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CAPTAINS'QUARTERLY
GOVERNMENT
EXHIBIT
GM
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C O l 1 l i I 1 U ~ c 1
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President'sMessage
Horn
Must
Stop
Unfair
Policies
for
Captains
By;
PeterD.MeringoloPresident
III
!vI!)
Opinion
...
By
I/OW
mllt1!1
of
you
probalJly
have
re
ad
the
articl
e
ill
"The
Chief"
netospmser
where
1
complniued
011
l,elwl/
of
Ill!
CtlptnillS
about
tile
;1I}11I-
millie
Iwd
bartuiric
disciplinan]
pellalties
/J
eillSsOllgllt
for
Capt
ains
lJy
the
Department
of
Corr
ection
.
The
}Jl/l'
POSl'
of
the
article
wa
s
to
highlight
how
Commi
s
sioner
Hom
is
attempting
to
hurt
nil
incmbcvs
of
service,
ill
part,
by
increasing
riisciplillnry
penulties.Neither
Conimissioner
/-10m
HOI'
Depllty
Commission
er
White
C(1I1
point
tooc/wl1ge
of
circumstnnce
thnt
ju
stifies
{/
cJlllJlg
l'
ill
discipliJlllry
poli
cies
Icadillgto
(1!1
increase
ill
aisciplinan]pcnulties.
PriorDepurtnient
of
Correction
adntinistvntions
wen:,
able
toeffectively
and
e
ffi
cient-
Iy
llIallngethe
Depnrtmcnt
toitnout
illcrensi"sdisciplillarypenalties.
One
tllillg
J
nut
s
t
say
about
formerConnni
.<<ioncrs
Kerik
and
Fraser
is
th
at
thl'y
knet
o
our
joband
re
eog-ui
z('rI
tolu:
t
WI'
de
a
I
to!
t"
cucn]
day.
Ti,ey
never
lmnrlcddotun
Iin
rlioric
pow
lti
es
.
Commissioner
Hom
's
I1IliltllgeJlIclft
abiliti
es
don't
conic
close
to
t h o ~ ( '
of
prior
Departmentadministrators
,He
does
not
lutuc
11
clue
abont
our
jot)
tnu!
his
discipliners]
policies
do
1I0t
Ildp
JlJlll1flgr
t"/
1110re
effective
or
efficieu:Depnrtmcut,
In
[act,
his
actions
arc
designed
to
hurt
I/S.
COI1lI11;,...:,...:iOIlCI·
Horn's
di
sciplinary
policiesnrca
result
of
bowing
to
pre
ssure
from
OVl-'rs
igll
t
grollps
thnt
h(1
VC
tried,
for
11
lOllStime,to
CJ'e,1
tca
nd
shape
the
Dep
artmcnt.
It
sccms
tluu
COlli
JJI
issiouer
Horn'sdiscipl
inn
ry
po
I
icy
is
topu
t
1!1
1
eryo
l'l
e
accused
of
11
dis-
cipl
inan]
oiolation
011
probntion
for
n
to
18
mouths
.He
a/soWIWts
to
suspend
with-
outpny
nl!
Cnpt
ain»prior
to
thei
r
bcillg
fOllnd
ill
niolntion
of
nllYrule
01-
regul
a-tion.
Til
e
COlli
mis
sioner
enjoy
s
t"
l1kirlS
mon
ei]
fro
III
0/11'
[nniilies.
S
inc
e
CO
lli
111
is
sionc
r
Hom
lias
tak
en
over
th
e
112
(III
ag£'111
el1
t
of
the
Depnrtmen
r.
Captuins
(Ire
beingnuule
tile
scapegoats
and
the
cncnu]
ill
most
incident».
The
Iligh
qun!
i
ty
and
chu
racier
of
C
nptilins
well
servestheD
eJJI1
rt
men
t
and
the
Officerswe
work
with.
We
nre
the
Officers'
ant!
the
Dep
artment'
sbe
st
alluisecause
we
getthe
job
done
foirl
y,
cffcctiueh]
(1l1d
clticiclltly.
We
all
know
Captains
nre
/lot
theeJlemy.
