UPDATE TO PREVIOUS RELEASE.
Following an incident reported to the Costa Mesa Police Department on Wednesday, regarding the alleged driving violations of Mayor Pro Tem Jim Righeimer, an investigation was initiated by the Professional Standards Bureau and the Investigative Bureau, at the direction of Chief Tom Gazsi.
The source of the call and the alleged report of inappropriate driving is under investigation. Although the caller suggested the Mayor Pro Tem may have been driving impaired, the responding officer confirmed that Mr. Righeimer was not under the influence. A vigorous investigation continues concerning the motive and nature of the call.
The Department anticipates a future review of this matter by the Orange County District Attorney’s Office.
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Some readers wonder if CMPD officers in a relatively small organization like Costa Mesa's Police Department can be totally objective in their investigation which, in this case, has to involve police officers that they work with every day.
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FAKE 911 CALL LEADS TO KILLING OF INNOCENT COLLEGE STUDENT BY COPS
You dimwits who think the 911 call about Jim Righeimer is no big deal and should be forgotten or should be swept under the rug, are morons.
Any time you call the police, and especially when you call 911, you set things in motion that can get out of control.
It is not a joke and must be fully investigated.
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THE OC REGISTER'S STORY ON THE DISGUSTING 911 CALL ABOUT MAYOR PRO TEM RIGHEIMER
Both the Daily Pilot and the Register are doing a good job on this story, and you may want to read both papers for bits and pieces of information that you might otherwise miss.
BTW, did you notice that the head of one of the CMPD
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1:34 PM, SATURDAY, 8/25/12
Part of the crowd gathered in front of the Costa Mesa Police Station to demand that the CMPD conduct a full investigation of all aspects of the 911 call claiming that Jim Righeimer was driving erratically.
One of the speakers said they didn't want this investigation swept under the rug as was the investigation of an officer visiting a woman while on his shift [in the middle of the night].
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ARE THERE ROGUE COPS IN THE CMPD WHO ARE OUT OF CONTROL?
You've now read about the ex-cop from Riverside who made the 911 call about Righeimer, and you've seen the A-Frame sign that some cops pulled behind a Cadillac Escalade during the last election and you've read about the "unnamed Costa Mesa police officers," who tried to smear Righeimer when he tried to get them to rethink a dangerous DUI stop that was backing traffic up on to a freeway offramp. And, you've heard about the stinkeye incident.
Well, those aren't the only incidents that have happened. But, we'll keep the other incidents that we know about quiet for now so as not to distract from the main problem of all this crap that is being thrown at Jim Righeimer.
How much of this nonsense will the good citizens of Costa Mesa put up with? How much will the City Council put up with?
Just pretending this latest incident didn't happen is no solution. What will happen next time?
Will there be an anonymous call to 911 saying one of the Council Members is waving a gun around while driving?
Will there be an anonymous call to 911 saying a Council Member is dealing drugs at City Hall?
Will drugs or other contraband be planted on Council Members' properties or in their vehicles?
You see, there's no limit to this crap unless the problem is faced head on and fixed.
If the Council Members think the attacks are going to stop because of the revelations in the present incident, they need their heads examined.
And, political cops can target ordinary citizens with any of the 3Ms signs on their lawns or activists who support the good Council Members, and because cops get a high degree of anonymity, citizens can be harassed and may not be able to connect up the dots.
So, if Cop A targets 3M supporters and gives tickets to those he knows are supporters of the 3Ms, the individuals who get the tickets won't be able to see the pattern. And, as far as we know, there's no one in the CMPD who looks at these things to see if there are such patterns and profiling going on based on politics or social views.
The bad apples need to be weeded out of the CMPD or we need to have the Sheriff take over the policing of Costa Mesa.
One advantage of having the Sheriff police a city is that if there are problems with a particular officer or officers, that officer or officers can be transferred to some other city. That's not the case with the CMPD.
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| Disgusting sign used by some out of town CMPD cops to try defeat Jim Righeimer during the last election. |
Mr. Righeimer seems to think so.
Eat crow, all you Righeimer haters who posted comments in the Daily Pilot trying to spin the sobriety test against Righeimer.
Read all the details in the Daily Pilot HERE.
If you're fed up with police corruption and the clique of bad cops within the CMPD, go to the demonstration in front of the Police Station today (Saturday, 8/25) at 1:00 PM. and let the CMPD know your feelings.
We need honest cops in Costa Mesa. We don't need cops who just protect and serve their own interests.
Folks, there are a few bad apples in the CMPD and these few bad apples are giving the good cops a bad name.
Something has to be done to give Costa Mesans good, honest, non-political policing.
As we've written before, maybe it's going to take disbanding the CMPD and having the Sherrif's Department do our policing. Or, maybe it's going to take appointing a civilian police review board to investigate and watch over the CMPD. Or, maybe, the brass in the department can get things fixed, but we suspect some of the problem people are now pretty high in the organization. How high? We'll have to wait and see.
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BE SURE TO READ THE NEGATIVE COMMENTS THAT FOLLOW THIS EARLIER DAILY PILOT ARTICLE [HERE]--BEFORE IT WAS REVEALED THAT THE GUY WHO FOLLOWED RIGHEIMER IS AN EX-COP WHO WORKS FOR THE FIRM THAT REPRESENTS CMPD UNIONS
Oh, by the way, the ex-cop who followed Mr. Righeimer, and who made the 911 call, was also the head of the police union in Riverside before he was let go by the police department up there.
Check the mostly anti-Righeimer comments and note the names of the commenters. You'll see the same names time and time again.
See how fast they were to try to smear Righeimer? Now, they have to eat crow. Many of these people are the same ones who try to smear all the good Councilmembers and who don't want a charter and who are opposed to any real improvement of Costa Mesa and who support bitter Wendy Leece and the CMFROG candidates who, if they win election, will take us back to a bloated government that gives away the store to out of town employees.
And, don't forget, according to the OC REGISTER, Costa Mesa cops are the best remunerated (pay + benefits) of any cops in all of Orange County.
By the way, the Amy Fox who gives frequent negative comments about the good Council Members is Wendy Leece's daughter. She seems to spend a lot of time carrying dirty water for her mother. Karin Ahlf is also a constant commenter against the good councilmembers and as you can see from her comments, they're usually very stupid.
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