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Weekly:
This
Week's
Corrupt
Cops
Stories
10/21/05
https://stopthedrugwar.org/chronicle-old/408/thisweek1.shtml
The corrupt cop beat is lonely
this week. Only one case worth mentioning, and in that one a Pennsylvania
detective apparently got away with the goods. Without further ado:
In Whitpain, Pennsylvania,
an investigation into drugs missing from the township police department's
evidence room has concluded without any charges being filed, the Philadelphia
Reporter noted last week. According to Montgomery County District
Attorney Bruce Castor, former police Detective Sgt. William Bunting was
named by other law enforcement officers as the probable culprit, but Castor
couldn't make the case.
"We were asked by the Chief
(Joseph Stemple) to investigate narcotics that went missing from the evidence
room‚" Castor said. "We were unable to determine how the drugs became
missing." That was because department policy allowed too many people
access to the evidence room, he said. "We couldn't determine with
sufficient particularity who we thought was stealing the drugs‚" Castor
said. He added that he had written a letter to the department urging
it to "drastically tighten up" its policies. Chief Stemple said he
has now done that.
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Issue #408
-- 10/21/05
Feature:
Marijuana
Arrests
at
All-Time
High
Again
|
Feature:
Toronto
Moves
Toward
Four
Pillars-Style
Drug
Policy
|
Feature:
MOMA
Exhibit
Mutes
DanceSafe's
Drug
Harm
Reduction
Message
|
Event:
Celebrity
Perry
Fund
Reception
in
Los
Angeles,
Monday,
November
7
--
You're
Invited
|
Quote
of
the
Week:
Former
Seattle
Police
Chief
Norm
Stamper
on
Legalization
of
All
Drugs
|
Weekly:
This
Week's
Corrupt
Cops
Stories
|
Newsbrief:
Trial
for
California
Narc
Who
Killed
Rudy
Cardenas
Gets
Underway
|
Post-Hurricane:
New
Orleans
Narcs
Itching
to
Make
More
Busts
|
Post-Hurricane:
Congressional
Conservatives
Eye
Cuts
in
Anti-Drug
Spending
to
Pay
for
Katrina
Relief
--
Reformers
Clamor
for
More
|
Asia:
Calm
Words
from
an
Indian
Drug
Expert
|
Canada:
British
Columbia
Health
Officials
Call
for
Discussion
on
Regulation
of
Illicit
Drugs
|
Medical
Marijuana:
Both
New
Jersey
Governor
Candidates
Support
It
|
Web
Scan:
Stamper,
Hartford,
Emery,
Prosecutorial
Zealotry,
LEAP
|
Weekly:
This
Week
in
History
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Weekly:
The
Reformer's
Calendar
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