We
ull
k
uoto
Captainsrio
not
prosecuteofficers
or
ill/yonc
else.We
nil
knoi
o
thecurrentDepartmentAdlJliaistrntioll
is
the
eutiis;
weneedto
fight
toensurewearetreatedfairlyand
nor
abu
ee«!
forpolitical
gain.
Recenrb],
OATH
publishe
d
a
de
cision
illVO!zlillg
[our
Copt
ain«,
I.
i'll
cl'c1IY
till'
JI/dgetotnlls]exoneratettthefourCnptainsfromcharges
of
usillgexces-
sive
forcenlid
of
111(1
killS
/'1
lse
s
t
a
tC11ICII
tsconcern
illg
11
CO
nfro
11
til
t
ion
toi
th
1111
inmate
ill
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21)(J2.
Everythillgiorittcn
ill
this
decision
fully
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President'sMessage
Continued
fromPage1
portstheassertions
(
h
aue
repeatcdls]
beenlJIilkillgagain
st
theDeuartmentregflr
rlillg
the
un]«
i
I'
III
anner
ill
wit
i
ell
tlrey
prosecu
te
all)'
Cautn
ins.The
decision
highliglt
is
luno
improper
the
Department
inuestigation
wns
iJl
lhatcase.
The.
Judgepall/ted
out
that
theDepnrtincntinvestigatorsreliedso/elyonpictures
of
inin
at
cswitllbruises.Theytotal-
ly
igHoredorrefusedtoinvcsti
gntc
why
the
inmat
es'
injurie«occurredillthe
first
plnce.Thejudge'«decisionalsosnitlthatnunn]
0/
theargumentsmade
LJy
Dtroiti
Klopman
,
Del'
II
r
tm
e
II
t's
prosccu
ti
/ISa
tto
riley,{
ackcd
subs
t
a
IICC.
Yo
1/
III
iShI
remember
Dmiid
KI
op
IIIIIII
asthe
Dep
artmen
t
A
homey
Co
II!
III
iss
iouer
Hom
n s s i . ~ n c d
J/
body
surrrd
to[ovprotection
j)'O/1/
ntc.
This
1IIII/taSS/)ry
action
WtlS
i7
tot
al
toast
c
of
City
funds.
1111.'
assignment
of
tI
hody
gll/1.)'([
to
Mr.
Klopmnn
cnme
after
Mr.
KioplI/(1J1
aJ1(1
Ib
ad
tl
harsh
tiiscussion
about
his:
atritttde
toward
Captnins.
1
wn
s
informed
tlu:
assignm
ent
of
the
/Jody
gllarn
urasonset!
011
interoie
ioing
Klo].lIJ1I7Il
tuith-
out
ever
offeri1lg
me
{Ill
lipportl/llitytopresent
Illy
side
of
th
ecticnts
tiiat
occurred.
WI'CII
I
i
Itfarmed
COil/ill
issioncr
H
01'11
tlin
t
KlopnlllIl
used
profan
i
t.'l
ngnllls
t
CII
pta
ins
d/lri/lS
{III
OATNtrial,
nis
response
was,
'Who
is
Klopmnn?'
However,
the
7Icry
next
week
he
promoted
K/OpIIIMI.
Isuesshe[ound
out
who
KloP1II1II1
WllS
.
In
response
to
1I1y
complaints
regarding
1111
increase
of
tlisciplil1flry
peunlty
offers,Commissioner
Hom
indicatedhehasraised
till'
disciplinebar
within
theDepnrtment,Ifwelook
fit
the
facts
In'
cO/l/II
concludeheraised
the
baronh]
for
Captains.
/
sllY
this
because
t
belieocCapraiusnre
l'ci1lg
treated
in
aharshermnnuer.Consider
til
is.
WI'
han
Il
Captain
denied
promotion
to
ADW
becausethere
may
be
(III
inticstignrionpending;yet,
C
omm
issioner
Hom
promotes
a
'V\!nrdell
to
Chili
i
ohilc
the
\-Vardcll
Wt7S
under
il
wcstigllfiolt
,
Based
011
thes
e
sets
of
circumst
ances,
one
Cl/II
[ustifi-
auly
conclude
that
Commi
ssioner
Hom's
liar
is
sci
h i . ~ h
jar
Capraius
bllt
is
lo
wer
ed
to
the
floc
r
for
II
ism
anng
cr«,
Gettingbacktothe
OA
THdecision,
it
shows
how
theDcp
artnien
t
wen
t
0/1
t
of
itsw
l1
Y
to
hurt
these
four
seasoned
l .
