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Re: Complaint filed against Bainbridge Island police - Bainbridge Island Review

privateeye — Sun, 14 Dec 2008 18:33:01 -0000

Why did this man end up in jail instead of the hospital when his wife called 911 for medical help? This is a very serious question and I hope it is not ignored by the people we entrust with the authority to help us keep our island safe.

This is not our City's first receipt of a complaint alleging Officer Cain has abused his power and authority as a police officer to engage in the very real, physical and life threatening abuse of an ordinary (presumed innocent) Bainbridge Island citizen.

Once again Officer Cain is accused of using the power and authority granted him by our own municipality to not only physically threaten the life and well being of a Bainbridge Island resident but to then, in alleged retaliation for a citizen's reproach of his conduct, charge the actual victim( of the 911 call) with one or more crimes to cover up his own alleged violent, physical abuse of the citizen.

This alleged threat to the actual life of Bainbridge Island citizens continues despite the Bainbridge Review's and the Bainbridge Notebook's reporting of Cain's alleged prior record of SUSTAINED sexual misconduct with a female suspect, his alleged demotion for this previous sexual misconduct and the pending Complaint for Damages alleging he strangled a Bainbridge Island mother with no criminal record and then charged her with "obstruction" an alleged crime which the Kitsap County Prosecutor found so wanting he refused to even file .

Yes, the City is inundated with issues of finance and property. When are they going to care about our physical safety? When are they going to address the mounting complaints against our local police department and the alleged violent threat that at least one of its officers allegedly poses to our community?

Re: Ex-police officer, family, sue Bainbridge police, city - Bainbridge Island Review

privateeye — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 18:14:39 -0000

The main question that pops out at me when I read this story is: Why would a female Lt. (Sue Schultz) be calling the hospital trying to keep Officer Anderson's wife detained after an "examiner" had determined there was no reason to keep her? Why would Lt. Sue Schultz be accused of filing false claims about Mrs. Anderson to CPS? I figure the best way to determine a person's credibility is to look at the person's record. From all accounts Mrs. Anderson does not have any record. However my quick research determined that Lt. Schultz does.

This is not the first time Lt. Schultz has been sued for "allegedly" making false claims against a woman with whom she shared a relationship with a man. In a Kitsap Sun article written by reporter Josh Farley, dated April 23, 2006, it is reported that Det. Sue Schultz, then with the Kitsap County Sheriff's Department, was sued by a woman who had been having an affair with Schultz's husband who was also a member of the Sheriff's department. An internal investigation found that the husband of Sue Schultz had "twice engaged in oral sex with [the plaintiff in the lawsuit} while inside a patrol car and on duty". A penalty was imposed on Mr. Schultz by the Kitsap County Sheriff for his misconduct. The plaintiff then alleges that Sue Schultz, in retaliation, began "stalking her" and filed a false criminal complaint against her. (The prosecutor refused to prosecute the plaintiff for anything based on the report filed by Schultz.) Schultz was also accused in the lawsuit of using "her position and the help of another detective to obtain confidential information about [the plaintiff] from a database available to police officers for no valid police reason". The article also mentions that the internal police "investigation" into Sue Schultz did not sustain the allegations. Was this one more internal police investigation which did not bother to interview the victim complainant or a single other civilian witnesses before concluding they could not sustain a complaint against one of their own? The thin blue line runs thick indeed.

Does BIPD even vet the people they hire and promote? (In fairness, Sue Schultz was hired and promoted by the former regime of Mark Duncan and Matt Haney who have apparently absconded.)

The Kitsap County lawsuit filed against Sue Schultz was apparently settled out-of-court. The settlement papers should be public records as they involve the people and taxpayers of Kitsap County. The settlement records should be public information easily obtained by a public records request .

