POLICE Coverup - An example?!

This web page responds to the letter referenced in the FIT HITS THE SHAN section of the 1995 narrative of neighborhood events. The first sentence of the ninth paragraph of that letter states:

Whatever written report exists within District #3 regarding this incident, along with the inaction associated therewith, will prove that street officers in District #3 take neither GANG nor GRAFFITI crimes seriously - EVEN WHEN THE PERPETRATORS ARE KNOWN.

Apparently, in response to the above referenced letter, when Mayor Norquist requested the police report regarding the garage burglary referenced therein, THERE WASN'T A WRITTEN REPORT ON FILE WITHIN THE POLICE DEPARTMENT! (That fact, of course, proving exactly what was predicted in the letter itself.)

The "ON SEPTEMBER 26, 1995 YOU REPORTED A BURGLARY" lead in the ALLCAPS communication shown below is the cover-up. It ignores (by making no mention of) the fact that the burglary was actually reported within minutes of it happening on July 27th. Rather than admit that the two responding officers ignored that crime by not even submitting a written report about it, the command staff within MPD from the Chief down through the District #3 Captain to the two responding sergeants made it appear instead that the burglary and written report regarding it took place two months after the fact. Were they not in cover-up mode, the first sentence should have read:

ON JULY 27, 1995

[ That the actual date of the burglary two months previous, JULY 27, 1995, is not mentioned at all in this official ALLCAPS communication from MPD proves the cover-up. ]

While still ignoring the fact that the initial responding officers filed no report, that wording would have recognized that the burglary actually took place on July 27th - leaving it up to the reader to wonder why there was a two month delay between the burglary and the information reporting.

The two sergeants came to the victim of the garage burglary and neglect by the responding officers on the 26th of September - two MONTHS AFTER the actual burglary on July 27th. They made the motions of an investigation in order to prepare a written report. The proof that they still weren't interested in the crime itself is that at no time did they (or anyone else investigating this burglary) want to discuss or get a copy of the notes made regarding the incident immediately after it happened. The whole process was one of paperwork and bureacracy - not crime prevention or resolution -- this all in spite of what it says in the ALLCAPS missive below about

NEW INFORMATION THAT MAY ASSIST US

[ That same sort of bureaucratic-ass-covering is evidenced in a 1993 911 call-back transcript that shows a 911 operator ignoring an initial call but then calling back (after numerous other calls had come in from other residents) to make it look like everything was being handled correctly. The police didn't come to that 'on street' violent assault until more than 45 minutes after the initial 911 call and more than 30 minutes after the assault had ended. ]

It should be noted that while there was no written report prepared by the two officers who responded to the scene within an hour of the actual burglary, they did come around to the front door of the victim of the garage burglary two months later to voice their "respect" for citizen "letter writers" of his kind -- they obviously having been ordered to do so AFTER THE VICTIM'S LETTER TO THE MAYOR et al made the FIT HIT THE SHAN and motivated action (albeit a cover-up) within MPD.

 City of xxx            Department of POLICE       xx xxxx
                                                   Chief of POLICE

                                         OCTOBER 13, 1995

 MR. xx x xxxx
 xxxx x xxxx ST
 xxxx xx xxxxx


 DEAR MR. xxxx

      ON SEPTEMBER 26, 1995 YOU REPORTED A BURGLARY TO THE xxx
 POLICE DEPARTMENT.  THIS BURGLARY OCCURRED AT xx N x ST.

      THIS LETTER CONFIRMS THAT YOUR REPORT WAS RECEIVED BY THE
 xxx POLICE DEPARTMENT AND DULY RECORDED. IF YOU DEVELOP
 ANY NEW INFORMATION THAT MAY ASSIST US IN THE INVESTIGATION OF
 YOUR COMPLAlNT, PLEASE CALL THE CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION BUREAU
 AT xxx-xxxx OR xxx-xxxx.  IN THE EVENT YOUR COMPLAINT HAS BEEN
 CLEARED BY THE TIME YOU RECEIVE THIS LETTER, THE FOLLOWING
 PARAGRAPH MAY BE OF INTEREST TO YOU.

      BURGLARY CAN BE A VERY TRAUMATIC EXPERIENCE.  THE xxx
 POLICE DEPARTMENT HAS OFFICERS TRAINED IN THE AREA OF CRIME
 PREVENTION.  YOU MAY WANT TO HAVE ONE OF THESE OFFICERS MEET
 WITH YOU AND DISCUSS WAYS OF IMPROVING THE SECURITY OF YOUR
 PROPERTY.  IF SO, PLEASE CALL THE CRIME PREVENTION OFFICER
 AT xxx-xxxx, MONDAY THRU FRIDAY, FROM 8 00 AM TO 4 00 PM. IF THE
 OFFICER IS NOT AVAILABLE AT THE TIME YOU CALL, PLEASE GIVE YOUR
 NAME AND TELEPHONE NUMBER AND YOUR CALL WILL BE RETURNED AS SOON
 AS POSSIBLE.

      THE FILE NUMBER ASSIGNED TO YOUR COMPLAINT IS 95-xxx.
 PLEASE HAVE THIS NUMBER HANDY WHEN YOU CALL,

 SINCERELY,
 xx xxxx
 Chief of POLICE


 xxxx x. xxx
 CAPTAIN OF POLICE
 xxxx xx

 xx

 POLICE xxx xxx, xxx Wx xxxxx Street, Post Office Box xxx, xxxxx, xx xxxxx.

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