) e t e l ' a l l ~
with
grelltrecords.
You
should
knou)
111111
wetried tosettlethesecases,
bnt
neitherCommissioner
Hom
IIOJ'
DeplltyCommissionervvhit»
ioer
e
wi
llillg
to
listen
to
our
II
rg"lllell
ts.
III
fact,
C
01ll1H
issioner
Hom
st
ated
that
the.
C
[our
Capt
ainswerebad
cntplostees.
Hemade
thi»
statement
ioithout
fully
inucstigating
what
l/Ilppelled
orkllowillg
101Itlf
lVilS
in
the
Cnptnius'
personnel
records
.Here
arc
some
excerptsfro
III
the
OATH
decision
:
"...
Thereis
1/0
reasonable
int
erpretation
ofthe
for
cedire
cti
vewhich
toould
support
11
findin
g
that
the
Captains'actions
we
re
unju
stifi
ed."
'TheCaptains'
actions
were
reasonable,
even
admirable,
and
fully
illcompliance
wi
ththedepartm
ent
rules." "All
four
we
reseasonedveterallswhocourageouslyamidecisiv
ely
ellgagedthetwoarmedil/miltesthemselves,
al
theriskofseriousilljury or
1.'171.'
11
deatll,alld,withillmomellts,had
t/w
illmatesbackill
ClI
stod
y."
111
ta/killg
IIIJOlltthe
C r r p t ( ) i l l ~ ,
theJlltlgestated:
"no
oojthem
we
reillthecomp
fll
lY
oj
fema
Ie
officers,they
l1lad
eall
iml1l
ediiltedecisiollto
battl
et
Il
eilllnatesthemselves
1111£1
l
et
thefemaleOficersguardtheirrear
to
prevelltthe
illmat
esfromescapi
1lg
."
TIle.se
are
HI
I.'
filldillSs
of
HIe
OA
TH}lIdg
/'.
Thisshollid
make
0111'
wOllrl
crjllst
whot
CO}}l1!l
issiolll!r
HOI'Il,DepII
Iy
COItlI1l
issionel'
WIl
itc
or
Olll'id
[<JOpIIJ
nil
ill
vest
igtltcd
.
I
Continued
011
ral;c3
 
President'sMessage
Continued
fromPage2
think
aproperinu
estigatio»
uiould
have
resultedintile
fourCapt
nins
veillg
aumrded
ameda!and
not
sernct!toitt,disciplinan]
ctinrges.
1
'111
sure
.11011
agree.
Th«
011
TN
tlecis!
all
also
h
ighligh
t ~
how
(III
inuestigator
/1'0111
aile
0/
thr
ouersigh
t
STOUp5
ill/properly
conducted
tileill1wst(r:(/fioll
oj
the
four
Coptuins.
III
part,the
jlllls
e
wrote:
",
..ill
concluding
that
theinjuriestothe
inmat
es
we
renecessariluthe
re
sult
of
misconduct
by
uniformedstaff,echoes
tire
attitud
e
of
those
whoprose
cut
ed
tile
disciplinaru
char
ges
by
i
gnoring
all
of
thee
vid
ence
excepttheinjuries."
One
J-Il
igh
ta
sk
tun»highConunissio
111'1'
N
Ont
's
oa
I'
isset
for
hisinucs
t
ignto
l'S.
Consider
ing
tuefinding«
of
the
OATH
fur/sc,
th
at
the
inuc
stignror
Illllffc
110
effol't
to
COl/-
due!
1/
fairand
impartial
iuocstigation,thebnr
docs
not
seemtobe
set
too
high.
Add
tothisthattheinuc
stigntor
bega«herill'l'e
stigation
/).11
tel/illSthe
inniate
s
tlutt
she
ions
alltheir
sid
e.
Addi
tionalh],the
OA
THII/dgewrotemorecriticalcoII/m
CI/
ts
abont
theiuoes
tigator's
tactics.
