Monday, January 27, 2020

Where do LRPD take-home vehicles go? Episode 59: Officer David Winston O'Neal, Sr.

LRPD Officer O'Neal drives a unmarked vehicle to his home in Saline County

LRPD Officer David Winston O'Neal, Sr.



Like most all LRPD officers, O'Neal refuses to live in the city that employs him. 


So we give O'Neal an umarked LRPD vehicle to drive to and from his home in Saline County to work in Little Rock as a mercenary police officer and we pay for the fuel.

In 2019 we spent $845.31 on fuel for O'Neal's take-home vehicle.

 

In 2018 we spent $1,246.16 on fuel for O'Neal's take-home vehicle.



LRPD and the city of Little Rock refused to provide us information in 2019 regarding the city where the take-home cars go. So much for being transparent and open.

They provided the take-home location in 2018 and you can read our post about that by clicking here.
 
Since they refuse to provide the information (the take home city is what we requested), we will post where these vehicles are actually going (their address which was not requested and is exempt under the AFOIA) and how much we pay for the fuel to provide transportation for these officers to drive to and from their homes each day.

More than half of all LRPD officers refuse to live in the city of Little Rock and be a true part of our community. Those are mercenary officers.

Most all of the LRPD take-home vehicles go to homes outside of Little Rock.


Many LRPD officers that have take-home vehicles use them to drive to and from off-duty jobs where they moonlight at security for merchants and direct traffic at churches on Sundays.

We believe this violates certain state laws and will be filing complaints with the Arkansas Ethics Commission concerning this illegal activity.


All the information used in this post is public information, readily available from the Internet or from a Freedom of Information Request.   We used the interwebs in this instance.

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Court Records indicate O'Neal has some financial management issues as evidenced by a foreign judgment and failure to vacate criminal charge after non-payment of rent. He also displays a lack of respect for vehicle registration and traffic laws.