have a story regarding dealings with law enforcement in a relatively small West TX town of Fort Stockton. Cops are not only out of control due to the militarized mentality, but incompetence is also rife. In our town of about a pop. of 8500 there have been multiple car break ins and home burglaries over the last 6 months. My mom left her cell phone in her vehicle and it was stolen that same night at about 10:30pm. I came up with the idea to send a text message to her phone, because it was still on, stating I owed her $500 and would drop it off at her place of business the next morning and I would have to drop it off before she opened. All this done to hopefully lure the thieves into a trap. I contacted the local police spoke with the Sgt on duty he stated it was a great idea and they would like to be involved. He stated they would have officers near the business the next morning at the time I stated my sister would drop of the money and I described the type of vehicle she would be in. The police and I decided on the amount that would be given in the text and the time of the drop off. I stated I would leave the fake $ envelope in the mailbox. I agreed to this only on the promise the police would indeed be there and my sister would be safe and my mother’s business would be safe. The police agreed and stated they would provide enough police to make sure she and the business was safe. So I followed through with the plan, My sister dropped off the envelope with fake cash in it and I drove off. My mother’s role was to just open her business as normal.
Guess what happened next. Absolutely nothing as we waited to hear from the police and as my mother opened her business she checked her mailbox and the envelope was gone. It is safe to say the thieves showed up and took it from the mailbox that very morning. As far as the police and there promise, they never showed up! They left my sister in danger and my mother’s business in danger. They did not call to tell me they were cancelling the operation, they did not contact us at all. My mother called them and they played dumb. I tried contacting the sgt, however my calls have never been returned.
I contacted the local news stations and newspapers about the story and all of them said that they do not do stories that put the police in a bad light and that I was just being vindictive. The press issue is another story, but this example of police indifference, laziness, and incompetence is almost unreal. This is a true story and it just happened last month. This is why so many people have little confidence in the police department.
Joe
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My guess is it was a plain clothes cop or a police informant that stole the phone to begin with.
Bullshit.
Glen=liar
uhhhh, yeah. That’s why you don’t rely on pigs…
Common Sense being their usual puppet selves! Common sense is a police account setup to play down what their colleague’s do wrong, even murder, as Common sense is quick to defend even the scum who killed poor Kelly Thomas! God bless us all!
ok common, here is where you post a very detailed police report or newspaper article to debunk the whole thing…. can you backup your statement?
Z!
The spirit of this site–indeed, it’s very logo–pertains to the use of cameras for accountability’s sake. If you’re not recording the pre-planned bait scheme, there’s nothing to stop anybody from taking the money. Even the police.
I’m not trying to criticize or judge, but if you can’t be bothered to secure your own efforts, how can you expect anybody else to?
Additionally, if you have $500 to put on the line for the sake of the return of the phone and/or apprehension of the culprit, couldn’t some of that money been put towards such a camera?
People come here to comment on Common Sense more than they come here to comment on the stories. Congratulations, Common, you’re the star of copblock.org!
Now, had this fine yound lad posted a police report, then he’d have some credibility. But as it stands, its all bullshit.
And no, I didn’t defending Thomas’ homicide, I defended the rule of law, whereas with ‘murder’ you must have ‘intent’ that’s why a manslaughter charge is best.
I wonder what will happend, if at trail, the cop charged with murder is found quilty. You must understand that its not what you ‘think’ happened, its entirely what you can prove, beyond a reasonable doubt, to a jury of peers.
I firmly believe OJ was responsible for a double murder, but guess what, 12 people didn’t think so.
Wow, Dan strikes a good point.
+10 points.
I am sorry the police stole your money. They can’t be trusted.
lol so you actually used real money?? So you had contact with the cops over night, but none in the morning to make sure the plan was still a “go”????/
it probibly was the police or an informant they used to pick up the money. wait about a year in that time buy 2 nice cameras and set up something similar while filming. you would have to put the cameras up way before the setup. and lots of thes cameras come with wifi or remote control. fuck pigs.
” I stated I would leave the *fake* $ envelope in the mailbox.”
“My sister dropped off the envelope with *fake* cash in it and I drove off.”
Are you people retarded? Christ!
What a bunch of BS. Did you set a time with the officers? The officers could have been called away or a million other things. This is the stupidest so called sting ever. Even if you actually caught someone, it more than likely would be entrapment.
LOL, JUST SHOWS THAT PEOPLE CANNOT READ, except for Amiga and myself off course. It is fake money. THOUGHT YOU DUMB FUCKING COPS PAYED ATTENTION TO DETAILS, FUCKING IDIOTS NO WONDER NO ONE TAKES YOU SERIOUSLY. LOL.
Dan,
The writer asked for help from the police who said they where going to help and thought it was a good idea. Why should the writer have filmed something that the police would not let him be at the crime scene to obstruct or to document in an arrest. Also, you apperantly cannot read as well, it was fake money dumb fuck.
Common Sense,
First, show some common sense and try to understand what you reading. Second, in earlier post you have defended and even exonerated the pigs who murdered Kelly Thomas. Your a fucking joke man, LOL. Stupidity at a new level.
Common Sense=Hypocrite
Poor Devil, you just can’t keep the brain fluid at the correct temp can you?
Please feel free to re-post my comment where I ‘defended’ those charged in Thomas’ homicide, including date and time, you can even think of it as your smoking gun, like ‘gotcha’ journalism.
Have at it clown shoes.
This is stupid. You don’t concoct schemes to trap criminals and invite the police to get in on a piece of your action!