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zero tolerence crime policy
i sent this letter to the royal rulers of
the city of phoenix basicly commenting
on the city of phoenix decision to
rehire officer salgado because he is
less of a theif and crook then other
officers on the phoenix police department

royal rulers of the city of phoenix
      srimsza@ci.phoenix.az.us
      dhoward@ci.phoenix.az.us
      tmilton@ci.phoenix.az.us
      pbilsten@ci.phoenix.az.us
      pgordon@ci.phoenix.az.us
      cmattox@ci.phoenix.az.us
      sdicicci@ci.phoenix.az.us
      cdist7@ci.phoenix.az.us 
      cwilliam@ci.phoenix.az.us

dear government ruler:

over the years you rulers in the government
have gotten tough on your subjects who are
accused of crimes. you have taken a zero 
tolerence attitute toward crime. you have 
passed harsh mandatory minimun senctences 
for anyone convicted of a crime. and on top 
of that you have passed many laws that allow 
the property of a person accused of a crime 
to be seized by the government even if the 
person is never charged with a crime. and
you have made the penaltys for most minor
crimes 6 months in jail so the city doesnt
have to give the accused person a trial by
jury, and can instead have a city paid
judge rubber stamp a guilty verdict
on the accused.

i have a few questions on how your harsh
anticrime attitude applys toward government
employees.

rick salgado a phoenix police officer was
fired in july for stealing toys and lying.

the new media is now telling us that the
lying, stealing crooked police officer
rick salgado will be hired back by the
phoenix police department.

as one media spokesman put it a lot of
other phoenix police officers have commited
worse crimes then salgado and their
still on the phoenix police department
and because of this it would be unfair
to fire rick salgado for stealing and
lying.

gee makes me feel a lot safer knowing that
many of our phoenix police officers are
bigger theifs and bigger liers then 
officer salgado. a statement that comes
from your phoenix police department.

as one of your subjects i suspect i would
be arrested if i tried to steal a toy
from walmart and got caught. or would i
have been give the same treatment as
officer rick salgado, no arrest, no
criminal charges?

police officer rick salgado was never
arrested or charged with any crimes even though
he admitted stealing the toys.

1) why wasnt mr salgado arrested and
charged with the crime he admitted?

2) are police officers allowed to commit
certain crimes and if caught the crime
will be ignored. say if a police officer
is caught shoplifting will that be ignored
while he a police officer shoots his
wife he may be charged with a crime?
if this is true could you give me a list
of crimes the police are allowed to commit
and which they wont be charged for?


3) are city of phoenix employees extended
the same double standard of regarding criminal
behavior.  if a city of phoenix employee 
were caught stealing 50 pound bags of cement 
would that be ignored, and say if he stole a
fork lift or high dollar item they would
only be arrested for that?

4) or does the city of phoenix have a zero
tolerence policy toward city employees
other then police officers who commit crimes?
can a city employee other then a police officer
who is caught committing even a minor crime
expect to be arrested, jailed, charged with
a crime, and fired from his city of phoenix
job?

5) the city of phoenix policy of hiring
a crooked cop back because he is less
crooked then his fellow officers stinks!
will this policy continue? will it be
business as usual allowing crooked police
officers to remain on the force?

6) is their any hope of extending your
zero tolerence policys toward crime to
cover police officers like rick salgado
who commit crimes?

sorry if i sound so bad taking about
police officers. but i would rather
have honest people for police officers.
not a bunch of crooked theives, thugs,
and con men like officer rick salgado
who will be soon patroling the streets
of phoenix with his badge and gun.


thanks

mark villa

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