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Wednesday. April 28.1976
University Daily Kansan
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Charges aired in report
From page one
The officer was found to have paid a fair price for the car.
-That certain officers were ordered not to make a gambling rally at a local private
sterkwitz said that some officers had planned to enter a club in civilian clothes to determine there was gambling going on there. Their plan was stopped by two high ranking supervisors who said there wasn't enough evidence to warrant the time and resources of the club's investigators and said it was their prerogative to set priorities in law enforcement.
—That an officer, now a corporal,
were crowned. was promoted. the corwall was promoted.
The report said that both Stanwix and the officer admitted to a meeting about a year prior to the officer's promotion in which they discussed why he hadn't been promoted. Both denied, however, that any blackmailman had ever into consideration was that the officer in question had placed sixth out of nine in his oral board test for promotion and tied for last in the written test. It was explained that the officer was promoted because he had seniority and the job wasn't a supervisory one. The report pointed out that the officer was promoted to corporal at the time placed fifth and sixth in the combined test scores.
—That the same corporeal involved in the bailmilk allegation had offered to split some of the assets.
The officer reported the corporal's offer to his superiors and the corporal was questioned at the time of the incident (last year) about why he had left the evidence in his patrol car instead of turning it in to the evidence room as he should have. The corporal denied any wrongdoing and was asked if there was anything advising an officer under his command of the wrong procedure in handling found evidence.
Berkowitz said although there was no conclusive evidence to prove the charge, there was strong evidence that at some point, the corporal did intend to keep the property if it wasn't claimed. He criticized the department for not bringing the matter to his attention when it occurred and noted the discrepancy between the department's rank of corporal was a supervisory one in one case and not in another.
-That a high ranking officer entered a private club and tried to order a beer and when he was refused because neither he nor his friends were members, he ordered two on-duty officers to the club to check it for serving minors.
No violations were found by the reporting officers and the bartender told them what their superior had done. One of the officers entered that into his report.
Berkowitz said that although there was no evidence of criminal intent on the part of the superior officer, he again chastised the department and the chief of police for not
undertaking a thorough investigation of the matter when it occurred.
this is a glaring example of the department's failure to investigate compli-
gations.
Stanwick said he had talked only briefly at a coffee shop to the bartender who had complained. Stanwick also stated he had talked to the officer who said he didn't make the call for the raid. However, the report from the office that was sent to the attorney's office that he made the call and IBM records in the department's files show that he did make the call.
Berkwitz recommended that the city administration investigate the matter further and decide if some disciplinary action is needed.
Stanwix said yesterday that he was satisfied with the handling of the matter. —In the fall of 1972, $492 and a large amount of equipment were on the evidence room at the police station.
The report said that several detectives had access to the evidence room and access to the room by other officers and even civilians was relatively easy.
The investigation of this matter also was incomplete, the report said. Stanxiw said he left it up to the detectives to find out what happened to the evidence. Berkowitz compared that to "placing the fox in among the cats," and argued that he be considered as suspects, too. No lie detector tests were given even though one officer offered in writing to take one. Because it isn't possible to ascertain now whether the evidence was misplaced, accidentally destroyed or stolen by an officer, they could not have been left over many fine detectives. Stanxiw repaid the money with a personal loan because he said
the merry he was his responsibility. The incident 'remains unsolved, but Berkowitz said he thought that none of the detectives were implicated.
BERKOWITZ TEMPERED his criticism of the department by saying he believed the department's personnel were no worse and less important than the personnel of similar departments in cities the size of Lawrence. He said some of the detectives on the force were equal to or better than those of 25 other agencies he had seen. He also expressed his faith in Stanwick.
"While our investigation has indicated certain weaknesses, especially in the area of inner-departmental communication and discipline," the report said, "we believe that he (Stanwick) is an honest and sincere person."
The report concluded with Berkwitz's recommendations on how to improve the department. Berkwitz said he didn't have the authority to demand the department to adopt his recommendations but he thought most of them would be implemented.
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—THAT A FIRM departmental rule is forbidden foridding any police officer from buying or selling property or accepting gifts in jail, prison or under criminal charges.
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-That a disciplinary board be established within the department consisting of both supervisory personnel and line officers and possibly a city administrator. The board would handle investigation of noncriminal matters.
THATT THE WHOLE department be told when an officer is disciplined and why. And if no action is taken on an allegation, the accuser should be told why.
—That a tactical officer, preferably a detective, be at the scene of every crime to assign the duties and jobs of the various officers there.
- Rules and regulations should be set out carefully and enforced firmly.
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—That a strategic officer also be present to tell the tactical commander what needs to be done, preferable the county attorney, or assistant, or the chief of police or his assistant.
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