Muncie Police Department slapped with notice of violation

[@mwcdx]

They knew they were breaking the law from the beginning and didn’t give a crap until they got caught. Pigs need to be charged with a crime and fired from their job.

[@AkronKid330]

Well of course. They break the law everyday knowing.

[@timlewis9873]

They will be hired by another department.

[@rshelburg]

How about prosecuted beyond what regular citizens are. Any crime under the color of law is more egregious than a civilian. We are meant to trust them!!!

[@reevesmatrix900]

It is called treason because they sware a oath to protect the CONSTITUTION of the united satates violation of oath of office title 5 u.s.c. section 3331,3333,7311 u.s.c. title 18 section 1918

[@ElmwoodPkILBuschFraudulentexCo]

No2TheNWO this is why we shouldn’t care when theses fuckin pieces of shit cops get killed by someone... The chief is the leader of the pieces of shit.

[@stevenmccormack2014]

This happens in every state and town in this country.

[@kennethkustren9381]

AND VERY MUCH SO IN CANADA TOO.... PLS BE CAREFUL TRAVELLING .... TRAVEL WITH DEFENSE.

[@onlythewise1]

@@kennethkustren9381 watch out for police traps on speed

[@indianafreedomnews3792]

Steven Mccormack there doing this to me now

[@whyumadtho5290]

Its because they hire uneducated drop outs to enforce laws they dont know themselves! it's crazy

[@buckmountaintaxidermy7788]

So true!!They harass more than is reported/realized!

[@CHUCKBRONSON]

THIS IS HAPPENING IN EVERY CITY IN EVERY STATE IN THIS COUNTRY AND IT MUST STOP NOW. WE THE PEOPLE ARE SICK AND TIRED OF HAVING OUR RIGHTS VIOLATED EVERY SINGLE DAY OF THE WEEK.

[@darrylgiffin446]

Transparency why not release the information about the memo he put out

[@2000bluestang]

Because hes hiding something

[@mikecheeze4312]

Because then it would be public knowledge and we could use it against their fucking nazi cunt asses

[@xenaguy01]

2:50 "How common is this?" It happens *all the time,* in *_every_* police department in Indiana. I would venture to say that every day of the week, some COP somewhere in Indiana runs someone through that system unlawfully.

[@CHUCKBRONSON]

Muncie Here I Come

[@robopam]

No punishment or discipline at all. They will no doubt continue the bad behavior.

[@reallyrightpersonafycta4007]

At 2:08 ...What legitimate reason would he have to not share the memo unless its counter transparency he's promoting? Caught with our pants down..... Scurry and deny deny, but MOST IMPORTANTLY make any memos deniable for WHEN this occurs AGAIN? ** Do....whatever you feel like it's ok. Don't.....get caught in a provable violation. Memo ends! **

[@dericksmith2137]

really/right Persona Fycta - I don’t care if it’s an ‘internal’ memo. That memo should still be considered public information. The memo is to inform on policy, wether to restate, clarify, or alter the policy rules or regulations. That would make it information that should be accessible to the public. (I’m thinking the wording on the memo is more ‘how not to get caught’ when illegally accessing a citizen info)

[@robrutt7129]

Yes who proves their regulations sounds like a Frderal lawsuit

[@dave5065]

Only way to fix this is to fire those who misused this system, and be fined 5,000 each!

[@ODX171]

$5000 ? You're too kind. Should be more like $25,000

[@homelandfreedom]

Amen 100% I agree they should be fired and sued

[@mikhellen3267]

Let’s be perfectly clear the 5000 each should be of their own money none of the taxpayers money.

[@thebelizeaneh]

It is very common. You hurt the feelings of a police officer by not bowing down or being very afraid of them they will come after you. That is the same with any police right across north America. I have never come across a police that has shown any kind of respect and I can not give any respect back. Harass and collect is all they do

[@whitefeather5629]

Thank you for covering a story like this. More accountability and transparency is needed in every part of our government.

[@shadowbanned4149]

LOL tell me the FBI / CIA dont do it a Zillion times a day ?

[@gilmoremccoy6930]

Don't make it right 😱.

