Wednesday, January 24, 2018

LRPD SUSPENDS BPOA VICE PRESIDENT OVER COMPLAINT OF RACIST POST BY RECRUIT - BIAS SHOW IN HANDLING OF SIMILAR COMPLAINTS REGARDING QUESTIONABLE SOCIAL MEDIA POSTS OF OTHER RECRUITS AND OFFICERS

SGT WILLIE DAVIS - TARGETED BY HYPOCRITICAL CHIEF KENTON TREMAR BUCKNER

LRPD has suspended Sgt. Willie Davis for ten days because he, and the Black Police Officers Association, made a complaint about racist social media posts of a LRPD recruit instead of reporting it to a supervisor and he re-posted a image/meme of kneeling athletes on his personal Facebook page. 

THIS IS THE IMAGE SGT. DAVIS POSTED ON HIS PERSONAL FACEBOOK PAGE


If the BPOA had not written that letter and it had not been made public, LRPD would have swept the entire matter of the racist recruit under the carpet and we would have never known about it.
 
That recruit and another were fired over use of the term "nigga".

We were contacted several weeks ago by the girlfriend of one of the fired recruits, Brandon Gurley. She and Gurley provided us with copies of posts that other current recruits made that used the "n" word.  She advised us that she had mad a complaint to the Little Rock Police Department.

One recruit is Katina "Pug" Jones.



   
Another is Kreshun King.




How many other recruits had similar message on their social media accounts?
Here are their names, take a look for yourself, but we expect that their social media accounts have been scrubbed or deleted.



We sent a FOI request to LRPD about complaints made about recruits social media accounts.





This is what they sent. It was non-responsive to our request. We wanted copies of the actual complaints.




But in their response, they included information about Sgt. Davis.  According to Davis, LRPD never advised him that they were sending this information to us in response to and FOI request about the LRPD recruit class.  Notification is required under the Arkansas Freedom of Information Act.  But LRPD thinks that laws don't apply to them

Why were Katina "Pug" Jones and Kreshun King not fired like recruits Brandon Schiefelbein and Brandon Gurley were? There posts were of the the same nature of the ones that resulted in both Schiefelbein and Gurley termination.

The actions against Sgt. Davis were pure retaliation.  

Davis has been a long time critic of beleaguered LRPD Police Chief Kenton Tremar Buckner.

Take a look at the story the Arkansas Times posted on their blog today.

They also interviewed Sgt. Davis for another story about LRPD's uses of saturation patrols and unwarranted traffic stops and pointed out Sgt. Davis' criticism of Buckner.



It must be pointed out that Buckner tired to shut down the much lauded O.K. program that Sgt. Davis in involved with.



City leadership would not let that happen. They did not want Buckner to shut it down like he did the C.O.P. program.

Buckner has also been told the media that he does not see the need for the Black Police Officer Association as we have the Fraternal Order of The Police.

Buckner is a hypocrite in that he uses our tax dollars to maintain memberships and attend conferences for the  National Organization of Black Law Enforcement Executives ("NOBLE") and the National Forum for Black Public Administrators ("NFBPA").

This is an example of why the BPOA, and most of Little Rock's citizens,  have little trust or respect for the hypocritical, befouled police chief.

Buckner and other high ranking officers flaunt the departmental rules they use to punish officer like Sgt. Davis.

Buckner often hangs around a convicted felon and sexual offender, yet he took action against Officer Latrice Williams when she was seen talking to a former classmate that she did not know had been convicted of a felony.

Buckner appears to have taken no action against Officer Zeb Tyler who on his Facebook page accused the Mayor and City Manager of theft of public funds. 



Tyler also stated that the way to deal with Muslims is genocide.



He never responded to our emails about Tyler.






We understand that Sgt. Davis is appealing his disciplinary action to the Civil Service Commission.

That hearing will be packed with supporters of Sgt. Davis and we will there with  them.

#CleanOutLRCItyHall #TimeForChange.



