Letting him resign doesn't solve the problem. Lawsuits don't solve the problem. Making cops personally and criminally liable solves the problem. I don't want to hear about resignations and lawsuits. I want to hear about charges and jail time.
Ending qualified immunity is a step in the right direction. Also, requiring all sworn officers to have a $5-10 million in liability insurance will help close the loop on predatory policing for profit criminal enterprises! State licensed professions require liability insurance &/or bonds, why not State licensed police?! Pretty sure many cops (aka bad cops) would be found to be uninsurable..!
@@pwilly_1 2 words "Police Union" no politician will pass anything against the police union. If the PU doesn't endorse you it is very hard to get elected. They need to get rid of all government employee unions. Police, Teacher all of them.
He needs to go to jail for 42 USC 241 and 242 violations which are violating rights and conspiracy to violate rights whereby both violations are criminal actions and punishable with possible jail time.
This happened to me. It destroyed my life. Even though the d.a. didn't even file it, it stays on your record, even though they will lie and say it won't.
I'm glad you mentioned that. One of the people in this video dealt with a pretty severe consequence of the arrest. It was the guy who said that they were going to take the department to federal court. The man was a pilot. I'll get to the consequences he faced later. He was pulled over because he slowed down to read a street sign because he wasn't sure where he was going, and that makes sense because we all know street signs are sometimes printed small. The officer pulled him over for that. The man asserted his rights and remained silent. The officer told him he was "driving erratically" and there was an "overwhelming scent of alcohol", and that by driving on Colorado roads, he automatically consented to a breathalyzer or a series of tests. So the man took a breathalyzer and blew a 0.0. The officer THEN said "well, you must be on SOMETHING because of your erratic driving" so the officer determined he was on something other than alcohol. But the "probably cause" the officer used to conduct the breath test, and to turn it into a DUI stop, was "There is an overwhelming smell of alcohol." Sooooo..... if the probable cause was a scent of alcohol, and the man demonstrated he was NOT under the influence, how come it was able to be turned into a "you must be on some other sort of drugs" if the original probable cause was null after he blew a 0.0? I guess if you are a corrupt cop working for a corrupt department, you can just ignore that logic. The officer took him to jail and handed him a form indicating that he had to give a blood sample to test for alcohol or drugs. The man asked if he could read the form before signing it. The officer tried to force him to sign it without reading it. As you would expect, the bodycam was muted during this exchange. The man never refused to give blood, but simply stated that he wanted to read the form that he was told he had to sign. The officer tried to turn that into resisting. Anyway, remember how I mentioned the man was an airline pilot? The arrest for DUI caused him to lose his pilots license with the FAA. The outcome of the DUI case took MONTHS to resolve. Someone who has a job, such as pilot, where they are entrusted with hundreds/thousands of lives have to be trusted. Therefore an arrest for DUI calls into question this mans character so he was investigated. The small hint that this man can't be trusted causes alarm with the FAA. The cases being dismissed doesn't automatically dispell the FAA investigation. Fortunately, the man was awarded $400K for this. HOWEVER, it was THE SECOND TIME. He literally had this happen TWICE in Colorado. It turns out that the police departments, and the officers within them, all compete with one another for the most DUI arrests. That's why these false arrests keep happening there. Organizations like Mothers Against Drunk Driving encourage it because they try to paint a picture that it will get more drunks off the road, but they ignore the fact that innocent sober people will be swept up due to the corrupt system. And according to my link below, officers would often ignore other calls to pursue DUI arrests. www.businessinsider.com/harris-elias-colorado-400000-dui-arrest-passing-tests-2023-12
It’s crazy why so many departments are confused why people hate and don’t trust them. The officer and chief who tried to cover it up need to be charged criminally.
They let him resign so that he could go somewhere else and do the exact same thing! Also so he could keep his certification! That should also be illegal!