[@onlythewise1]

nope only a million times ha ha

[@tonylester3868]

The main ones they use are Facebook,Twitter,Google

[@georgejay3]

Well the CIA doesn’t. It’s illegal for them to investigate American on US soil

[@tonylester3868]

@@georgejay3 The CIA never does anything legal. You both need to pull your head out of your ass.

[@dennisstults4656]

Like I have said many times if a cop gets fired or sued thin thay should loose their badge for life

[@MrPaknight]

CRIMINALS ARE THE ONLY ONES WITH SOMETHING TO HIDE! NOWADAYS ITS HARD TO TELL BETWEEN COPS AND CRIMINALS!

[@clockwise1963]

No its not just see if they have a badge,then you will know that they are criminals

[@tonysweetdogwalker]

There is no accountability in ANY Police department! THE ONLY WAY TO START GETTING ACCOUNTABILITY IS TO ALWAYS ALWAYS ALWAYS RECORD THE POLICE IT IS EVERYONE'S RIGHT AS A CITIZEN!!!! PUBLIC RECORDS REQUESTS or another way of holding these tyrants accountable!!! You have the right to all police records and body cam footage! Request body cam footage of a police officer today and I guarantee you you will find misconduct!!!

[@BMJCARPENTRY]

Small part of the corruption that exists. Heads should roll, but blue line cowards never get their due until they rot in HELL.

[@ipsurvivor]

Welcome to Amerika. Glad this citizen Journalist stood up for himself. These police should be fired and not rehired as police anywhere. They know that they’re not supposed to do that.

[@windfallindiana1031]

It's VERY common. My town violates so many civil liberties. I myself have had to create a video channel, just to protect my family and their civil liberties.

[@1billiedale]

A memo Chief? Why weren't these 'law enforcement' Law Breakers fired? I do hope they are sued in civil court.

[@joeday4893]

You only realized you were wrong after u got caught.

[@rkb6783]

CAUGHT ! only once out of how many MILLIONS !

[@mccabeianenator]

THE TRUST IS COLLAPSED....in other words, your company is no longer granting them any more credit. If a policeman is not lawfully investigating the crime on behalf of the male/female victim and is entering YOUR company jurisdiction without you summonsing them, then would it not be advisable to be politely placing YOUR public-servants/trustees under your notification that your company is charging $707 per hour/part-there-of for YOUR company time and also $717 for YOUR company performance?....and that any further communicating (verbal) and/or corresponding (written) with your company, is with them accepting the terms & conditions of the commercial contract IN THE PRIVATE (the cop is now with PERSONAL liability) This way, you are NOT refusing to obey/comply with their orders/demands/questions/policy, but instead, you are now willing to perform WITH THE CONDITION that payment is with your company immediately, because you have NO CONFIDENCE with them administrating YOUR company trust. THE TRUST IS COLLAPSED...YOUR company is no longer issuing them any extra credit. Are YOU not the executor and the beneficiary of YOUR trust?...making them the trustees, whom are with their fiduciary obligation and duty-of-care to be NOT causing you injury nor damage nor loss nor harm. Please remember that THEIR job is NOT YOUR job and that their company policy is NOT your company policy unless and until they are PAYING for your company time & performance. THE TRUST IS COLLAPSED...YOUR company is no longer performing free-of-charge. You may be willing to pursue the matter through the small-claims-court and/or through arbitration which is held in-the-private because PUBLIC court is only for the PUBLIC servant. THE TRUST IS COLLAPSED....YOUR company is now making money from YOUR public-servants/trustees.

[@WhereMyChicken]

Why can't the memo be FOIA'd? Do they know WHO used the system. lotta holes here

[@joesnuffy1061]

im in law enforcement and i go through a certification class every two years to remind me what i can and cant do with this type of system, they knew better, they did it anyways, so getting a memo of something they already knew is bs

[@boltaktion34]

Cops have their set of rules and they differ from regular civilians laws were held accountable they get paid vacations They need to start being held accountable

[@briana3467]

In the state of Pennsylvania that will not only get you fired but will also get you five years in the state penitentiary. If you choose to go that route it will be at your own peril.

[@555Trout]

Kudos for tagging the criminal public servants.

[@MasterKenfucius]

Amazing that the citizens of Muncie are paying for this bad behavior. Your tax dollars at work. What else are these jerks doing wrong?

