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Newsbrief:
This
Week's
Corrupt
Cops
Story
10/3/03
There is never a shortage
of stories for this feature. This week's winners are a pair of former
high officials of the Mississippi Bureau of Narcotics, who allegedly gouged
MBN and Mississippi taxpayers out of thousands of dollars in questionable
overtime pay and questionable expenditures of anti-drug funds. The
Associated Press reported September 27 that an internal MBN investigation
named former MBN deputy director Ronald Pitts and former MBN chief of operations
Bill Taylor as the malefactors and that the results of the investigation
have been turned over to the state attorney general's office for further
action.
According to the MBN report,
Pitts was paid more than $4,500 in disputed overtime payments when he retired
last year. Even though his account differed from the state's by 152
hours, he ordered that he be paid the full amount. The report also
found that Taylor claimed more than $3,200 in overtime pay for marijuana
eradication, much of which he claimed to have done during seasons when
marijuana does not grow. Both men left the anti-drug agency last
year.
The MBN report also found
unusual anti-drug spending by the pair, including the purchase of 1,728
golf balls, 144 golf starter kits, 600 knit shirts, and three leather jackets.
Taylor and Pitts are only
the latest to fall in the MBN's internal investigation. Marijuana
eradication program head Jimmy Saxton was fired earlier this year over
accusations that he cheated on his overtime pay, and agent Gary White has
resigned after being caught giving Saxton helicopter lessons although White
is not a certified instructor.
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Issue #305, 10/3/03
Editorial:
Rush Limbaugh and Oxycontin |
Hurwitz
Arrest Galvanizes Opposition to Justice Jihad Against Pain Doctors |
Swiss Marijuana
Legalization, Prescription Heroin Blocked by Parliament |
"Rough
Riders" Go Free For Now: Suburban Jury Fails to Convict Oakland Police
Rogues |
Drug
Czar Office Safe for Now: House Votes for Five More Years of Same
Old Drug War, Senate Vote Pending |
Newsbrief:
Hemp Food Industry Sees Looming Victory in DEA Battle |
Newsbrief:
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Newsbrief:
Alaska Marijuana Initiative Back on Track |
Newsbrief:
Eleven Years for Selling Baking Soda |
Newsbrief:
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Drug Users |
Newsbrief:
New South Wales Medical Marijuana Approval |
Newsbrief:
This Week's Corrupt Cops Story |
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