Do Not Disturb! LOL
Posted on 06/16/2006 9:33:27 AM PDT by kellynla
Police officers assigned to protect Compton schools against vandalism and other campus crimes have been asleep at the wheel, quite literally, according to photographs and sworn testimony in a racial discrimination lawsuit.
The photographs appear to show several uniformed school officers in the driver's seats of parked squad cars with eyes shut and, in some cases, heads leaning back.
The pictures emerged in a suit against the Compton Unified School District, which operates the 34-member police department. The case was filed by a white ex-officer and two Latino officers who contend that they were treated differently from black colleagues within the predominantly African American department.
Former Officer Mark Shiva, who at one time served as president of the police officers union, and current Officers Victor Ayala and Sergio Reynoso allege that they were hit with racial slurs, ridiculed and retaliated against after lodging complaints against black colleagues.
(Excerpt) Read more at latimes.com ...
"checkin' for light leaks ..."
If either of those bloated guys ever ran after a school kid we'd be paying for quadruple bypass surgery.
Let 'em sleep. :-)
Whenever my Dad would see a cop doing a detail with an Edison crew (which is the law here),he'd say "poor guy,didn't bring his chair".
Dreaming of twinkies
Hey, man...I was studying for Lieutenant.
Eating all those donuts must have made them sleepy!
I suspect that sleeping is one of the more benign activities that Compton Unified School District police officers engage in while on duty. They're probably more dangerous to students when they're awake.
"...sworn testimony in a racial discrimination lawsuit."
How does this have anything to do with race?
Didn't we see Ginsberg sleeping on the job and perhaps Vice President Chaney during a meeting some months back. People are people. I agree this is bad but people have done it forever and I am sure that they will continue.
From the photo, it appears that Compton has assigned some of its best officers to school duty, eh? The unfit, the obese, and the sleepy.
There should be firings here.
But...but...they INVESTIGATED themselves and found nothing was wrong...what do you expect from these poor, overworked, hardpressed and underpaid officers, for them to do their job? What a unique idea....it will never happen in Compton, California. They all need to be canned, from the chief on down to the clerks!
they're the new Field Directors of Homeland Security on our southern border.
"I was studying for the seargant's exam. I was reciting the regulations. I do my best studying with my head tilted back and snoring, trust me!"
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