Monday, January 22, 2018

CITY FAILS TO RESPOND TO FREEDOM OF INFORMATION REQUESTS

CITY FAILS TO PROVIDE TIMELY RESPONSE TO OUR FOI REQUESTS

Once again, the city of Little Rock has failed to follow the law and provide documents we requested under the Arkansas Freedom of Information Act.

Surely the city does not want to force a lawsuit to make them comply.

Board members have refused to provide copies of emails in the past claiming they deleted them.

This act is a destruction of a public records and is a felony.

It is time to clean out Little Rock City Hall.

If you are not registered to vote, do so today.  If you need a ride to be able to vote, there are groups that will be assisting and we will post that information nearer the election.

#TimeForChange #CleanOutLRCityHall

Sunday, January 21, 2018

CITY MANAGER BRUCE MOORE'S LACK OF CREDIBILITY PLACES CITY GOVERNMENT IN PERIL


Many citizens of Little Rock question City Manager Bruce " HomeWrecker" Moore's ability to run the city after several bonehead incidents last year.

The first was he repeated defense of his choice for LRPD Chief, Kenton Tremar Buckner. 

Time after time at board meetings when Buckner would come under fire during questioning by City Directors,  when Buckner would start to lose it, Moore would step in and try and take control of the conversation.

Add to that was Moore spending $14k of our tax dollars on a month long leadership course for Buckner at Harvard.  Why was this expense course necessary?  Why did Buckner need to spend a month learning how to be a leader?  Click here for additional details about Buckner's wasting of public funds.


Then there was  Moore's $10k mistake with the LRPD recruit bonus program.

It is important to note that when  Moore first revealed his intention to give LRPD recruits $5k when they completed training he clearly called the $5k no-strings -attached payment a "bonus."

Watch this video and listen to him.



People often use bonus and incentive without making a true distinction, but in truth, they are slightly different. That is why Moore lied about ever calling the $5k payment to LRPD recruits a bonus and started calling it an incentive.


Both of them cover elements of compensation that go above and beyond the normal, recurring income of the employee (base pay or basic + allowances). But they differ as follows:


A bonus is a payment which is backward-looking and usually discretionary or at least not expected from the employee(s). A decision is made to pay it to one, a group or all employees, based on criteria decided by management to reward past achievements, such as reaching a specific profit or some important milestones for the organization (like graduating from the police academy), or in a totally discretionary manner.

So it is generally decided after the fact. A bonus is usually paid in cash, or sometimes in cash-equivalent such as stock options or other forms of equity. A bonus is non-guaranteed and usually on-the-spot.


An incentive is a plan which is forward-looking. Payment is tied to the achievement of specific objectives that have been per-determined and communicated to the employees that are on the plan. The purpose of the incentive scheme is to influence behavior to reach the objectives by providing an incentive to work towards the goals.

An incentive can be paid in cash or in non-monetary award, for example some gifts or travel (especially for sales). The incentive plan is not discretionary : if the upfront, agreed objectives are reached, the payment or award is made.

But another bigger problem exists with the $5k payment to recruits, there are no stipulations concerning the payment. Two of the first recruits to get the money from Moore quit and walked away with the money. One after three months and the other after six months.

Moore told board members at a recent board meeting that stipulations were not necessary as there had been no problems.  Bold face lie, but maybe Moore does not think a $10k loss is not a big deal. 



Another example of why Moore has no credibility is the false and defamatory email he sent to Directors and others about Reverend Benny Johnson.  Moore also repeated the lie when he addressed the Black Police Officers Association.




Moore refused to make a public apology to Rev. Johnson.  Coward is the nicest word we can use.

Moore also made false statements about the mass shooting at the Ultra Power Lounge that resulted in the Prosecuting Attorney berating him.




Add to this the allegations about his moral character in regard to affairs with married women and city employees.

Moore need to go and the time is now.

 #TimeForChange #CleanOutLRCityHall

Tuesday, January 16, 2018

SOURCES INSIDE CITY HALL PROVIDE DETAILS OF TWO OTHER MARRIAGES THAT CITY MANAGER BRUCE MOORE WRECKED DUE TO AFFAIRS

BRUCE MOORE'S BEHAVIOR WOULD MAKE FOR GOOD TRASH TV

Longtime employees at Little Rock City Hall have told us that City Manager Bruce Moore had two other affairs that wrecked marriages like the one we posted about on December 30th.  You can view that post by clicking here.

