Please continue to press this issue! There should be journalists all over doing exactly what you have done here! Great job and thank you truly to whom ever took part in this investigation!
He filed HUNREDS of false documents and they charge him on 2? If this were you or I, it would be a separate charge for EACH one. If there is no justice there is no liberty.
These charges in themselves are Criminal! Civilian Oversight and investigation of these police agencies are what is needed. You are dead right, you or I would be thrown UNDER the damn jail! This 2 tiered JustUs system has got to be broken up!
I watched all 6 episodes of this report and I commend you for your work uncovering these abuses of power . How awful these cops were enforcing the laws on citizens while breaking laws on a daily basis . Makes you wonder how we can watch so many employees effectively .
You must remember that this is going on at every Police agency across this country. Most people have no idea the leval of corruption in all branches of law enforcement in our once great nation. And don't except it to ever stop, this behavior is the Rule not the exception.
@@brontesegard8305 You're free to move to a paradise on earth such as Cuba or Venezuela at any time. And you can fuck right off with your bitchy little ass while you're at it.
I don't live in American anymore you 99%-ers little cunts. I got out and made my money off of your sorry backs by closing your companies, factories, automating things, going green. And now will live the rest of my life helping people who actually care, know they, everyone else and the world need help ALL with MY 9 figures to live in leisure and paradise with.
Yes please reach out to other cities, counties, states please encourage journalists and reporters to investigate these crimes. This does not only happen in Louisiana. My wife and I have been victims ourselves. And I’m I am a separated master at arms U.S. Navy. I was instructed by my superiors to commit similar crimes until I stood up and said no!
“... and today, 4 Louisiana State Troopers surrendered themselves to Louisiana State Police Detectives” ... ah the sound of sweet justice, music to my ears. Just wish we had high class news investigators like this around the entire country. Only God knows the rampant corruption going on in each and everyone of our beautiful 50 states.
"Injuring" a public record... to us peasants we be charged with LYING. But you know, what the hell we know, we are just the peasants that support these criminals.
Hmmmm how about federal charges on top of that? How about refund all tickets written by these corrupt criminal state troopers? And how about their supervisors not catching this? That is at the least incompetence, or were they getting paid off, that's criminal.
At least they were smart enough to live in some rinky-dink houses. Now I wonder if they were smart enough to put most of that money away for their legal defense...
I fail to see why anyone is surprised by this series. I drove a truck for 35 years and went through LA on a regular basis. I was informed very early on by other drivers that I should plan on PAYING THE COPS when traveling through LA and found this to be very true throughout my career.
put tracker in everyone of the cars and don't say they can't they shouldn't be driving the cop cars home anyway this is fraud make them pay anyone else did this they would be in prison
So why can't I find any stories on these criminals being sentenced? Did the LSP and some crooked judge successfully bury this issue and let them go? Gotta be accountability for everyone - cuz, as we all know, "NO ONE is above the law"! Great work to the investigative team and station mgr for airing it!
This is a fine example of investigative journalism. This makes the 1st. amendment shine brightly. I find it so sad that this is rare among 'so called' journalists today. Most young media workers are just lazy and watch 'the news' and then report what they saw. Shame on them.
"We must hold ourselves accountable for our actions before we can hold the public accountable for their actions". That should be the code of all police officers everywhere.
“Shocking!” Is it though? If this is shocking to you, sir, that is shocking to the rest of us! Most, if not all, of us are not in the least bit shocked! What we’re shocked about is people are actually being held accountable! Of course, the only reason they’re being held accountable is bc the police didn’t investigate themselves so they couldn’t find no wrongdoing!
I've checked for an update. There is still no prosecution of the criminal case over a year and a half later. Apparently, there exist different rules for us and them.
Does anyone know if any of them submitted any of their time sheets, reports, information, etc by mail, or was everything handed in? If anything was submitted by mail it is automatically a Federal Felony for each false document.
The one thief was KNOWN for a decade to be earning over 200K. No red flags??? Great job of investigating. Maybe you can teach the LSP dept. how to actually investigate.
excellent investigative work . now we need it all across america.....double the charges as they are civil servants and make an example of them .sad state of affairs when the police solicit video from a real invetigative team to prosecute one of their own ,,,,, incompetence at the upper levels
this whole situation is a lot of things but SHOCKING is the absolute last term i would have chosen to describe this, if anything im shocked its not worse than this.
