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MEZZA

It['s people like you that don't move ahead.......you think he is the only one that was arrested for this??

in today's society it is an accepted thing.....big wigs support the prostitutes......and all members of society.and you never hear about it unless someone wants to make money.

how come there haven't been arrests of this sort in our own community......crime is rapant....so is prostitution only it isn't publicized

because it's no longer considered a crime.....

Riggi is a fine citizen ....has paid his dues......understands consequences......and does his homework for the PEOPLE...

what do you do????

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City weighs new rules for use of its vehicles
Schenectady officials want to review who takes vehicles home and why
By Lauren Stanforth
Published 09:49 p.m., Monday, March 19, 2012
  

SCHENECTADY — The city is beginning the process of cracking down on employees who take government vehicles home.

At Monday night's City Council committee meeting, President Denise Brucker passed out the first draft of a new policy that would require all vehicles to stay within Schenectady limits unless managers and the mayor approve it first. Employees who violate the policy could face disciplinary action.

Take home vehicles have been an issue on and off for years, but the topic was thrust into the spotlight recently after some City Council members objected to the police department requesting new Chevrolet Tahoes for its three evidence technicians to take back to their residences.

Police argue the officers need a large vehicle, and it must be accessible in case they have to respond to a crime scene from home. But others question the cost for gas and maintenance considering the technicians allegedly live outside the city......................>>>>................>>>>................Read more: http://www.timesunion.com/loca.....26.php#ixzz1peWTVrjA

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Mikechristine1 /////// I found the proof for you wanted /// Back in August 1983 one Vincent Riggi was arrested by the schenectady police department for patronizing a prostitute.

Took me a while to research the old papers but I found it. Now I know why he has it out for the police department. I guess he is part of the problem supporting the drug trade by supporting prostitutes who use drugs with the money they make giving Mr. Riggi his service.

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In the 1980's
   - Patrolman Ambrose Mountain was convicted in 1983 of raping a female inmate in the city lockup.

   - Patrolman Bruce Vacca - charged with four counts of aggravated harassment for making obscene phone calls.

   - Arthur David Chaires Jr (brother of our current chief and son of a Schenectady Police officer) is convicted in 1988 of possessing cocaine and goes to prison.

   - Michael J. Guthinger – is arrested for stealing money from parked cars behind Proctor's Theatre in 1989.

PBA President Michael Andriano is quoted in a 1989 newspaper article saying, "The problems are caused by individual officers. We've had a few bad apples sour the whole barrel. It has nothing to do with leadership."

There was an incident where a bunch of men in a bus harassed an elderly couple by throwing eggs at them. They turned out to be Schenectady cops and a couple of firefighters.

In 1988 Ten Thousand Dollars came up missing from the evidence locker, then another one thousand in 1989. I also believe that two motorcycles had disappeared. Were any of those cases ever solved?

Then in the 1990's
    - Richard Barnett and Michael Siler perform a "relocation service", taking a suspect out to Glenville and leaving him there without his shoes.

    - And a verdict against the Police Department and Officers Yager, Carroll, McHugh and Jack Falvo, for beating a suspect named Rodick, returns a $1.2 million award.

    - Mr. Van Norden defended that case and isn't Jack Falvo an assistant chief now?

  Police Commissioner Charles Mills is quoted in a 1992 newspaper article as saying, "I have some shackles on me" because of the union contract.

   - Then Chief Kaczmarek, a 25-year police veteran and son of a Schenectady officer, acknowledged that the department's procedures are inadequate and that some officers have an arrogant sense of entitlement. But he said that he has brought the concept of internal affairs from theory to practice, and was working to make a department full of good officers more professional.

    - Officer Kenneth Hill is dismissed for using a racial slur but later reinstated.

Then in the 2000's
    - Chief Kaczmarek spills the beans on an FBI investigation into the police department.

    - Officer Marhafer blows his brains out right in the police department locker room.

    - Michael F. Hamilton Jr. (brother to PBA president Bob Hamilton),
      Nicola Messere,
      Michael Siler (son of a Schenectady Police officer) and
      Richard Barnett – are convicted on federal corruption charges.

    - Kenneth Hill goes state prison for giving a gun to a drug dealer.

    - Mayor Stratton fires public safety commission Boyle because he favored his political opponent.

    - PBA president Bob Hamilton works only a few days each year and is paid over a hundred thousand a year.

    - A man is badly beaten in Hamilton Hill on his way home from work and the cops said they didn't have enough men to patrol.