One of his alleged victims is the ex-wife of a minister of music at a prominent Little Rock church and the other holds a doctorate in education and worked in a local school district.

We are in the process of investigating these additional allegations and will post information as it is verified.

We urge any city employee, male or female, that might have been a victim of sexual harassment or unwanted sexual advances perpetrated by Moore to contact us. 

#TimeForChange #CleanOutLRCityHall #MeToo

Saturday, January 6, 2018

LRPD MAKES LITTLE PROGRESS IN SOLVING TRIPLE HOMICIDE - RELEASES STATEMENT AFTER OUR REQUEST FOR INFORMATION

A MONTH LATER AND LRPD HAS MADE LITTLE PROGRESS IN SOLVING TRIPLE HOMICIDE

Other than two trips to Chicago to speak with a person of interest being held on unrelated charges in the Cook County jail, Little Rock Police have made little progress in solving the December 5th murders of Moriah Cunningham and two of her children, A'laylaih and Elijah Fisher. 

On December 30th, we sent this request for comments to last term mayor Mark Stodola: 




As usual, Stodola refused to reply.  

We also sent a FOI request for travel reimbursement for LRPD officers for the month of December and the records reveal that detectives made two trips to Chicago. 

You can view the documents LRPD provided by clicking here.  

Detectives Terry McDaniel and Matthew Hoffine traveled there on December 8th and McDaniel traveled there again on December 19th.

McDaniel is known for his use of deadly force on two occasions. You can read about those incidents by clicking here and here

After our request for comments from Stodola and the travel records from LRPD,
LRPD released a statement confirming that detectives had been to Chicago to talk with a "person of interest".

Back in December, after activists and community leaders held a prayer vigil and city leaders were blasted for lack of concern. 

Then when city leadership chose to watch the launching of the U.S.S. Little Rock at the Ron Robinson Theater instead of attending the funeral for the murdered family, city leaders were blasted again.


To show that they cared, the reward for information leading to an arrest and conviction was increased to $50,000 from the standard $10,000. 

Community leaders banned together to plea for witnesses to step up and provide information to LRPD. Again city leadership was nowhere to be found.




As community leaders and activist have stated, would these murders not have been solved by now if they had occurred in West Little Rock or the victims had been white?

Those are good questions and ones that need to be discussed.

#TimeForChange #CleanOutLRCityHall
 

Saturday, December 30, 2017

CITY MANAGER REPORTED TO HAVE AFFAIR WITH MARRIED CITY EMPLOYEE - WRECKS HOME ACCORDING TO EX-HUSBAND

ACCORDING TO CONFIDENTIAL SOURCES INSIDE LR CITY HALL THIS IS NOT MOORE'S FIRST TIME TO BE ACCUSED OF BEING A HOME WRECKER


According to Johnny Ashford, his wife, Octavia Ashford divorced him after she began an affair with her boss city manager Bruce Moore. Mr. Ashford also claims that Octavia obtained positions that she was not qualified to hold because of her special relationship with Moore.

You can view Octavia's employment documents with the city of Little Rock by clicking here.

Octavia Ashford is an Accounts Payable Supervisor with the City of Little Rock Finance Department.

 
OCTAVIA ASHFORD'S DRIVERS LICENSE PROVIDED BY LRPD IN AN UNRELATED FOI RESPONSE


She obtained this position earning $57,000 a year with no college degree and little supervisory experience.


Johnny Ashford initially wanted to provide us with a recording he made of his now ex-wife admitting to her affair with Moore.

But once we sent a FOI request to the city for certain documents, our confidential inside city hall sources told us that city manager Bruce Moore ordered the IT department to delete certain emails to cover up the trail.  Mr. Ashford tried to get us to not expose what Moore had done. No doubt Bruce and Octavia threatened poor Mr. Ashford or made threats about visitation with his children.




Moore refused to respond to emails asking him about the adulterous affair with a married city employee.




