CITY FOLDS IN LAWSUIT FILED BY RACIST RECRUIT AND ONE OTHER RECRUIT THAT DISCOVERED HIS RACIST POST

YET ANOTHER SETTLEMENT CHECK THE CITY DISHES OUT AS A RESULT OF LAWSUITS

Earlier today we broke the story about the city settling a lawsuit filed by two recruits, Brandon Schiefelbein and Katina Jones   fired for questionable social media posts.

We reported about the matter previously and you can view those post by clicking here, here, here, and here. 

Here is the official version from City Attorney Tom Carpenter.

A third recruit, Brandon Gurley, the recruit that reported Shitforbrains, err Schiefelbein and was also fired after FOP attorney Robert Newcob wined and dined befould LRPD Police Chief, Kenton Tremar "NegroPapi" Buckner and convinced Buckner that if he fired Shitforbrains, err Schiefelbei, he would have to fire Jone and Gurley.

Buckner took the bait and fired all three. Now the city pays for another of his numerous mistakes.

Gurley has filed a lawsuit himself and will now no doubt get a check to settle as well. He may get a larger on though as he was subjected to harassment by training staff.

Why city manager Bruce Moore has not fired Buckner is a question we have asked and several Little Rock Board of Director we have spoken with are asking too.

We all have come to the conclusion that Buckner has something on Moore that keeps Moore from firing him.

Changes in leadership at LRPD must take place and the only way that Moore can keep his position (remember elections and changes are coming) is to immediately fire Buckner and send him on his way.

LRPD EMPLOYEE SENDS OUT DEPARTMENT WIDE EMAIL RECOMMENDING SEX OFFENDERS BE SHOT - BEFOULED CHIEF SCRAMBLES TO KEEP CRUMBLING DEPARTMENT TOGETHER

SEX OFFENDERS? LRPD EMPLOYEE JUDY LEWIS SAYS "SHOOT THEM"

On August 16th, a civilian employee of the Little Rock Police Department, Judy Lewis, sent an email to all LRPD employees in which she expressed frustration about answering misrouted telephone calls about sex offenders. Lewis added her personal opinion that way to deal with sex offenders was to "Shoot them!"

About an hour (and a dressing down by her supervisor) later, Lewis sent out another department wide email expressing regret for her unprofessional remarks. Lewis added a sad face emoticon to show how really sorry she was.

It then took befouled LRPD Chief Kenton Tremar Buckner several hours to address the unprofessional and ill advised email.

The investigation that Kenton Tremar Buckner made reference to in his email was completed in record time (usually it takes months to complete an internal investigation, at least it does if an officer is involved) and Lewis will not suffer any consequences for her actions. 

Lewis has worked for the city since 1993 and with LRPD since 1995. According to personnel records obtained has no previous history of complaints or disciplinary action.

We are not surprised as LRPD under the Buckner administration has little regard for laws and employees get away with lying, fabricating cases and domestic abuse.

We are not defending any sex offender, nor arguing that Lewis does not have the right to hold any opinion.

What we take issue with is that she used her position as a public employee to express and disseminate her personal opinion. An act that is in violation of departmental rules and of state and federal laws.

This is another slippery slope LRPD is sliding down and we suspect that Lewis is not the only employee that uses city email to express personal opinions and beliefs.

We know that LRPD officers show their support and affiliation with radical right wing racist/extremist  groups on their personal social media accounts with little or no consequences from the department. These are the same officers that refuse to live in the city of Little Rock.

It's past time for a change in leadership at LRPD and in positions at city hall.

Change is coming and Buckner needs to move on and allow new leadership to clean up the mess he has made and begin to fix the fractured department to regain trust and confidence in LRPD by the citizens of the city.

 

LRPD CHIEF KENTON TEMAR BUCKNER BACK IN COURT TOMORROW FOR ANOTHER VIOLATION OF RIGHTS UNDER THE ARKANSAS FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT

KENTON TREMAR BUCKNER, a/k/a NEGRO PAPI, FACING JUDGEMENT AGAIN

Befouled LRPD Chief Kenton Tremar Buckner, known in the street as "NegroPapi", will be back in court for a second time in less than a month for another case in which he and his department refused to comply with a legal request for public records.

The latest hearing will take place tomorrow at 2:30 p.m. before the Honorable Judge Mackie Pierce.

One of the records that Buckner did not want to release involved LRPD incident reports in which LRPD Officer, and Fraternal Order of Police representative John Gilchrist was listed as a suspect.

If you don't know about Gilchrist, you can read an enlightening piece published by The Arkansas Project. 

You can read the full article by clicking here. 

Another involved a request for records regarding changes in LRPD Social Media policy that Lt. Michael Ford testified had changed but could not give any salient details. 

We believe that Buckner might have changed the policy after we send about 30 complaints with exhibits of violations of that policy, complaints that he never responded to.

LRPD has a pattern of not providing a response to our FOI requests in accordance with our transparency laws, in retaliation of our exposing wrongdoings of LRPD employees and officers.

It's time that troubled city manager Bruce Moore fires Buckner and then resigns himself.

We have a post coming out later this week exposing several lies we caught Moore telling, in public and private.

The citizens of Little Rock deserve better.

#TimeForChange #CleanOutLRCityHall

 

POLICE CHIEF KENTON TREMAR BUCKNER VIOLATES DEPARTMENTAL RULES AND CAUSES EMBARASSMENT BY FAILING TO PAY STATE TAXES WHEN DUE

Befouled LRPD Police Chief Kenton Tremar Buckner failed to pay $4,744.57 in state income taxes when due which resulted in the Department of Finance & Administration ("DFA") filing a Certificate of Indebtedness (a lien) against him.

LRPD Rules and Regulations apply to all sworn members of the police department. See Rules & Regulations, 1/1003.00.

Violations of these rules subject the offender to disciplinary action. See Rules & Regulations, 1/2002.00. 

Payment of debts incurred is 1/7009.00.

The same holds true in the department's General Orders.

Apparently Buckner did not include a check with his state tax return and he failed to respond to demands for payment.

His failure to make the required payment for taxes owed resulted in DFA taking the serious step of filing a lien against him.

Source: https://www.dfa.arkansas.gov/images/uploads/incomeTaxOffice/703-CollectionProcedures.pdf

Buckner paid his tax debt after the filing of the DFA lien, but the fact that he was making over $140,000 in salary from the city and still could not make arrangements to keep DFA from taking that drastic measure.

Buckner has demonstrated a pattern of practice and behavior that laws do not apply to him and we have posted several stories about that.

It's time for troubled city manager Bruce Moore to cut Buckner loose and start the process of rehabilitating that foul city department.