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Records show Dallas police fill
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complaints against fellow offic^^
DALLAS (AP) — Dallas police
are filing more complaints against
fellow officers, abandoning the
never-official “code of silence” to
account for more than half of all
Already this year, 1 1 police offi
cers have been fired, three have
been demoted and 33 have been
suspended.
See related story, Page 5
isations lodged for abuse of cit
s’ rights, records show,
atizen complaints against po
ll e dropped to the lowest number
in modern times last year, when
only 27 of the 126 charges filed
with the Internal Affairs Divisions
were instigated by residents, the
Dallas limes Herald reported
Sunday.
Through August of this year, 72
complaints had been filed by offi
cers and 35 by citizens.
And because internal-affairs in
vestigators consider police officers
more credible witnesses, the over
all percentage of accusations
upheld has increased to almost 80
percent, up from less than 50 per
cent a decade ago.
Police officials say the unusual
numbers reflect a trend where
more officers are speaking up
when they see wrongdoing other
than minor violations of procedu
ral rules.
Nevertheless, those officials ad
mit they are somewhat surprised
by the number of officers who re
port seeing another officer mis
treat citizens.
Last year, 14 officers were fired,
six were demoted and 31 were sus
pended.
Among the most recent discipli
nary actions was a three-day sus
pension last week of a five-yeai
veteran who, other officers re
ported, grabbed the neck of a
handcuffed suspect and slammed
his head into the headrest of a po
lice car while trying to learn the lo
cation of the man’s missing 2-year-
old child.
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“We have a lot of oft!
who are willing to
up and report whati
think is not right. I
see themselves as pro
sionals with an i^'-Uke a icVtc
to uphold.” after it w;
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tered bill!I
Two officers were fired and a
third was reprimanded last Sep
tember after another officer impli
cated them in the filing of false re
ports in a case where a man was
falsely accused of possessing
drugs. As a result, charges against
several people arrested in the drug
incident were dropped.
Internal Affairs Division Lt.
Doug Kowalski, said, “It strictly in
volved abusing the rights of a citi
zen, but the citizen wasn’t the one
' **“***— sent to
Plain view
a better cham 50 \ ears
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Stovall,
to contact us.
“I remember a time when it was
almost unheard of,” Chief Billy
Prince said. “We have a lot of offi
cers who are willing to stand up
and report what they think is not
right. They see themselves as pro
fessionals with an integrity to
uphold.”
In 1978, officers filed only 36.6
percent of the 240 complaints
lodged. By 1980, complaints from
inside and outside the department
were almost even, records show.
In each year since 1981, com
plaints filed by members of the de
partment have steadily increased
as a percentage of all complaints.
Prince said he doesn’t believe
that citizen complaints are drop
ping because of any pressure from
internal-affairs detectives, al
though he and Kowalski concede
that complaints brought by other
officers 1
suiting in a proved charge
“Your internal compL^_
usually more sustainable," t(> '
said. "It will be snnu'ihiiv y ar< L and
fairly easy to prove. Usdl'i tlSiness 1
geani or a not her offkenv'- re( i aho
and witnessed it
complaints are more
cause you’ve sol a ont-u,.-yw. a
it, it look
today, I vi
ture woi
Kowalski said, “Kxternall! years, but
crated complaints are usual' “I calle
arrested persons who are les told then
honest with us surround®oojpe and
circumstances of their thing."
which is a strike against tl t: Tt disaj
believing the rest of their st the fair
ation ’
nesses.
A lotofes iy p-
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>ot a one-on-c. a / signal
you’ve got
thriving
Investigators need eitherp^SOs. f
cal evidence, such as in conif w bjle on
of physical abuse, or tesl 5 - I rem
from a third parly to resolvt . I think
plaints that involve only 0® ln 8X
cer and one complainant, he
cer and one complainant, I hat
Complaints can be ruled , ever b
unfounded (with no basis i 1 f l v^ vvs ’ b
not sustained, sustained oP We had
fleer can be exonerated ordt| hich the
of the charge.
Lead candidate for FBI directa
ready for challenge, spouse sail
WACO (AP) — A federal judge nominated by Presi
dent Reagan for FBI director has climbed Mount Ever
est twice, canoed through the Boquillas Canyon on the
Rio Grande and volunteered to be a space shuttle pas
senger.
But before deciding to allow himself to be nominated
for the top FBI post. Sessions, 57, consulted with his
wife who told him, “Listen buddy, you only go around
once in life.”
On Wednesday the Senate Judiciary Committee,
which must approve Sessions’ nomination, begins con
firmation hearings.
Alice Sessions said it wasn’t until she saw her hus
band, U.S. District Judge William S. Sessions, on Rea
gan’s right-hand side on national television that the an
nouncement of his nomination hit home.
“Here are these newscasters you watch all the time,
and they’re talking about the ‘Sessions announce
ment’ ” she said at the family’s San Antonio home.
“And then you think, ‘By golly, it’s really happening.’ ”
Taking over as FBI director would mean Sessions
would have to give up a judgeship that carries security.
He faces the uncertainty of a new president in 1989
and he must leave San Antonio, where two of his sons
live.
But Sessions is willing to take the risk and make the
changes, “because it’s important,” Mrs. SessionsjP
Waco Tribune-Herald. “It’s a challenge, and >!i ' ’
and it needs to be done. ”
Sen. Phil Gramm, R- Texas, and Sen. Lloyd^!
D-Texas, have thrown their full support behind^ ]
Larry Neal, Gramm’s press secretary, said, 1 ]
indications we have had, from the time of ead 1 ' j
lation about his nomination to today, is that he;,
deed be a very strong candidate. We feel than 1 '
firmation process will move rapidly in his case. J
The 6-foot-1 silver-haired judge, who started'j
career nearly 20 years ago in Waco, has a rept ,( ' S |
abiding by strict ethical codes. |
In his courtroom, he prohibits gum che^l i
whispering among spectators. He fines lawyer* 1 !
ing to show up at hearings and asks them M j'
from calling each other by their first names in c° :'
Despite the Hurry of media that has surround- <
and his family since the announcement, Stf* ;
fused to grant press interviews until a fter theOn
tion hearings.
In a press conference following the annoil^i
of his nomination, Sessions said he had gravel
ings about leaving the bench, but was strongly
to being associated with the people of the White,y
“It’s a high calling, ” he said.
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