There is a significant common denominator between Mrs. Anderson's federal court lawsuit against Lt. Sue Schultz and the prior Kitsap County lawsuit filed against Schultz by a nemesis. In both cases Lt. Sue Schultz is accused of abusing her police power to intimidate, harass, falsely accuse and illegally violate the rights of another woman who had an ongoing relationship with a man with whom Schultz either lived or worked. This pattern, as established by public records, does not end there.

Additional public records disclose (see Case. No. 35422-5-11, "Statement of Additional Grounds") that Lt. Schultz, while working for the Kitsap County Sheriff's Office, was also alleged, while married, to have: engaged in an affair with another deputy while on the job; accused of having a relationship with an inmate by contact through letters (which letters were intercepted by "other law enforcement"); accused of filing false reports and accused of using her gender and badge in an unprofessional manner.

If I was the lawyer in this case my opening line would be, "Hell hath no fury like a woman scorned." The next sentence out of my mouth would be: "I know that is a sexist thing to say but sometimes it is just the truth. " I admit I am a woman too and women tend to see things from a similar point of view. But as a woman, a mother and/or as a prospective juror on this case, the question on my mind would be: Did Lt. Schultz have a motive for wanting to keep Mrs. Anderson detained and for filing false reports against her? I would want to know if Lt. Sue Schultz wanted something that Mrs. Anderson had? Was Mrs. Anderson standing in the way of Lt. Schultz getting what she wanted when she wanted it? Why would Lt. Schultz take such a rabid personal interest in the private family "affairs" of her subordinate, Officer Anderson? I am surprised, given all the evidence of motive, that the charges against Lt. Schultz do not include sexual harassment claims. But then Officer Anderson has not yet filed his anticipated Federal Court lawsuit.

It has been proven more than once that there are women with power in the workplace who sexually harass, coerce, intimidate and otherwise abuse their power over their male subordinates.

A lot of people in Kitsap County actually do put family first. And I don't think there is a mother anywhere in Kitsap County who wouldn't become a Mother Lion if the police threatened the very life of her child.

Re: Ex-police officer, family, sue Bainbridge police, city - Bainbridge Island Review

privateeye — Sat, 30 Jan 2010 00:25:55 -0000

Guess again Jensen. You do owe an apology to these writers.

Re: Ex-police officer, family, sue Bainbridge police, city - Bainbridge Island Review

privateeye — Sat, 30 Jan 2010 00:52:58 -0000

I have nothing to hide. I am not the one being sued.

Re: Ex-police officer, family, sue Bainbridge police, city - Bainbridge Island Review

privateeye — Sat, 30 Jan 2010 01:01:53 -0000

And Jensen, once again you have your facts wrong as BIPD officers frequently seem to do. If someone posted as "privateeye" in 2008 it certainly was not me. But I am a very good investigator and I will take credit where credit is due. Weren't you the cop previously fired from BIPD? And I remember what it was for. I represented one of the police witnesses in your case. And you had to sue to get your job back didn't you?

Re: City budget cuts could be finalized this week - Bainbridge Island Review

privateeye — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 19:08:32 -0000

Hunter makes a very good point. Can someone on the council explain how it is a budget reduction to eliminate a police lieutenant position (salary $85,000 + benefits $29,750 = $114,750) and then in the next sentence add a new "captain" position at a higher salary? (Captain: salary $90,000 + benefits $31,500 =$121,500) What qualifications are required to earn over $100,000 a year being a cop on Bainbridge Island? How many lieutenants does the department have? Five? Several years ago, when Cooper was the police chief, we had three and we seemed to do much better. What does this upper tier of BI police management do all day to earn their $100,000+ a year salary? Simply eliminating the lieutenants at BIPD would save the City over half a million dollars. It is the cop on the beat who does the work. The council should ask the police department to explain exactly what work it is the lieutenants do? Why did BIPD hire a "lieutenant" who had just been sued for violating a Bremerton woman's constitutional rights anyway? Wasn't it forseeable that the Defendant lieutenant would be sued again for the same thing, costing the City of Bainbridge Island who knows how much in legal fees to defend her pattern of misconduct? Is this defendant now going to be our new captain? What are the job qualification requirements to be a "Captain"?. Has anyone ever checked her credentials, qualifications and background? What is the new, higher salaried "Captain" going to be doing? Why do we need all these top-heavy, high-salaried police officials on our small, nearly bankrupt island? Police officers who are bored and have nothing to do create expensive problems.

