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Opposing Candidate’s Lawsuit: Pinellas County Sheriff Robert Gualtieri Hiding Incriminating Public Records

November 3, 2016November 3, 2016 Kelly W. Patterson 1122 Views Accountability, Civil rights, complaints, cop block, Copblock submissions, copblock.org, Corruption, dirty cops, double-standards, elections, False arrest, false charges, false criminal charges, fl, Florida, Florida Constitution, Florida Open Records Laws, Harassment, James McLynas, Jerry T, Jerry Theophilopoulo, Justice System, kelly patterson, lawsuit, open records request, PCSO, Pinellas County, Pinellas County Sheriff Robert Gualtieri Sued for Hiding Incriminating Records From Opposing Candidate, pinellas county sheriff's office, police, police abuse, police accountability, Public records, public records request, retaliation, rights, scribd, Sheriff Bob Gualtieri, sheriff candidate, Stingray, Title X Chapter 119

The following post was shared with the CopBlock Network by James McLynas, a candidate for sheriff in Pinellas County, Florida.

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Articles Police Abuse Toxic Cops

Escambia County Florida Sheriff’s Deputy Found Guilty of Sex Offenses Involving Minor

August 6, 2016August 6, 2016 Steven Thomas 2610 Views Accountability, arrest report, arrested, assault, awaiting a trial date, Brutality, charged, Civil rights, ConjuringJusticeBlog.com, Convicted, cop block, copblock, copblock.org, Corruption, county, Deputy Gene Smith, Deputy Walter Thomas, Dishonesty, Double Standard, double-standards, Douglas Manning, Escambia, Escambia County Jail, escambia county sheriff's office, excessive force, felony charges, fl, Florida, foursome, Harassment, jail nurse, Justice System, juvenile victim, Leah Manning, office, Pensacola, police, police abuse, police accountability, Police brutality, Police State, Public records, rights, rush to judgement, Sex offense, Sexual, sexual battery, sexual encounters, Sheriff David Morgan, Sheriffs, swat, swingers, threesome, underage sex, unlawful sexual activity with certain minors, video, WEAR TV

An Escambia County deputy has been found guilty of sex offenses against a juvenile victim. Jurors unanimously convicted Deputy Walter

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Greenfield, WI Chief Brad Wentlandt Drags Feet on FOIA Request; Why?

December 21, 2015 CopBlock 1255 Views Accountability, Civil rights, cop block, copblock, copblock.org, Corruption, Dishonesty, Greenfield WI PD, John Dieringer, Justice System, Officer Charles Mehlberg, officer-involved shooting, Public records, Transparency

The word “hero” is thrown around quite a bit in the Law Enforcement community. I’ve seen the word hero applied

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Cost of Police-Misconduct Cases Soars in Big U.S. Cities (REPOST)

July 17, 2015July 17, 2015 Ademo Freeman 2073 Views Accountability, Brutality, chicago, cop block, copblock, copblock.org, dallas, dan frosch, Eric Garner, freedom, Harassment, Justice System, kami chavis simmons, Los Angeles, national association of police organizations, New York, New York City, no victim no crime, Philadelphia, police, police abuse, police accountability, Police brutality, police department pay outs, police misconduct, police shootings, Police State, Public records, settlements, taxpayer, us attorney, Wall Street Journal, Washington, wrongful death, wrongful imprisonment, zusha elinson

*THIS POST WAS ORIGINALLY POSTED AT THE WALL STREET JOURNAL By ZUSHA ELINSON and DAN FROSCH* The cost of resolving police-misconduct cases

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Maryland Court Hides Police Misconduct From Public

July 16, 2015July 16, 2015 CopBlock 1354 Views Accountability, Block, cop, cop block, copblock, copblock.org, Corruption, courts, Dishonesty, double-standards, Judge Robert M Bell, Justice System, Maryland, Maryland Court of Appeals, md, misconduct, police, police abuse, police accountability, Police State, Public records, question authority, Refuse obidence, serious misconduct, Sgt. John Maiello, strike the root, Teleta Dashiell, Transparency

In a day and age when police misconduct is at an all time high, and accountability is a laughable concept,

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Win For Police Accountability In Pennsylvania: Police Videos Can Now Be Public Records

July 13, 2015July 12, 2015 CopBlock 990 Views Accountability, Brutality, Civil rights, cop block, copblock, copblock.org, Corruption, Dishonesty, Double Standard, double-standards, excessive force, film the police, Filming police, freedom, Justice System, melissa melewsky, michelle grove, no victim no crime, police, police abuse, police accountability, Police brutality, Police State, Public records, recording, records

Harrisburg, PA: In what could be a serious blow to the Police’s ability monopolize witness testimonies within court proceedings, a

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Report describes investigation of abusive UMass Lowell officer

January 25, 2012January 1, 2014 CopBlock 906 Views Campus police, Featured, Filming police, Freedom of information, Harassment, Lowell MA, Massachusetts, media, Public records, School, UMass Lowell

This article was cross-posted at Massachusetts Cop Block In October of last year, UMass Lowell student Brendan Brown was threatened

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Donors help Cop Block release public police records

December 9, 2011January 1, 2014 CopBlock 461 Views Filming police, Lowell MA, Massachusetts, media, Public records, Transparency, UMass Lowell

This article has been cross-posted at Massachusetts Cop Block In a recent post, I informed Cop Block readers that the

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Chief says officer was disciplined, but doesn’t say how

November 9, 2011January 1, 2014 CopBlock 734 Views Featured, Filming police, Freedom of information, Lowell MA, Massachusetts, media, Public records, Transparency

This article has been cross-posted at Massachusetts Cop Block In October, I wrote about how a UMass Lowell student was

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