WIl
e"
Icontcntpl
at
ed
the
OA
TH
ludge'
s
comments
concernillS
the
inappropririteconductalldpossiole
0I1/i%;01l5
of
dl/ty
by
the
inue
stigator,
[
asked
our
att
ornests
toresearch
tilepossi/Jility
of
hordillg
the
iuucstigntors
(JI/d
possible
others
/I
ceo
rill
ta
b
II.'
for
theiracts
or
failureto
proports,
perform
theirofficialduties.Onecould
ioondcr
tohere
Commissioner
Hom
will
place
tire
001'
/01'
tire
innc
stigator.
Wetoil!
patiently
nuait
tosee
whether
Conttnissioner
Horn
will
hot
d
thein
nestigator
account
ab!c
for
tohn
t
theOA
TI-J
I
"rise
fo
und
to
be,io
t
I'llen
ll,
i
JIves
tiga
tor
III
isconduci.
Bea
ssured
J
will
continue
to
highlisht
the
inhumane
III/d
oorbnric
penalties
tluit
arcproposed
by
Deputy
Connuissioner
Hfhite
and
Commissioner
Hom
.
This
OATH
decis
ion
is
just
ollepiece
of
etiidenccwe
will
liseto
supportour
cuuscto
ensure
we
(Jrc
treatedfairly.
Commissioner
Horn
has
stated
that
he
will
back
ustohen
we
arcrigllt.He
s/lid
Ire
will
backus
iohen
we
tell
the
truth.
These(lrenice
words
,
ImttheOA
TI-]
!1Ir1se
's
fne
tun!
jil1dil/gs
indicate
Commissioner
Horn
is
not
actualls]
fallowillg
toh
at
he
preaches.
On
anoth
erm
att
cr,
yOIl
shouui
bemVtll'e
thut
Ilfln
11I1
incident
involvingaCaptainI III/solicited
receiveda
catl
from
COlli
III
issioner
Horn
during
tuhich
he
indicated
thathe
reuietoet!
the
fact
s
of
this
purriculnr
situation
ami
flint
the
Captaiu
WIlS
fightand
that
Ill'
wasvackiugtheCaptain.Heeuen
told
tueCaptainintioined
ill
tireincid
ent
tu
at
she
lUllS
right'.
TIIt'1I
hech
auget!
!lis
mind
.
We
IIi/II
a
heated
con
oe
rsarion
overhis
ch
angc
of
mind.
lbelieuc
Conmtis
si
oner
Hom
cJlI1l1ged
his
mind
because
oth
ers
brought
pressure
to
veal'
all
him.lbclieoe
it
is
1I0t
credible
for
/1
Commissioner
to
niake
adeci
sion
HInt
n
Captttin
is
right,
CO
l1
1l11/1Hicnte
thot
totheCaproininvolver!
nJld
tlu:
lIniOIl
President
ui
itltout
[irst
knmoino
all
the
[nets
,
What
do
nou
think?
T
hese
types
of
sittuttions
lend
ute
to
ask"How
canIre
spect
someone
whogioe»
his
toord
nJ/{1
thenbreaks
it
?"
All
/
tuantedContmissioner
Horn
to
rio
is
keep
his
ioord
and
he
dian
'f.
J
promisecacnlind
everyone
of
YOIl
th
at
I
will
Hever
let
TIp
ill
my
battle
toexposeth
i«
Ilgen{!ll'(Jc!'
(/Ild
{,7.'
ay
time
tlley
imp
roperlygo
/lfter
aCapta;H.
My
job
is
toprotect
you
nlldI
will
do
tJtllt
at
tiny
cost.
Icouldcnreless
11/Jo"t
what
the
Commissioner
thil/k.;;
of
me.1
do
Cfll'l!
nbOllf
what
,1101/
the
m
embers
tltilTk
of
Jne
.1
want
y
OIl
to
kllow
tl1(/t
yOIl
lravenrmioll
tlwt
will
al
ways
defend
yOTl.
WhileIbelieve
this
CO
lll
missioneris
full
of
self
praise,
1
"Iso
Lll
"lieve
III'
hns
not
kept
Ilis
promises
to
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