Posted 10 May 2011 - 03:23 PM
I think I am starting to see a pattern with how Sheriff Bouchard deals of Police Officers committing Crime.
WOLFGANG MUELLER: Thomas Mance received a demotion because to-wit, he had been stopped by
22 the West Bloomfield Township Police in June 25, '08?
23 UNDERSHERIFF MCCABE: Yes.
24 WOLFGANG MUELLER: He was traveling 60 in a 45, right?
25 UNDERSHERIFF MCCABE: Yes, sir.
1 WOLFGANG MUELLER: Swerved into the left lane multiple times?
2 UNDERSHERIFF MCCABE: Yes.
3 WOLFGANG MUELLER: Turns out he was .21%, correct?
4 UNDERSHERIFF MCCABE: Yes, sir.
5 WOLFGANG MUELLER: Two and a half times the legal limit?
6 UNDERSHERIFF MCCABE: Correct.
7 WOLFGANG MUELLER: Asked the officer for a favor. Does he give courtesy to County employees
8 because he was a deputy?
9 UNDERSHERIFF MCCABE: Yes, sir.
10 WOLFGANG MUELLER: That would be a violation of abusing your position for like personal gain, right?
11 UNDERSHERIFF MCCABE: Yes, sir.
12 WOLFGANG MUELLER: That's one of the rules that you have in your rule book?
13 UNDERSHERIFF MCCABE: Yes.
14 WOLFGANG MUELLER: You take that seriously, do you?
15 UNDERSHERIFF MCCABE: Yes, sir.
16 WOLFGANG MUELLER: The officer drove him to the residence, right?
17 UNDERSHERIFF MCCABE: The West Bloomfield Township Police Officer did, yes sir.
18 WOLFGANG MUELLER: Then he reported a few hours later and was met by your Lieutenant. That
19 would be Clay Jansson. Do you remember that?
20 UNDERSHERIFF MCCABE: Yes, sir.
21 WOLFGANG MUELLER: Who noticed -- and Clay Jansson saw him driving into the parking lot, correct?
22 UNDERSHERIFF MCCABE: I'm not sure about that.
23 WOLFGANG MUELLER: Captain Molinar had been advised already from West Bloomfield of what had
24 happened?
25 UNDERSHERIFF MCCABE: I don't have an independent recollection of that, but if you say so.
1 WOLFGANG MUELLER: Then he reported to work and he smelled of intoxicants and at work he was
2 .14%?
3 UNDERSHERIFF MCCABE: Yes.
4 WOLFGANG MUELLER: He was still -- his work hours, you remember he's a day shift guy?
5 UNDERSHERIFF MCCABE: Yes, sir.
6 WOLFGANG MUELLER: So it was like seven in the morning?
7 UNDERSHERIFF MCCABE: Yes, sir.
8 WOLFGANG MUELLER: Seven in the morning he's still almost twice the legal limit, correct?
9 UNDERSHERIFF MCCABE: Yes, sir.
10 WOLFGANG MUELLER: And he's gotten in trouble two other times he said, right?
11 UNDERSHERIFF MCCABE: Yes, sir.
12 WOLFGANG MUELLER: And you took his work history into account, did you?
13 UNDERSHERIFF MCCABE: I'm sure I did. Yes, sir.
14 WOLFGANG MUELLER: And he wasn't a Sergeant. He was a Deputy?
15 UNDERSHERIFF MCCABE: That's correct.
16 WOLFGANG MUELLER: Now sir, are sworn officers and command officers, if you notice a crime being
17 committed in your presence, are you supposed to do something about it?
18 UNDERSHERIFF MCCABE: Yes, sir
19 WOLFGANG MUELLER: You expect that to happen, right?
20 UNDERSHERIFF MCCABE: Yes, sir.
21 WOLFGANG MUELLER: Are you aware, sir, that Sergeant Clay Jansson from Special Investigations
22 Unit, the Internal Affairs drove him home, got him driven home?
23 UNDERSHERIFF MCCABE: I'm aware of that.
24 WOLFGANG MUELLER: And it wasn't until a half hour later until Captain Molinar told Clay Jansson, you
25 get him over back in here and get him arrested, right?
1 UNDERSHERIFF MCCABE: Yes, but at that time he had made a mistake. That's correct.
2 WOLFGANG MUELLER: And he was arrested?
3 UNDERSHERIFF MCCABE: He was.
4 WOLFGANG MUELLER: And it took Captain Molinar telling the Lieutenant at the time, Clay Jansson, to
5 get him back here and get him arrested?
6 UNDERSHERIFF MCCABE: That is correct.
7 WOLFGANG MUELLER: Because you're not supposed to cut him a break like you did, right?
8 UNDERSHERIFF MCCABE: I don't know what he said to Jansson.
9 WOLFGANG MUELLER: Because driving a person home when he's drunk almost twice the legal limit,
10 that person could have another car and get out on the road and kill somebody, right?
11 UNDERSHERIFF MCCABE: That's correct.
12 WOLFGANG MUELLER: Be a menace to society?
13 UNDERSHERIFF MCCABE: Yes, sir.
14 WOLFGANG MUELLER: Something Lieutenants should know, correct?
15 UNDERSHERIFF MCCABE: Yes.
16 WOLFGANG MUELLER: Something he's expected to know?
17 UNDERSHERIFF MCCABE: Yes, sir.
18 WOLFGANG MUELLER: Something he's trained to know?
19 UNDERSHERIFF MCCABE: Yes, sir.
20 WOLFGANG MUELLER: And what discipline did Clay Jansson get?
21 UNDERSHERIFF MCCABE: He didn't receive any, sir.