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An internal affairs investigation regarding ethics and a former employee of the Payette Police Department has been underway for about two months, Payette Police Chief Mark Clark confirmed Monday.
Specific details of the investigation are not being disclosed by law enforcement officials because it has been described as a personnel matter, which does not involve criminal charges.
However, Clark said it is business as usual at PPD and the department is fully cooperating with an investigation coordinated by the Idaho Peace Officer Standards and Training (POST).
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Malay Mail - Kuala Lumpur,Mala
12 January 2007
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CAUGHT IN THE ACT?
A THREE-minute video footage purportedly capturing a traffic policeman taking a bribe from a motorist has surfaced on the Internet.
The footage, under the title ‘Anti Corruption Avengers’ is featured on YouTube.com , a hugely popular site that enables users to post their own video footage, and has caused quite a stir among the public.
It was enough to prompt a Malay Mail reader to e-mail it to the newspaper yesterday.
The e-mail was then forwarded to Bukit Aman for verification.
Federal traffic chief Senior Assistant Commissioner II Nooryah Mohamed Anvar, when contacted, said they would have to examine the footage first before issuing a statement.
“It sounds and looks like the same footage that appeared last year on the same site. However, we need to verify this.
Many people The Malay Mail spoke to also believe that the footage was a fake and the same one that had appeared before this.
They hope the authorities will take action to ensure that the footage was not posted again as it could tarnish the image of the police force.
In September last year, a TV station had aired a footage purportedly capturing an act of bribery.
Police had then clarified that the footage had been staged, and the director/producer, who had been hauled up, and apologised to the police.
It, however, could not be immediately ascertained if the footage had been taken off the site after that.
It was also reported that those who appeared in the footage have also been called up for questioning.
In the footage e-mailed by the reader, a motorist was filmed having a conversation with a ‘traffic policeman’ who purportedly stopped him for a traffic offence.
The conversation is in Malay, and the footage even has English subtitles.
It begins with a fade-in of a date; July 12, 2003, and the title.
It was posted on May 19, 2006.
A man inside a car is shown talking on his cell phone with a colleague when a man wearing what looks like a traffic policema n ’s uniform, flags him down.
The ‘traffic policeman’ then asks the motorist if he realises that he has committed an offence.
“I am sorry but that was an emergency call,said the motorist.
The ‘policeman’ then asks a series of questions, including the motorist’s occupation and where he lived.
The footage shows the ‘policeman’ w riting in a book, giving the impression that he was writing a summons, as the man apologises and pleads several times to the ‘policeman’ to let him off as it was his first offence.
The footage ends with the motorist giving the ‘policeman’ RM50, “I’m letting you off the hook this time,says the ‘policeman’ as they both say goodbye.
However, closer scrutiny of the footage shows that the ‘policeman’ was wearing a white long-sleeved shirt under a fluorescent yellow vest similar to that worn by traffic policemen.
This is an anomaly as traffic policemen are known to wear short-sleeved shirts.
The ‘policeman’ is also wearing a dark-coloured helmet, while our traffic cops use white.
The vest and motorcycle are also unclear.
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