corruption

IACP: we park wherever we please

Brett — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 11:12:14 -0400

Right now, there are many police cruisers, both marked and unmarked, parked on Avenue Louis Pasteur. A large number are parked illegally, either in no-parking zones, bus stops, and even blocking crosswalks (in front of Boston Latin, a school zone.) This is an area where both the MBTA and MASCO run a large number of shuttles and need all the room they can get just make the turns. The State Police, Northborough, Danvers, and Boston were among the 'representatives' who showed up with marked cruisers. The unmarked cruisers and personal vehicles had various "I'm a cop" signs- raid jackets in windows, ticket books on dashboards, radios left in plain sight, or emergency lights.

They are attending a conference in Harvard Med's New Research Building, held by IACP, regarding Project Safe Neighborhoods. IACP is a police chief association, so there are probably a bunch of chiefs amongst these lawbreakers. Of note- there are multiple pay lots within 1-2 blocks, and public street parking within a few blocks.

Update: photos from twheaton. More welcome, especially showing plates and the signage showing they're illegally parked.

When crooked cops testify against other crooked cops

adamg — Tue, 11 Sep 2007 08:53:17 -0400

Scott Allen Miller notes that former Boston police officer Carlos Pizarro pleaded guilty to cocaine possession charges and that part of his plea involves agreeing to testify against other officers arrested in an alleged bad-stuff ring, including Kiko Pulido:

... Pizarro might want to move his loved ones and valuables into hiding, or at least make sure his homeowner's insurance is paid up.

A Big Dig Diogenes

adamg — Tue, 25 Jul 2006 10:55:45 -0400

Sco supports the idea of a subpoena-issuing Ward-Commission like investigative body to look at the Big Dig, but he wonders:

... The question remains, is there anyone left in Massachusetts who is both politically savvy enough to take this on and politically independent enough to make sure no responsible party is spared?

At least the anti-corruption unit wasn't corrupted

adamg — Sat, 22 Jul 2006 12:43:26 -0400

That's the good news in the Boston Police identity-theft, coke-dealing, alien-smuggling corruption investigation, Mats Tolander writes.

Steve Gilliard notes that the guy at the center of the investigation, motorcycle cop Roberto "Kiko" Pulido, seemed pretty busy protecting illegal parties and organizing other nefarious schemes:

... I wonder if this guy ever arrested anyone? ...

Apparently, the former Marine and father of five got shot once, but his bullet-proof vest saved him.

BPD statement.

Globe article.