Re: Bainbridge Island woman drowns, body found near Agate Pass Bridge - North Kitsap Herald

privateeye — Wed, 02 Feb 2011 03:25:43 -0000

God Bless You Elizabeth. You are a brave and compassionate soul. I will continue the struggle for you and justice will prevail. This world was never meant for one as beautiful as you.

Re: You May Leave Boston, But Boston Never Leaves You

privateeye — Thu, 18 Apr 2013 18:33:06 -0000

My daughter left her isolated Northwest Island home seven years ago to go to college at Emerson and fell in love with Boston. She called it "home now" and I felt pangs of jealousy that a City so far away had taken ahold of her heart. My daughter remained in Boston after graduation and worked for two of Boston's finest journalism "families". It was during this time that I fell in love with Boston too. She lived in the North End in an Italian neighborhood which made me feel so welcome when I spent several weeks at different times living in her apartment while she worked. I always felt she was safe - the guys who sat on over-turned buckets at the bottom of the crummy stairs where she lived kept an eye on the place and as a mother they brought me comfort. Everyone there made me feel welcome- the lady who worked at the bank, the women who sat on chairs in the florist store, asking me questions about my daughter, the man who smoked cigarettes outside his tobacco store, the woman in the laundrymat who spoke to me in English interspersed with Italian, the Irish Catholic man who brought me coffee in the morning. I even had a Boston library card.

My daughter spent the last four years with friends or as a journalist at the finish line of the Boston Marathon. In January her career took her to NYC unexpectedly and as happy as I was for her I felt extremely sad that I had not had the chance to say goodbye to all the friends I had made in her neighborhood over the last few years. I felt sad I had not been able to say goodbye to her neighborhood. That is just what Boston does to a person's heart. It takes hold and never leaves.

Re: When IEDs Come Home: What Boston Looked Like for Veterans

privateeye — Thu, 18 Apr 2013 19:56:57 -0000

Thank you for saying what needs to be said. I don't think it was an accident that these bombs were layed low to target legs. I feel so deeply for the war veterans who are returning home, many without the arms or legs they left with, and they can't get the help they need to recover in a timely manner. I have thought about the people abroad who live with this kind of terror on a daily basis and no one seems to care. Maybe it takes something like this for us to care. Not only about the victims of the Boston bombings but also about the victims of bombs all around the word, bombs Americans set in our name, bombs which ended up leaving innocent children amputees. I am frustrated with the mainstream news coverage of this event because the issues you raise are not discussed. The voices you feature in this article should be heard around the world as well as by our government and our own people. Thank you for speaking out.

Re: Roger loves Chaz | Roger Ebert's Journal

privateeye — Sun, 04 Jan 2015 23:04:28 -0000

Just watched "Life Itself" and saw you both (Chaz and Roger) at the movies. How fortunate you found each other to share a love so pure. As a caregiver I thank you for sharing your personal pain. Empathy makes ones' own experience more bearable. The concept of "Leaving a Presence" makes dying easier to accept. Blessings.

Re: Austin Tice Family

privateeye — Tue, 03 Mar 2015 15:06:16 -0000

Austin Tice is one lucky man to have his devoted, proactive, loving parents working so hard to bring him home. I see the day when Austin is watching in review his parents interviews and activities on his behalf while he is safely home. Thank you to Austin's parents for raising such an amazing son. His own courage is reflected in their grace. We are all in your debt. May God continue to give you comfort and hope as Austin's path home unfolds. Kim Koenig