[@Trrippy_Shades]

Fire all of them imagine the right thing actually being done, that cheif has fixed nothing to those officers,mark my words they didnt

[@accessiblenow]

How about a month without pay for the guilty

[@martyharless5097]

That sounds about right. Those whose job it is to enforce the laws feel free to break them and never worry about repercussions unless it's brought out in public but even then..........

[@justsimplyrhonda]

Its about time things got checked into there ....my moms house had been demolished an they had no right to do it

[@jabba0975]

Internal memo: "This is how to not get caught". Thugs with badges. Defund all these criminals.

[@mboneajr68]

So they fixed it to make sure cops won’t get caught 😜 Yea that sounds about right !!! Investigating them selfs again

[@user-he1ml8dp6m]

Corrupt cops, and corrupt government. It’s so sad everyone has to be afraid of jail time, or death if we try to stand against this.

[@maddmann]

So if I do this do I get put in jail?if yes why not them

[@1USAUSA]

Randy Mann They will put the public in JAIL for any little INFRACTIONS, but when it comes to them they get to walk away as if NOTHING happened... lol...

[@janestewart5138]

Now you know the problem, it's the chief, memo equals discipline.

[@leonardmacaulay9833]

Don’t you just love when those upholding the law are caught breaking the same ?

[@viperrx111]

It doesn't happen in just that state it happens in a lot of states just for example that happens in Oregon and Washington State more than you think it would happen

[@Tom-qx5nl]

There is no question that when this system was put into service and all the officers involved in using it were trained on it, THEY WERE TOLD that they could not use it for these purposes. Therefore, the one or ones who DID use it for non criminal investigatory purposes committed a crime amd the local DA should vigorously prosecute them. The system keeps a record of who logged in and requested what so there is absolutely no excuse that can be given thaat they don't know EXACTLY who made the illegal inquiries and when. The abuse of office by police and others has got to stop and the only way it will stop is if people DEMAND that the offenders are held accountable.......NOT BY THEIR OWN AGENCY, BUT BY AN INDEPENDENT AGENCY WHO DOESN'T WEAR A BADGE. ANIMAL FARM HAS TO STOP.

[@earlklinestub2167]

That internal Memo is ABSOLUTELY public record

[@terryquinn7765]

He provided “Do’s” and “Don’t” you can bet no one will follow them. Why can’t he show the newsman then is it a secret. Shhhhhhhhh!

[@dapoppa2256]

⚡️ When the government fears the people we have democracy when the people fear the government there is only tyranny. George Washington ⚡️

[@jimhusselman4012]

Thier actions of using that database is the same kind of behavior that our top cops the FBI did as well ! It's time that our legal system and law enforcement agencies be scoured of the bad apples and and controls put in place to monitor law enforcement to ensure that those who would abuse thier positions be held accountable just like the criminals!!

[@taylormccaffery37]

My boyfriend was arrested on March 6, 2019 and he was contacted by a number we believed was a officers personal cell phone and he called dispatch to file a harassment complaint about the officer that said he was the supervisor after he asked for the supervisor and when he called dispatch and they asked for a badge number and he provided it for dispatch and they sent the officer who he was trying file a harassment complaint against and the officer arrested him!! It would not surprise me if this happens to Muncie Police dept.

[@ironhat2]

The chief seemed to genuinely own up, however the document should be available through a FOIA request. It isn't a security issue, its transparency.

[@dylanf3108]

Wow thank you for the memo that will surely scare the perpetrators into not doing this again.

[@perfectfan2006]

they do this kind of thing to women all the time they want info or dirt they can use to get you to agree to go one a date with them,,,on open radio i have heard request to run a plate for a date on a women who worked at a restaurant that he was more or less stalking her..

[@iseektruth7435]

Like this doesn’t happen every day everywhere. They should have been fired and put in jail. With the power and tools that police are entrusted with, when that trust is violated, harsh consequences must be dealt to the perpetrators. If you keep merely slapping the hands of crooked cops, they will continue this unconstitutional behavior. The part of this story that is shocking, is that these cops blatantly sent text messages, not considering their breach of the law at all. Cops constantly break the law without consequences.