I congratulate and thank you for your investigation for bringing to light these incidents of misconduct and abuse of the public trust. Would , might add, hope other states do a similar independent investigation into possible incidents of similar misconduct and abuse of public servants who are paid by taxpayer monies. An audit as such is needed to insure the swamp is drained and all such incidents be not only prosecuted but records made so these perpetrators of such violation not be put back into positions of public trust ever again.
what about dishpatch dont they sign off with them whem when they come on and off shift isnt there records of that seems to me dishpatch is a acomplance to this also
no information on the result of each ticket. I can only wonder how many motorists individually tried to contest their ticket - only to be denied as it was a "one-off mistake" . . . . each and every time
first order of operations when makin overtime.. never make more than the executives, presidents, supervisors, and anyone else that has a much higher base salary than urs (about +50k).. always stay right in the middle, under the radar..
It's just pitiful that a local news reporter discovered this very expensive racket these officers were committing instead of their own department not even being slightly suspicious of all the overtime and pencil whipped tickets!
injuring a public record is ... let me see ... felony theft, yes? did the costs of the investigation get its own civil lawsuit? the costs to the media for their investigation should also be reimbursed.
isnt there a onstar or another tracking device to see where the cars are and when they come home it should send a message to someone in charge as well as childrens schools, parents home any where they can abuse their job
Please continue to press this issue! There should be journalists all over doing exactly what you have done here! Great job and thank you truly to whom ever took part in this investigation!
Yup,you were gettin "Jacked Off" for your tax dollars
It just makes me feel good to see cops get speared this way !!!
This is what journalism SHOULD Be about !!!
Investigate TV you guys are amazing. I wish more news outlets would follow your lead and keep more officials accountable. Keep up the great work.
He filed HUNREDS of false documents and they charge him on 2? If this were you or I, it would be a separate charge for EACH one. If there is no justice there is no liberty.
These charges in themselves are Criminal! Civilian Oversight and investigation of these police agencies are what is needed. You are dead right, you or I would be thrown UNDER the damn jail! This 2 tiered JustUs system has got to be broken up!
@@atthebrink74 can you not read? The civilian oversight board over LSP was corrupt too lmao. Get the fuck out of here
I watched all 6 episodes of this report and I commend you for your work uncovering these abuses of power . How awful these cops were enforcing the laws on citizens while breaking laws on a daily basis . Makes you wonder how we can watch so many employees effectively .
FINALLY ..CORRUPT COPS ARRESTED!!! NOW...TO PRISON AND....PAY BACK THE TAXPAYERS!!!!!
NO PLEA DEALS...THE EVIDENCE OF CRIMES ARE..CLEAR!!!!
There won't be anything left to payback- they're all probably broke even making $20,000 a month...
Tax payers are now paying for their stay in prison
@Womb Raider Absolutely Correct, because of the qualified immunity Bullcrap, they will not spend one day in jail !!!!!!
We need more, much more of this type of investigative reporting across this country. Great work Fox 8
This was rather satisfying to watch! Keep it up
You must remember that this is going on at every Police agency across this country. Most people have no idea the leval of corruption in all branches of law enforcement in our once great nation. And don't except it to ever stop, this behavior is the Rule not the exception.
You are wrong about only one thing. This nation was never great. This along with genocide, racism, classicism.........
@@brontesegard8305 You're free to move to a paradise on earth such as Cuba or Venezuela at any time. And you can fuck right off with your bitchy little ass while you're at it.
@@brontesegard8305 So why do you live here if your not happy?
I don't live in American anymore you 99%-ers little cunts. I got out and made my money off of your sorry backs by closing your companies, factories, automating things, going green. And now will live the rest of my life helping people who actually care, know they, everyone else and the world need help ALL with MY 9 figures to live in leisure and paradise with.
@@tk23606 crickets?
Yes please reach out to other cities, counties, states please encourage journalists and reporters to investigate these crimes. This does not only happen in Louisiana. My wife and I have been victims ourselves. And I’m I am a separated master at arms U.S. Navy. I was instructed by my superiors to commit similar crimes until I stood up and said no!
I bet that reporter is on a watch list now wonder how many tickets he’s got since this report
You mean missing person list
Really! In LA. cops do a lot of retaliation.
ACTUAL journalism... I didn't think it still existed.
It's a sad day when you find out the folks that are supposed enforce the law are the ones breaking it.