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@@AZQuadRunner Police are like dead flesh rotting society for profit! POLICE harass, intimidate, ticket, and arrest everybody for profit, even the agricultural farmers and school teachers in rural communities far away from big cities!!. QUALIFIED IMMUNITY: "Must be ABOLISHED ...
When a cop lies on a report in order to arrest and charge a person, that cop should be fired without pay or pension and charged with perjury. They should also be charged with kidnapping.
I'm not a big fan of the death penalty. But IF we are going to use it, I think police officers blatantly lying and framing people should be on the list. Knowingly doing something to someone that could result in them losing their livelihood or even their kids in some instances is one of the worst things I think you can do to another human being.
Also, false imprisonment, malicious prosecution, and official misconduct. ALSO, everyone involved in this mess should be prosecuted under RICO statutes.
Does anyone know if this cop is working in another police force some where? This is why they should never be allowed to resign but jailed. Would they turn us loose if we promise to leave so we could go some where else and violate rights.
@@johndoe-ss9bz thats because the criminal organization also known as the police unions and departments have created their own alternative vocabulary. 1. No knock warrant = home invasion 2. Seizure of property = theft of property 3. Police unions = mob association 4. Civil forfeiture = armed robbery 5. Being detained = armed kidnapping by force 6. Excessive force =physically attacking and beating or assaulting someone 7. Obstruction and interfering = psycho babble for my way no matter what 8. Traffic violation = theft by deception 9. Court fines = continuum of theft by deception 10. Jump out squads = armed muggers 11. Seizure of vehicle = armed car jacking 12. Undercover cops = fake armed criminals, posers And the list goes on and on...
A lot . They arrest them to see if by luck if they had smoked weed recently in the month and if not they just clean up their hands and keep looking who to screw over
mine, i was a med student and suddenly woke up to swat for robbery. my evidence was my assets which kept me from getting an attorney. screw fort Collins
That's another problem. Your Average Joe really doesn't have the $$$$ for a lawyer. They also know out of town victims are not likely to fight legally.
That officer has to be a straight up sociopathic monster to knowingly put innocent people through that. QI has got to go. And not just for cops, for judges, prosecutors, and city officials too.
@@karinaz8756 He swore a solemn oath to support and defend the Constitution, and uphold individual rights, not to violate peoples' rights for personal financial gain. Truly, he's a monster.
This is one of many. The thing that’s a slap in the face is that the officer faces no accountability at all. Officers should not be allowed to resign until and only then, when the investigation is complete. Muting the cameras should be considered tampering with evidence and should be made a termination offense. PERIOD!!
Yep, that’s how officers get promoted to lieutenant and sergeant, by arresting a lot of people. Which means our problems are with the department leadership and court systems that incentivize this behavior from cops.
@Cal Escapee• the department covered up for a dirty cop and now they're covering up for the supervisors. The whole department is corrupt as hell from the top down. What else are they hiding or lying about... hmmm!
It makes the cop look good and get promoted. It has nothing to do with helping the citizens. As far as protecting goes, the supreme court ruled that they are not obligated to protect us. This is why it blows my mind that people are so eager to get rid of their means of self defense.
Here is why this has gotten as far as it did and why all of a sudden the police are "investigating" and why Haferman was allowed to resign before being fired. 1: Police officers get monetary and prize rewards for making DUI arrests from M.A.D.D. The more arrests they make, the more prizes and money they get. 2: Police departments get prize and monetary rewards for their officers making DUI arrests from M.A.D.D. The more cops that make DUI arrests in a department the more money and prizes the department gets. 3: They did not really investigate officers for making fake DUI arrests because they did not want to lose the prize and monetary rewards they had already received from M.A.D.D. 4: Haferman was allowed to resign instead of being fired because it was probably in his union contract with the department. 5: Since Haferman was allowed to resign instead of being fired now the union will get him a job with another department and the illegal arrests will continue somewhere else. The take away from this? As long as M.A.D.D. is allowed to reward cops and departments with prize and monetary rewards this cycle of illegal DUI arrests will continue. Also, as long as the police union exists bad cops will keep being bad cops as long as they can continue to get jobs at other departments thanks to the union.