[@bergydermeister5616]

*Absolute power corrupts absolutely just ask CNN*

[@onlythewise1]

they need to tax all illeglas so pay for the homeless they helped create in America

[@johnnyperez2466]

Statism : the belief that you require permission to be free

[@agoogleaccount2861]

This happens in every small town ..When you place people above the law .. Corruption becomes legal

[@alleyrae9192]

The Muncie police refused to take a report when I was assaulted in a park. They said that I should just be safer. My mother called the The Star Press and they ran a story about it.

[@billsmith2212]

Dock their pay checks big time ! Next violation - you're fired !

[@jackburton4224]

He acts like that's the only two times in the history of law enforcement that any police officer has misused resources

[@cormacbrowne9448]

"It shouldn't happen again"...... It SHOULDN'T have happened in the FIRST damned place.

[@WorksopGimp]

Fire the cops end of

[@LiamLeknuk]

This happens all the time everywhere, it's just that most police aren't stupid enough to do texts. Retaliation is an everyday occurrence.

[@dogpatch8266]

police break the law and not even a slap on the wrist.

[@loveracingpromod5384]

THIS MAKES A PERSON FEEL LIKE MOST PEOPLE IN A POSITION OF POWER ARE CORRUPT TO ONE DEGREE OR ANOTHER AND THESE ARE THE SAME PEOPLE WHO ARE OUT THERE ACTING LIKE THEY ARE ABOVE THE REST OF US!!!!!

[@Stonehopper1067HMG]

That chief looked like he's 2 steps away from a heart attack.

[@ton8098]

He “thinks” they’ve fixed the issue and it “should” not happen again. Yea right.

[@eiland369]

This happened when Obama first ran for POTUS, a Philadelphia cop ran his name and within ten minutes the Secret Service was inquiring to the Philly PC why an officer was running his name. The cop was disciplined but this is actually a crime to misuse police information systems for personal use. If the local police or sheriff does it, it can be reported to the state police, if the state police does it, it can be reported to the FBI and so on.

[@EvansvilleJill]

Cops run people's names all the time without reasonable suspicion. A good portion of them don't even know they are breaking the law when they do it. There are so many videos of police encounters where the cop will readily admit that he ran someone's name without cause and because of whatever popped up they decided to stop the individual. The cart before the horse situation. It's COMMON practice. Getting caught and reprimanded is what's rare and they'll continue to do it because they feel like it's worth the risk. A reprimand isn't actually punishment.

[@mikemiller9119]

How did you get those notices when they checked your driver license?

[@MrSilverballmania]

Memo : we got busted wait a while until it calms down , then we will proceed with it again. Thank you for your corporation.

[@onceANexile]

THIS IS THE BEGINING OF THE PIGG STATE. THE PIGG STATE. THE PIGG STATE. THE PIGG STATE. THE PIGG STATE. THE PIGG STATE. THE PIGG STATE THE PIGG STATE.

[@arikarenee6842]

A notice all should be fired Hope he gets the story of all copwatchers

[@Mind-your]

I want to see that memo by far we payed for the paper it’s printed on

[@Dan.50]

Whoever was found to have abused the system should have been charged criminally.

[@jeffreymiller6116]

This time they got caught ... It's done all the time I'm guessing ... You can count on it 🤨

[@indianafreedomnews3792]

Sounds like what there doing to me

[@mrf4138]

What the hell happened to America. I can’t believe it. How we used to envy the freedoms guaranteed to US citizens. We were jealous of the American dream. And to see it reduced to a paranoid police state where you if you dare to question your local government or law enforcement agents actions, the result is that you are intimidated and threatened. In present day America it is not unusual for a citizen to get a knock on their front door from law enforcement just to let you know that they know where you live. The resemblance to Berlin in the 1930’s when Hitler rose to power, is chilling. Millions of Americans laid down there lives in two world wars to prevent the USA turning into this kind of country. And all of this is happening, whilst most citizens of the United States, seem to be asleep at the wheel. God help them when they wake up and realise that they are no longer living in THE LAND OF THE FREE? Keep in mind two things President Reagan said, “ Freedom is never more than a generation away from extinction.“ And I’ve always felt that the nine most terrifying words in the English language are ...... “ I’m from the Government and I’m here to help“ (President Ronald Reagan)

[@3rdreichball525]

Id say this modern America is more soviet than German.

