Sunday, October 16, 2011

Doing what's right ? He's breaking the FOIA law with excuses.

By K.C. MYERS

(and the Sunshine Band ?)

TRURO – Just months after being hired as the chief of police, John Lundborn was arrested by members of his own department Friday night for driving while intoxicated.

Lundborn, who has been with the Truro police department since 1989, was involved in a single-car accident in North Truro at approximately 9:30 p.m. Friday, according to a press release from Truro's Selectmen chairman Curtis Hartman.

Officials are keeping many details about the crash – including the exact location – closely guarded pending his arraignment Monday in Orleans District Court.

Lundborn was driving a Truro police cruiser at the time of the accident. A Truro police officer charged Lundborn at the scene with driving while intoxicated.

He was not injured, and no other parties were involved, the press release stated.

Lundborn has been placed on administrative leave pending an investigation by the Truro Board of Selectmen.

The selectmen will hold an executive session meeting Tuesday night to discuss further action, Truro Town Administrator Rex Peterson said.

Truro police Lt. Kyle Takakjian has assumed command of the department. Officials would not comment on whether the case would be investigated further by Truro police or if the investigation would be handed over to the state police, or a neighboring department.

On Saturday, Cape & Islands District Attorney Michael O'Keefe said he had no knowledge of the incident, and so he had no comment.


It gets better. The Times turned to none other than the man whose brother is "hiding" the third OKC "terrorist". This is the Chief who covered up a crash on 13 October involving a stone wall (pardon the pun) and a nobody who lives off continuances. This is the same Chief who covered up the stabbing at a Federal Reserve Bank of San Francsco / CNET executive house.

Oftentimes police do turn over investigations to other departments if there is any question of a bias, said Brewster Police Chief Richard Koch, who is the head of the Cape Cod Police Chiefs Association.

Bias ? We don't have no stinkin' bias.

It is rare for a police chief to be arrested for drunken driving and even more rare for a chief to be arrested in his own town by officers from his own department, Koch said.

A lot of pressure is placed on the officers involved in the arrest of a superior, Koch said.

“I don't want to comment specifically about this case because I don't know enough about it,” Koch said. “But generally speaking, this is a damned if you do, damned if you don't situation.”

Making an arrest of one's own chief means every aspect of the arrest will be scrutinized by the public, and the lawyers in court.

Either way, the officers will be criticized, Koch said.

“Any of us in that kind of position would hope to have the courage to do the right thing,” Koch said. “Taking out a charge against a superior officer, that will be examined and re-examined, and lawyers will look at it.”

Koch said he was “heartbroken” to read about Lundborn's arrest.

“You hate to see that happen to anybody,” Koch said. “But when you're a chief, you need to set an example. The chief of police is a really important position that people look up to. It's heartbreaking for this to happen with a chief.”...

Doing what's right ? Does he mean like this ?


This ?


This ?

This ?


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