down. All of this just not to pay for a work related injury. <br /><br />So see it's just not in the discipline arena that these individuals will anything and everything to try and get what they want, that includes, lying, disobeying subpoenas and calling employees liars and going as far as accusing employees of making up false comp. cards just to defend thief non defendable position. <br /><br />Change can't come soon enough.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-982633190780306493.post-29091997035819181802011-05-16T08:07:13.449-04:002011-05-16T08:07:13.449-04:00Count me as one against preference for non-white H...Count me as one against preference for non-white Hartford residents over more qualified candidates. <br />Fact of Campbell's acquittal should not be in itself sufficient qualification for reinstatement. <br />A couple of posts ago the query was raised; who runs this operation? Not only can't I keep track of all of the action, I can't even keep track of all the management entities. Glad to have external investigation, I guess, but can't help but wonder if a simplified hierarchy wouldn't be an improvement.peter brushnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-982633190780306493.post-11058751238791138322011-05-16T01:22:35.431-04:002011-05-16T01:22:35.431-04:00Anonymous at 6:20,
The recruitment process is no ...Anonymous at 6:20,<br /><br />The recruitment process is no different than any other department as far as backgrounds go, the selection on the other hand is quite discriminatory. The department and the city want more Hartford residents and minorities patrolling their streets, which is understandable and respectable. However in order to get a lot of the city residents actually hired they bump them up in the ranking system by 10%, which is common knowledge, but they are chosen over more qualified candidates that happen to be white and not Hartford residents. It's the definition of reverse discrimination, it's very real and the people it effects is very much real. I have a feeling we might start seeing some of the candidates effected by this come out of the woodwork as everything else is revealed.Bill Cantorenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-982633190780306493.post-67968160480321875952011-05-15T23:53:58.384-04:002011-05-15T23:53:58.384-04:00Personally I think the academy has the most onus f...Personally I think the academy has the most onus for HPD's bad hires. <br /><br />The background process can only show you so much about a candidate. However, the academy instructors have 6 months of hands on interaction to identify "hot-heads". <br /><br />I've spoken to a few of Officer Brodie's academy class mates and not one of them was surprised he lost his cool and got fired. Why didn't the academy instructors see that? <br /><br />The Chief of Police ultimately takes the blame for new hires but he needs to have competent academy instructors as well as a non-retaliatory process to eliminate aggressive recruits once identified.<br /><br />Then again, maybe the academy instructors did identify Brodie as aggressive but also knew what happened to Dan Nolan so they said nothing. <br /><br />Whatever the reason, the hiring process's best "net" is the academy and they are not weeding these people out like they should be.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-982633190780306493.post-81796063938468529222011-05-15T18:49:17.071-04:002011-05-15T18:49:17.071-04:00Speak for yourself. I already put it in writing. Y...Speak for yourself. I already put it in writing. You know who I am.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-982633190780306493.post-17101793811858455892011-05-15T18:25:42.427-04:002011-05-15T18:25:42.427-04:00Why are you so adament about Campbell being a clow...Why are you so adament about Campbell being a clown and having a heavy hand with prisoners. Has he been in trouble with excessive force since he's been at HPD? Even in this case the prisoner wasn't even at all.Robert threw Campbell under the bus even before the internal investigation began he declared both Lee and Campbell guilty suspended him without pay and said he wanted them both arrested. Fair and balanced...you gotta be kidding!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com