Thank you, Louisiana, for convicting these BLUE LINE GANG MEMBERS. Please continue to investigate the police. These criminals need monitoring.
Rumple Stiltskin
100% Truth
Indoctrinated Gang Members
@Rumple Stilskin.....what sentences did they receive ? Thank you
Great Job, excellent piece...
Such great journalism. I know it's an ild investigation but I am hooked man!!!!
“... and today, 4 Louisiana State Troopers surrendered themselves to Louisiana State Police Detectives” ... ah the sound of sweet justice, music to my ears. Just wish we had high class news investigators like this around the entire country. Only God knows the rampant corruption going on in each and everyone of our beautiful 50 states.
Just an awesome investigation with in depth fact checking and results!
Thank you for your hard work
ALL public servants caught breaking the law should get 10x the fine & 10x the jail time without question
"Injuring" a public record... to us peasants we be charged with LYING. But you know, what the hell we know, we are just the peasants that support these criminals.
Hell yeah! I don't mind paying for them to be in prison!
Thank you Fox 8 for a job well done.
How are they only charging him with 2 false reports when he wrote hundreds??
NOW THATS JOURNALISM!!!
BRAVO
Keep up the great reporting. 👏👏👏
Hope you continue the great job on holding accountable the use of felons by law enforcement.
Great investigating. Y'all need to go all over and catch the ones breaking the law!!
Great Journalistic investigating, job well done.
Great job Fox 8. You guys did a stellar job.
Nothing, because as a result of " qualified immunity" they will never serve a day in jail 👎👎👎
Col. Reeves “it’s a sad day, we tell all our officers to park out of sight when stealing pay!”
Great journalist work!
Hmmmm how about federal charges on top of that?
How about refund all tickets written by these corrupt criminal state troopers?
And how about their supervisors not catching this?
That is at the least incompetence, or were they getting paid off, that's criminal.
At least they were smart enough to live in some rinky-dink houses. Now I wonder if they were smart enough to put most of that money away for their legal defense...
I fail to see why anyone is surprised by this series. I drove a truck for 35 years and went through LA on a regular basis. I was informed very early on by other drivers that I should plan on PAYING THE COPS when traveling through LA and found this to be very true throughout my career.
put tracker in everyone of the cars and don't say they can't they shouldn't be driving the cop cars home anyway this is fraud make them pay anyone else did this they would be in prison
More of these investigations should be done EVERYWHERE, and every local/state/government offices…appointed and elected!
What was the final results of these arrests ? Thanks
So why can't I find any stories on these criminals being sentenced? Did the LSP and some crooked judge successfully bury this issue and let them go? Gotta be accountability for everyone - cuz, as we all know, "NO ONE is above the law"! Great work to the investigative team and station mgr for airing it!
the investigation was concluded and the officer was found to have done nothing wrong..
Real news. Excellent service. Just hope troopers don’t retaliate against the public.
great job. donation approved
Only 3 charges is unacceptable what a joke! The lace program itself is theft in my eyes everyone involved should be charged.
Good series
Well done!
This is a fine example of investigative journalism. This makes the 1st. amendment shine brightly. I find it so sad that this is rare among 'so called' journalists today. Most young media workers are just lazy and watch 'the news' and then report what they saw. Shame on them.
So does anyone know what happened to this trooper did you get charged or fined?
"We must hold ourselves accountable for our actions before we can hold the public accountable for their actions". That should be the code of all police officers everywhere.
“Shocking!” Is it though? If this is shocking to you, sir, that is shocking to the rest of us! Most, if not all, of us are not in the least bit shocked! What we’re shocked about is people are actually being held accountable! Of course, the only reason they’re being held accountable is bc the police didn’t investigate themselves so they couldn’t find no wrongdoing!
Who will watch the watchers. Love that quote and we know it's the media. I imagine there are dozens of state troopers doing this...not just 4.
Those cops broke the law at all time.
He probably stole $15k per month for years and thats only 1 count of theft? Seems like the prosecutor is trying to help him out..
I've checked for an update. There is still no prosecution of the criminal case over a year and a half later. Apparently, there exist different rules for us and them.
Does anyone know if any of them submitted any of their time sheets, reports, information, etc by mail, or was everything handed in? If anything was submitted by mail it is automatically a Federal Felony for each false document.
Is anyone truly surprised by this. No one expects anything but this type of attitude and conduct from cops and public officials and people above them.
