DOAcop38
02-04-2008, 03:57 PM
Hate to beat a dead horse,but it seems that the city of Maywood refuses to do the right thing by its officers or citizens ( actually non-U.S.,but "haven" city residents).According to the L.A. times recently Maywood PD rehired and promoted formerly terminated officer Al Hutchings to the position of interim chief of Maywood PD;Hutchings had previously been terminated from LAPD for overtime compensation fraud ( which he pleaded "no contest" to in court also) as well as terminated from a teaching post with the L.A. comm. college district for "dishonesty".while not even completing probation at Maywood PD, Hutchings was allowed to resign after an internal investigation caught him engaged in on duty sexual relations with a local female business owner. Despite the vehement demand by the Maywood POA and the city attorney that he NOT be rehired ,Maywood Mayor Felipe Aguirre has hailed Hutchings as a "reformer" who will clean up the Dept.Hutchings has also proclaimed himself a "whistle blower" intent on changing the brutal and corrupt ways of the Dept,or see to it that the Dept is absorbed by the LASD.
Hutchings replaces the former interim chief- an officer who was forced to resign from El Monte PD after commiting domestic violence-same officer later pleaded to a lesser charge of "verbal threats" in court.According to the article ,nearly 1/3 of the dept of nearly 30+ officers have come to Maywood PD after resigning or being terminated from other depts-for many its a "last stop" dept or a 1st step before going to other more stable area organizations.with a mostly hisp (95%) ,lower middle class population to serve, and high crime ,Maywood PDs salary is lower than most area depts ($52K to $68K/yr) and that has often been the problem with attracting better applicants like most of the area depts.
After reading the article ,I simply don't understand what the mindset of the local civilian mgm't is -maybe they are so wallowed deep in filth and corruption ,'til they just don't care as long as their "type" of gov't continues to exist-sooner or later the dist Atty ,the state atty general ,the FBI or all three are going to come down on the city of Maywood........
Hutchings replaces the former interim chief- an officer who was forced to resign from El Monte PD after commiting domestic violence-same officer later pleaded to a lesser charge of "verbal threats" in court.According to the article ,nearly 1/3 of the dept of nearly 30+ officers have come to Maywood PD after resigning or being terminated from other depts-for many its a "last stop" dept or a 1st step before going to other more stable area organizations.with a mostly hisp (95%) ,lower middle class population to serve, and high crime ,Maywood PDs salary is lower than most area depts ($52K to $68K/yr) and that has often been the problem with attracting better applicants like most of the area depts.
After reading the article ,I simply don't understand what the mindset of the local civilian mgm't is -maybe they are so wallowed deep in filth and corruption ,'til they just don't care as long as their "type" of gov't continues to exist-sooner or later the dist Atty ,the state atty general ,the FBI or all three are going to come down on the city of Maywood........