There are some similarities regarding all the fishing expeditions they do for ID. They also get monetary rewards for arresting people with outstanding warrants. So they love to ask for ID and make up any excuse in their head to force people to give up their rights and hand over ID, even if that requires unlawfully arresting someone for not providing it.
Cops also get pay-raises and promotion for getting DUI arrests, that's why you read about people on horses and lawnmowers getting DUIs. The cops are financially motivated, so they'll do anything to trick-fuck the system to pin a DUI on somebody.
As bad as drinking and driving was in the past, DUI enforcement has now gone overboard. Now cops will arrest people for DUI without any evidence because they are incentivized to make as many DUI arrest as possible as it's a huge money maker for the state. And MADD rewards police departments for making as many DUI arrests as possible (even if they arrest people who haven't been drinking) because they think this will scare the public. It's become ridiculous in how many innocent people are arrested for DUI. Meanwhile, there's been countless stories of violent criminals being let out of prison, committing violent crimes, being let go again, and then committing even more violent crimes. There is something seriously wrong with this system.
Allow the victim to take a "blood draw" or the arresting officer and all who signed off on this kidnapping. Allow the victim to decide how much blood to draw, up to and including "all of it". Let the victim decide justice.
An officer can't resign if there's an investigation against them. Must be fired,charged,and have their certification revoked or that state,county,and city are responsible for putting the public in danger. Point Blank.
Guarantee his department knows this and advised him to resign before anyone could call for an investigation. Cops are scumbags who always cover for each other thus ensuring we never get a shred of reform.
How dare they allow this criminal to resign. He can go and work in policing elsewhere. He needs to be charged fro making false arrests and producing false paperwork. His superiors are just as guilty and they need to be held accountable.
Resignation should never be used to avoid criminal or civil charges. I'm sure the PD is happy he is no longer working there, but I'm sure he will show u at a neighboring force. Not only lawsuits, but charges should apply!!!!
Muting body camera should come under tampering with evidence . . . it's preposterous that we have these evidential tools that an officer can manipulate on scene . . . why have they even got a mute button in the first place ? If information needs to be redacted then it should be done after the fact, the evidence should be left intact, and if a review process supports redacting portions then it should be done at that point.
Any police officer that’s currently under investigation for violating a citizen’s rights should not be allowed to resign or retire until the case is resolved.
Let them resign as we can't force people to work for someone...but the state should put a hold on the cops certification and make it so they can't go elsewhere until the review is done.
Police should be held to a higher standard than civilians. It’s their job to know the laws and regulations. Any cop that does this should receive criminal charges.
There is no need for that. The footage of every cop should be recovered every single day, and can be removed by a supervisor. If cops don’t like that? Too bad. Cops are the problem. They lie so much about so many things the public forces them to wear a camera on their chest, and they still get caught lying to this day!
The clean breath/blood tests proved that the cop was (at best) mistaken or (at worst) lying when he claimed to smell "an overwhelming odor of alcohol".
Sarah Shulkie is the same attorney that represented Karen Gardner and her family when the cops broke her shoulder. If anyone has been violated by this police department PLEASE come forward. I personally know someone that lost a full ride scholarship because of a cop that lied about a DUI. Took over a year and thousands of dollars to get it resolved.
He’s not the only officer arresting people on false charges, if he’s doing it, and getting away with it, he must feel it’s OK, and to feel that something this ridiculous is OK, everybody else must be doing it as well. There’s no integrity in the Fort Collins Police Department.
I know how the internal affairs investigation work ! I’ll tell you : We conducted an internal investigation on ourselves and found no wrongdoing the officers involved were decorated and promoted for their heroism and bravery
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Also quit firing them instead of actually taking out the trash by removing their credentials to do law enforcement. Criminal charges should be brought on this dirty cop.