This was quite telling in that he quickly responded for befouled LRPD Chief Kenton Tremar Buckner when we asked for information about a report of Buckner being locked in handcuffs at this residence and having an officer respond to free him.

MOORE DENIED BUCKNER GOT LOCKED IN HANDCUFFS

We had to make repeated demands to the city of Little Rock to respond to our FOI request and they were not cooperative at all. No surprise there.

City of Little Rock Human Resource manager Stacey Witherell told Carpenter she had a copy of an email that Mr. Ashford sent to several city email accounts.  We knew this to be the case as Johnny Ashford told us that he had sent at least two separate emails complaining about Moore's adulterous affair with his wife. 


City Attorney Tom Carpenter claims he never received the email Witherell stated she would forwarded to him.





Then when pressed again Carpenter stated they did not have to provide that email and that the FOI request was closed.  Hardly, we will see you in court Tommy Boy.


City Manager Bruce Moore sees no problem with having given away $10,000 of our money as a no-strings-attached bonus to two police academy graduates who left employment after a few months.  He does not want to implement any stipulations about the receipt of the bonus as he says it has not been a problem so far and having stipulations might impact filling vacant position in the police department.

Add to that the fact that he can't keep it in his pants and has an affair with a married city employee is another reason for his removal from office.

#TimeForChange #CleanOutLRCityHall

Wednesday, December 20, 2017

TRAVEL EXPENSE RECORDS REVEALS HYPOCRISY OF POLICE CHIEF KENTON TREMAR BUCKNER AND HIS FONDNESS FOR PRINGLES & HAAGEN DAZS - $14K SPENT ON LEADERSHIP LESSONS FUELS DEMAND FOR HIS AND CITY MANAGER BRUCE MOORE'S REMOVAL

PRINGLES & HAAGEN DAZS ARE BUCKNER'S TRAVEL COMFORT FOODS

Befouled LRPD Chief Kenton Tremar Buckner has racked up a whopping $43k in travel expenditures since he was hired in 2014 by City Manager Bruce Moore over the objections of many long time LRPD officers and concerned citizens. 


Click here to view all reports from November 2014 through November 2017.

The records reveal that Buckner often travels with overweight luggage and often does not obtain receipts for checking in his luggage or for taxi rides, instead providing a memo in which he provides an excuse for his lack of obtaining a receipt - he usually blames the taxi or shuttle driver. It's never his fault.











The records also show that he often has a late night snack in his room and with an alcoholic beverage.  He also appears to be fond of Pringles and Haagen Dazs ice cream.





Buckner attended a course at Harvard at the cost of over $14k to the citizens of Little Rock. The course was on Executive Leadership.



Surely Bruce Moore justified the questionable hiring of Buckner back in 2014 by finding he was already "leader", enough of one to head the Little Rock Police Department.  Why then was he sent to this school to learn how to be a leader?

CITY MANAGER BRUCE MOORE TOUTED BUCKNER'S EXPERTISE IN A 2015 ARTICLE

This is what Buckner had to say about his own abilities.



More than likely Buckner took the course to fluff up his resume so he would appear more attractive to his next employer. 

Hard to see how the curriculum would benefit the city or citizens of Little Rock.




What a foolish waste of public funds. But Moore is used to doing that.

Apparently Buckner uses the rank of General in addition to his title of chief.





 


And his attendance at a Mayor's Conference is just as questionable. While certainly not as extravagant and costly as the Harvard class, there no mention on the program of Buckner being a speaker and he is not a mayor.

 
Another shocking find was that Buckner, who has long questioned the need for the Little Rock Black Police Officer's Association ("BPOA"), has used our money to maintain memberships and attend conferences for the  National Organization of Black Law Enforcement Executives ("NOBLE") and the National Forum for Black Public Administrators ("NFBPA"). 

This is an example of why the BPOA, and most of Little Rock's citizens,  have little trust or respect for the hypocritical, befouled police chief.
  
Coming up, we will have more posts that detail additional reasons for the removal of Chief Buckner and his toady,  home-wrecking City Manager Bruce Moore.

#CleanOutLRCityHall  #TimeForChange  #ReplaceOrRecall