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In South Dakota, Yet Another Former “Officer of the Year” Caught Stealing

February 22, 2017February 22, 2017 Kelly W. Patterson 152 Views 0 Comments Accountability, Assistant Attorney General Michael Sharp, Chamberlain, cop block, copblock.org, Corruption, DCI, Dishonesty, Division of Criminal Investigation, drug forfeiture, drug money, drug seizure, evidence bag, evidence locker, fees, felony, grand theft of law by enforcement of seized property, Interstate 90, Justice System, k-9, kelly patterson, officer of the year, personnel matter, Platte, Platte-Geddes School Superintendent Joel Bailey, Plea Bargain, plea deal, police, police abuse, police accountability, police hero, restitution, rights, school board president, Service Dog of the Year, South Dakota, South Dakota Highway Patrol, Special Agent Guy Di Benedetto, stealing public money, stolen evidence, Trooper Brian Biehl, White Lake

In November, South Dakota Highway Patrol Trooper Brian William Biehl was arrested for stealing just under $70,000 from evidence that

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Reliance on Traffic Ticket Revenue Has Left Nevada Supreme Court Broke

June 18, 2015October 16, 2015 Kelly W. Patterson 137 Views 27 Comments assessment fee, bloomberg, budget, citations, copblock, copblock.org, Corruption, courts, Dishonesty, Drug war, fees, funding, Harassment, Justice James Hardesty, Justice System, kelly patterson, Las Vegas Constable, las vegas metropolitan police department, Las Vegas Review Journal, lvmpd, LVRJ, metro, Money Hungry, Nevada, nevada highway patrol, Nevada state legislature, Nevada Supreme Court, NHP, NHP Strategic Plan, NV, NV SB469, nvcopblock, police, police abuse, Policing for Profit, reliance on ticket revenue, revenue generation, traffic tickets, vehicle registration, video, war on drugs, Zero Fatalities education program

Back in March, Nevada Supreme Court Justice James Hardesty warned state legislators that the NV Supreme Court coffers were bare,

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Putting Revenue Generation Above Public Safety at Las Vegas’ “Money Hungry” Municipal Courts

April 9, 2015October 16, 2015 Kelly W. Patterson 106 Views 20 Comments Civil rights, collect at all costs mentality, compensation, copblock, copblock.org, Corruption, Dishonesty, fees, fines, Fremont Street, Harassment, illegal shakedown, Justice System, kelly patterson, las vegas, Las Vegas Constable, Las Vegas Marshals, Las Vegas Municiple Court, las vegas police, Las Vegas Review Journal, Lt. Manning, Money Hungry, Nevada, nevada cop block, NV, nvcopblock, police, Police State, predatory law enforcement, priorities, Regional Injustice Center, Regional Justice Center, revenue collection, revenue enhancement, revenue generation, Richard Kilgore, rights, sexual harassment

The Las Vegas Review Journal is the latest media outlet to point out the already painfully obvious tendency toward revenue

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