There's a dirty pig in Georgia who planted drugs on 100 people and it took a mountain to have him charged. Pigs work with the courts so they are on the same team.
Until departments nationwide are required to carry privately funded “malpractice” insurance, absolutely nothing will change. They’re complete sovereign citizens with no responsibility for their actions. None.
It's astonishing that a cop could ever get away with something like that. It's kidnapping and torture basically. You're taking an innocent person and putting them in jail where who knows what could happen to them with some of the scumbags in there. That cop who did this should face SIGNIFICANT prison time for what he did...I'm talking over 10 years. I hope all those victims get a big payout for this and every city's police force across the country pays attention. Don't give rewards to cops for making DUI arrests.
Not basically kidnapping and torturing it is. Not trying to undermine your comment. This is so fucked up and the the lack of responsibility or care of making the right choice is ridiculous. Nobody should have to go to jail for not doing anything wrong.
@@bodipylesit takes THOUSANDS of dollars and mounds of paperwork to get a false DUI off your record. The first victim in the video lost his career. As a pilot he lost his license. The second kid was sent to jail because he was on probation. A false DUI can absolutely destroy your life.
Let’s review police punishments: 1. Promotion to sergeant or lieutenant. 2. Resign so they can get a job in the next town or state over. 3. Retire with full pension and benefits. 4. Paid suspension with full benefits. What is really bizarre is that the police chief will watch the same report and see himself and the corrupt officer as the victim. They’re not even capable of intelligent or reasonable thought. They only have the one goal of hurting people whenever and however they can.
They shouldn't be allowed to just drop the charges. Either the chages should never have been brought in the first place or someone, (many people) need to be held criminally accountable for weak or false charges. It has become that the process IS the punishment. If the DA can just drip the charges when he realized that he will lose or that his entire case if a house of cards, they he should never have brought the case. Often they bring the case and threaten severe punishments and most people take a plea bargainto avoid harsher penalties or excessive legal costs and the entire justice system from the cop to the judge knows this and allows it to happen. If found not guilty, the state should have to pay your legal costs. The state has no skin in the game. When they are found to by lying, withholding evidence, rigging evidence, or just corrupt through and through there are NEVER any consequences for those actions only for the defendant.
This is why nobody should ever agree to a roadside sobriety test. This is why everybody should treat the claim of any police officer to be a 'DUI expert' with great skepticism. This test is not mandatory. Do not be stupid. Don't do it!
I really feel like we need to look at charges for the DAs. Had this happened once or twice attorney privilege might be applicable. 🤔 can’t see how that would apply to something that happened again and again for years.
I'll never forget what the police spokesperson said the first time the news asked about it, he just asserted that he WAS under the influence of ~something~ that they're tests couldn't pick up. I wonder what that guy is doing?
They need to remove qualified immunity from officers that do wrong. They need to charge him with Title 18 - CRIMES AND CRIMINAL PROCEDURE PART I - CRIMES CHAPTER 93 - PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES Sec. 1924 - Unauthorized removal and retention of classified documents or material. He clearly manipulated the video document by muting in favor of benefiting his outcome. Hidden crucial video documents. The penalty for a conviction of unauthorized disclosure includes up to 10 years in prison, a large fine, or both.
He still has his law enforcement certification that's why he resigned now he can go anywhere he wants and still be a police officer. We need to get their certification revoked.
No Municipality should allow their LEO Dept to allow any officer to resign in lieu of termination. If there was cause to terminate, then compel the person to remain on desk duty (no paid vacations!) until any HR matters are concluded. The current practice allows bad cops to just slide on over the another Dept and carry-on being bad cops.
Every single citizen should be terrified & outraged that sober drivers can be arrested for DUI. The law is meaningless if you can be arrested *whether you violated it or not.*
Ruining peoples lives..when you get a dui you lose your license.. can’t drive to work so you’ll lose you job. Then you can’t pay your bills. You can lose your house. I can’t imagine what I would do. I have 2 babies at home.