[@bradmccoy7996]

Transparency in law enforcement is a one way looking glass. For one-way window glass to work, it requires that the light on one side of the glass is twice as bright as the other side. This is why one-way windows so commonly used in police stations. It gives the policemen the ability to see into a room, without being seen.

[@NQTOD]

“Couldn’t share the internal memo” No no You wrote that memo on our dime on our computer sending it using our internet..... Anytime anyone has to write a memo due to corruption it had better be made public period otherwise you are just as guilty We need a law covering the uncovering of public officials reprimands

[@ghostofreagan3181]

No firings, no arrest

[@6StimuL84]

Cooper v. Aaron, 358 U.S. 1, 78 S. Ct. 1401 (1958) Note: Any judge who does not comply with his oath to the Constitution of the United States wars against that Constitution and engages in acts in violation of the supreme law of the land. The judge is engaged in acts of treason. The U.S. Supreme Court has stated that "no state legislator or executive or judicial officer can war against the Constitution without violating his undertaking to support it". See also In Re Sawyer, 124 U.S. 200 (188); U.S. v. Will, 449 U.S. 200, 216, 101 S. Ct. 471, 66 L. Ed. 2d 392, 406 (1980); Cohens v. Virginia, 19 U.S. (6 Wheat) 264, 404, 5 L. Ed 257 (1821). Treason is a capital felony under 18 USC 2381, carrying a 5 year, to death sentence penalty. THAT is using privileged information and public resources without probable cause, in treason of the 4th and 5th amendments.

[@2olvets443]

What needs to be looked into is if they can run that data base when they pull you over for a traffic violation. I can understand wants and warrants but criminal history check is different. What are the reasons they may pull criminal history?

[@beentheredonethat7572]

Every department across the country should have a public oversight committee that's separate from the police, has complete access to everything. These people who are paid by tax dollars should be held accountable...

[@jmar1371]

News flash... There are a lot of people accessing data bases to which they are not supposed to have access. Gomer Pyle says "Surprise! Surprise!"

[@moniquesaunders9406]

This shit been going on for years thanks to the mighty cell phone

[@archaicroger]

The responsibility of the corporate police is to police the corporation which pays them and not the public at large. Just because I live in Miami, Florida does not automatically make me one of their corporate employees, I have to contract into the corporation to be one of its citizens under full disclosure.

[@sammybubba176]

acts of retaliation by police officers, or any governmental employee, should be a felony with prison time.

[@theRussianJiu]

The Bakersfield Police Department needs to be checked on too.

[@sarahwatson7692]

This is a serious crime. Will the guilty be punished?

[@jr303official]

F- that!!! That's not how the law works. I can't promise a cop not to do something again and get away with it. They need to hold the police officers responsible and terminate them.

[@highqualityhomemaintenance7565]

I'm sure this was an isolated incident. .............. NOT. This happens in every single town, in every single county, in every single state in the USA.

[@nathanielmartin6093]

We "think" we have fixed this issue. How comforting. This happens all over the country.

[@forthdimension686]

How common is this around the country

[@NoJusticeNoPeace]

I organized my local copwatch program. The Wikipedia article about me was edited to say I "really really really need to get a life," and that the people I protect are "a drug-addicted, parasitical blight" on the city. When I checked the IP address of the person or people responsible, it came from a computer in the police headquarters. When the media asked the police about it, their official statement was, "No comment."

[@PlasmaBurns]

"Notice of Violation"- is the States way of saying "Crime" while avoiding any legal punishment for the "crime."

[@FreemonSandlewould]

Lawsuit?

[@andyoxleyonhistravels]

Chief Winkle was the biggest problem.

[@thomasedwin1]

They should all be sent to prison for racketeering.

[@bodhi1462]

Does this really surprises anybody?

[@teresaac8350]

There's so much more going on here then this ..... I've sought help from the City & Police many times ..... I'm now forced to move & going to be homeless but this problem. Is so extensive .....here .....

[@ShainAndrews]

If it is truly against the law then the DA should be filing charges and precedes to court. I suppose that happens maybe one percent of the time in any jurisdiction.

[@chuckpowers9665]

Okay , they violated the LAW . Why are they not being charged for violation of the LAW !!???

[@cautious1343]

How common is that in the whole country?

[@miketibke8822]

This guy is about to get paid