    - Kaczmarek is found guilty on drug charges and goes to prison.

    - Officer Thomas Disbrow is found watching his son bowl in Scotia while on duty

    - Darren Lawrence drives drunk on the Northway, wrecks his car, beats his buddy and is still awaiting trial.

    - John Lewis is arrested five or six times and Mr. Van Norden is too scared to file a complaint against Judge Loyola because he’s not setting a trial date.

    - Kyle Hunter is arrested numerous times for harassment and domestic violence.

    - Dwayne Johnson is suspended and later arrested for being absent during overnight patrols and working at the Hess Station.

    - Officer Michael Brown is arrested for DWI.

    - A Police Department supervisor has his teeth cleaned while on the clock.

    - Three cops, Haffensteiner, Reyell, and Karaskiewicz, are indicted for not filling out paperwork but were on paid leave for allegedly beating a suspect in a McDonald's parking lot? Have they come back to work yet?

    - Shari Barnes (also married to a Schenectady cop?), is arrested for prescription drug abuse.

    - Joseph A. Peters IV is arrested for (DWI)

    - Ronald Pedersen resigns in 2002 after allegations he roughed up a prostitute.

    - Jeffrey Curtis goes to state prison after admitting he stole cocaine from the evidence locker. But he retired first so we've got to pay him the rest of his lousy life.

   - Chris Maher pleads guilty to disorderly conduct and is demoted in connection with allegations he told a friend about an ongoing State Police investigation into gambling. Wasn't that at some Metroplex funded bar downtown?

   - and current Commissioner Wayne Bennett is found to have "sanitized" official State Police records regarding John Sweeney, former congressman.

Less than TWO Months into the fourth decade, the twenty tens we have:

- Rookie officers Bean & Overocker who don't follow standard procedures and John Lewis is found not guilty. What’s the commissioner going to do about that? Defer to Mr. Van Norden?

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Council to look at tougher rules for use of city vehicles
BY KATHLEEN MOORE Gazette Reporter
Reach Gazette reporter Kathleen Moore at 395-3120 or moore@dailygazette.com.

    As early as next week, department heads will have to defend each employee who gets to drive a city car home.
    Council President Denise Brucker is setting a special City Council committee meeting to review every car that leaves the city lots. The date has not yet been set, but Brucker wants to set aside an hour for each department head.
    She wants them to “justify” their takehome policies, she said.
    “I think we really need to hear from those individuals who are working directly with the staff,” she said. Brucker has also written a four-page draft policy that bans all employees from taking cars out of the city, with exceptions granted only if the department head and the mayor agree.
    If an employee feels that an emergency requires a drive outside of city limits, that worker must call the mayor and the appropriate department head as soon as possible, according to the proposed policy. However, the policy also offers some suggested reasons for being allowed to drive a car to a residence outside the city.
    On-call workers and those with weather-related duties might be allowed to take their cars home, Brucker wrote. But, she said, their residence — and how far it is from the city — should be taken into consideration.
    She also specified that on-call workers could only take home cars during an on-call shift. If the council approves that, it would be a departure from the current situation, in which the city’s police evidence technicians take home cars every night even though they rotate being on call.
    She also suggested that emergency response vehicles be taken home for only one night, with the authorization extended if the emergency continued. That rule could affect the city worker who drives home a truck every day so that he can respond to water and sewer breaks if they occur in the middle of the night.
WANTS A REASON
    Brucker said she wants department heads to explain why workers can’t simply drive to the Foster Avenue garage — where the vehicles are in a safe, indoor environment — rather than having a truck at their house.
    The proposed policy also requires all drivers to have a valid license, and all necessary certifications, such as commercial driving licenses. If the license is revoked or suspended, employees who are required to drive at work would face discipline.
    If that rule had been in place two years ago, Public Safety Commissioner Wayne Bennett would not have had to pay a police officer while that officer’s license was suspended on a DWI charge. The offi cer did not inform superiors that his license had been revoked, and when Bennett found out, he learned there was no policy.
    Bennett announced that from then on, patrol officers who can’t drive will not be paid, and must inform management of any revocations or suspensions. The change did not affect other departments.
    Brucker’s proposed policy also requires drivers to notify management of any accidents and tickets, including those involving their personal car when they are not on city business.
    The policy does not go as far as the Police and Fire department policies for accidents. There are no requirements for driver training, no alcohol and drug testing, and no discipline for poor driving. ...................>>>>...............>>>>..........................http://www.dailygazette.net/De.....r01300&AppName=1