The one thief was KNOWN for a decade to be earning over 200K.
No red flags???
Great job of investigating. Maybe you can teach the LSP dept. how to actually investigate.
What’s more sad who is suppose to be documenting their pay and why are they allowed that much overtime ? And that’s not suspicious??
Now come to Buffalo, NY another corrupt city in the us. Guarantee YOU"ll work overtime.
excellent investigative work . now we need it all across america.....double the charges as they are civil servants and make an example of them .sad state of affairs when the police solicit video from a real invetigative team to prosecute one of their own ,,,,, incompetence at the upper levels
I'm seeing this a year and half later. Were they jailed? I'd love to know what happened to them
well done
Bracelets for all!!!
Keep it up keep making investigative report like this is the best🎉
Every single ticket issued and any conviction, including criminal with evidence brought forward by these officers should be overturned
bad ass cops body cameras must be accountable when it comes to the lawsuit
🌍 I'm NOT a college professor, however I'm shocked that Prof. Joel Friedman is shocked... REALLY??? 🤔🤔🤔😲😮😮🤣🤣
So he only filed 2 false timesheets, or did the prosecution forget to put a few charges on there? Hmmm. Imagine my surprise.
So what happened in the end? Were they fired? Sent of to prison?
this whole situation is a lot of things but SHOCKING is the absolute last term i would have chosen to describe this, if anything im shocked its not worse than this.
I congratulate and thank you for your investigation for bringing to light these incidents of misconduct and abuse of the public trust. Would , might add, hope other states do a similar independent investigation into possible incidents of similar misconduct and abuse of public servants who are paid by taxpayer monies. An audit as such is needed to insure the swamp is drained and all such incidents be not only prosecuted but records made so these perpetrators of such violation not be put back into positions of public trust ever again.
Why don't they put tracking devices on their cars
So we’re there any convictions? That would surprise me.
what about dishpatch dont they sign off with them whem when they come on and off shift isnt there records of that seems to me dishpatch is a acomplance to this also
They can go to jail for stealing money but not for killing a unarmed Black person smfh
As of Oct 2019, none have been convicted or even processed for trial for this fraud. Different rules for us and them, apparently.
no information on the result of each ticket. I can only wonder how many motorists individually tried to contest their ticket - only to be denied as it was a "one-off mistake" . . . . each and every time
If you did not allow them to take their cars home, it would help
The colonel is just mad they got caught
TAKE THEIR HOMES AWAY TO PAY FOR MISSING MONEY
Cameo ; give us a update about what happened
civil forfeiture since the house was a result of illegal activity? please? as a convict, can we please get guns out of these guys hands?
Yes a disgrace oh it's because we got caught...
first order of operations when makin overtime.. never make more than the executives, presidents, supervisors, and anyone else that has a much higher base salary than urs (about +50k).. always stay right in the middle, under the radar..
Col. Kevin Reeves is just as GUILTY.
i hope this show follows up on all this to make sure they are prosecuted for each and every offense and not just a few
Charged for only 3 counts???? Wow 😳 wonder if they would be that lenient with you??
This's why politicians don't want accountability.
It's just pitiful that a local news reporter discovered this very expensive racket these officers were committing instead of their own department not even being slightly suspicious of all the overtime and pencil whipped tickets!
injuring a public record is ... let me see ... felony theft, yes? did the costs of the investigation get its own civil lawsuit? the costs to the media for their investigation should also be reimbursed.
I bet you could find it going on nation wide
I'll bet he gets probation and goes back to work.
CAREER CRIMINALS WITH A BADGE!
Corruption at it's worst 😮😮😮
isnt there a onstar or another tracking device to see where the cars are and when they come home it should send a message to someone in charge as well as childrens schools, parents home any where they can abuse their job
Greedy!
This type of behavior is why I have trust issues with police officers and state troopers here in Louisiana. SMH.
We'll investigate ourselves! Ha, Ha, Ha, Ha, Ha!
The real question did any of them spend any real time behind bars?
Sad that it takes a cover-up, and then a news station having to put these police in jail and not the folks responsible for policing.
See i might leave work early but the difference is i come in just as early as im leaving that evens out the shift. These cops though smh
All that never worked paid money needs to be repaid back to the taxpayers.
Let’s so how much the payroll drops since this story has hit. Look at those with a drastically different W2 in the next year
let them make their money stop hating on them