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Seattle City Council urged to
A Seattle City Council panel on police accountability on Tuesday called for more transparency of the disciplinary process, with one member saying there is a systemic effort to thwart public scrutiny of how the department polices itself.
Panel members urged the council to strengthen the civilian-review board that oversees the Office of Professional Accountability (OPA) in several of its 23 total recommendations. The report was presented to the council Tuesday.
One of the panel members, University of Washington professor Eric Schnapper, writing in an addendum, found that police... Read more
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Columbus Ledger-Enquirer - Col 20 October 2006
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Hobson City chief accused on f
HOBSON CITY, Ala. - A small-town police chief was arrested on federal charges of illegally selling a handgun he allegedly left on the seat of a backhoe for a convicted felon in exchange for $100.
Daryl Parker, 53, head of the Hobson City Police Department in Calhoun County since 1999, made an initial appearance Thursday on a charge of illegally providing a gun to a convicted felon.
A federal magistrate approved his release on $5,000 bond and agreed to appoint an attorney to represent Parker.
Court records do not include the name of Parker's lawyer, and there was no home telephone listing in the name of the chief.
Mayor Ralph Woods said he appointed a part-time police officer as acting chief. That leaves the force with two full-time officers and six reserve officers to patrol a town of about 900 people.
The commander of the Calhoun County Drug Task Force, Richard Smith, said he did not expect any other arrests from within the Police Department.
"We're investigating other aspects of it, but so far we have focused on him," Smith told The Anniston Star.
A sworn statement from an agent with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives said the case resulted from a tip from an informant on Sept. 19.
The informant, who has several felony convictions and was not named in court documents, told agents that Parker had taken $1,500 in exchange for returning a gun to a drug suspect, letting the man's car out of an impoundment lot and dropping unspecificed charges against the suspect.
Working with agents, the informant on Sept. 26 picked up a .38-caliber pistol that Parker left for him on the seat of a backhoe parked outside the police station, the statement said. The informant left $100 on the seat for the chief, according to the statement by agent Adam Nesmith.
Agents secretly recorded conversations between Parker and the informant, according to the document.
Parker was investigated for ethics violations in August 2004, but the inquiry was closed a year later for lack of evidence. Parker also was investigated for allegedly using a town-owned cell phone improperly, but that case also was closed.
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