Posted on 08/05/2005 4:47:38 PM PDT by MRMEAN
Former King County vice cop Dan Ring admits he's no choirboy.
When police started scrutinizing his personal lifestyle and his professional habits, they found no shortage of reasons for raised eyebrows.
George Daniel Ring Jr. — a detective with the King County Sheriff's Office for 26 years — obscured the line between his personal and professional lives more than a few times during his years in vice. He dated strippers, used his unmarked police car to visit a dancer in Canada, counted a madam among his friends and married an escort he'd dated for years.
"I'm sorry. I have a weakness for attractive women. Yes, I got too close to the line and some of what I did was dumb," said Ring, 49. "But what I did was not criminal. I am not a thief. I'm not a stalker. And I'm not a dirty cop."
But criminal and internal-affairs investigators for the King County Sheriff's Office spent years trying to prove otherwise. An investigation into Ring — launched in 2001 after a complaint from the madam he thought was a friend — ultimately spanned almost four years, involved three law-enforcement agencies and cost the county an estimated $400,000.
It led to four criminal charges against Ring: theft, attempted stalking of his third ex-wife, aiding an escort service and official misconduct. This was in addition to allegations of misconduct filed inside the Sheriff's Office.
In the end, however, all criminal charges were dropped.
The county settled with Ring in April, agreeing to pay his legal fees, refund the money he'd put up for bail, let him use his accrued paid sick days until his retirement in November 2005 and then award him his full retirement benefits. In exchange, Ring agreed to retire and to not pursue a $2.5 million claim against the county for civil-rights violations.
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Just great! Bent cop costs tax payer $ 400,000 plus, gets expenses paid, charges dropped, allowed to spike and then collect already bloated pension. Some blind justice system!
Oh, you forgot the Best Part - he's 49. Not 59. Not 69. Not 72. He's a *49* year old *retiree*.
They spent four years investigating this guy and this is the kind of things they came up with ? I don't think they spent four years on the Kennedy assassination did they ?
Oh my God...Didn't think it could get worse.
Wonderful. Who are the idiots who hire these people? I guess other idiots. Self perpetuating cycle.
Perhaps there was no evidence of any criminal activity. Maybe that's why charges were dropped. Don't you think IA would have nailed him to the wall if the evidence was there?
"To Protect and Screw"
"I don't think they spent four years on the Kennedy assassination did they ?"
LOL! Not officially, no. Of course, I don't think even Oliver Stone would be interested in making a movie about this guy. Maybe Michael Moore.
Your name is very cute, btw.
"...Vice cop agrees to retire..."
And if the rest of us get caught doing something illegal, we can agree to retire and get off plus getting a fat pension, right?
That is not funny. This is a police officer; I say, Boy, a piece officer you're talking about.
The correct phrase is:
"To protect and service".
Screwing is much too restrictive; this guy is much more versatile.
Put a condom over his head, lube it up, stuff him into a 16" Naval rifle, and see how far he flies with two bags of powder.
"He dated strippers, used his unmarked police car to visit a dancer in Canada, counted a madam among his friends and married an escort he'd dated for years."
Duuuuuude!! Isn't this what all cops do?
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