Sociopaths, sadists, bullies and criminals are drawn toward law enforcement jobs for obvious reasons. They've infested our PDs so heavily that if you aren't one of these defectives you may not make it through the interviews.
They were protecting him the entire time because every dui arrest brought money into their department! The thing we don't know is how many other officers were doing the same thing?
This cop has the ability to change someone’s life. His actions could cause a person to loose a job, keep someone from getting a job, he can put a target on someone’s back that might cause other cops to retaliate etc. He was allowed to resign and THAT, will make him hireable to other police departments, sheriff’s offices etc.
Police departments reject that they have DUI arrest "quotas". It might not be called "quotas", but if cops don't write a minimum of DUI, they won't get promoted or get new equipment (e.g., patrol cars).
This happens all the time though. There are thousands of people being arrested every year and their lives are ruined while the cops get "other pay" for making all those arrest's
I lived in Fort Collins from 93 to 2000. I moved, in part, because the cops got so bad in that town. Everybody I knew were affected one way or another by those bad cops in that town. They were (and apparently still are) thugs no better than any gang in a big city. And the rot starts at the head. The chief knows who the bad cops are...most of them by the way. I have never seen a single FC cop even come close to deescalating anything. In fact, they seem to be groomed to make every case scenario a zero-sum game event.
I lived downtown in apt above College and watched cops beating up drunk college kids almost every night. It is crazy how it turns from a family friendly neighborhood into a war zone after midnight. Cops marching in swat gear and shooting tear gas. They got my little brother good with a Billy club as he was running away from the tear gas. I was walking upstairs and to my place and to my surprise a bunch of cops were in my hallway. They immediately threw me on the ground and put a shotgun barrel on the back of my head screaming obscenities. They realized I was the wrong guy and told me to get in my apt I screamed some obscenities back and they threw me on the ground again and threatened to shoot me and arrest me if I didn’t shut the f up. I guess someone called 911 and said they heard gunshots from my neighbors but they were lighting fireworks on the roof. Power tripping mentally deranged and evil. My bro calls them the tentacles of satin. I have met maybe 2 decent cops in my life but wasn’t in FtCollins.
For some reason the Sheriff of Mesa County in Grand Junction hired Haferman as a Deputy. This clown should not have a peace officer certificate and should be on the Brady list.
I used to drive Uber in Fort Collins. I got pulled over multiple times, always late at night. The reasons the cops gave me for stopping me were absurd. I would laugh at them. They are just out there fishing for lucky DUIs. Ironically, you can drive around hammered in the daylight and never get pulled over.
The whole "a few bad apples" argument in regard to police misconduct is an absolute myth. It's not a few bad apples, it's a pervasive problem in law enforcement culture. Cops that respect the law, constitutional rights, and don't lie as a matter of practice are the exception, not the rule. The public is learning this more and more due to the proliferation of video recording devices. It is safe to assume that since we are seeing this kind of thing (and much worse) so often means there are many more of these instances occurring every day.
"There's no way this could be happening in a community like Fort Collins", this is a telling statement, injustice only hits home when it hits your home.🤔
I agree. They also seemingly can't record objective facts during the test. I know someone who got a DUI and the officer noted several failings when the camera clearly caught something different. Stuff that isn't hard. "They took 8 steps instead of 9". Additionally, if they start the sobriety test, you absolutely will get arrested because they can always claim that maybe they were under the influence of another substance. It becomes a judicial problem at that point.
@@WestSideGorilla1980the price comes into play when cops drag out the process and keep demanding you show up in court. It’s a strategy they do to make you plea bargain. It’s a game of wits at that point.
Letting him resign doesn't solve the problem. Lawsuits don't solve the problem. Making cops personally and criminally liable solves the problem. I don't want to hear about resignations and lawsuits. I want to hear about charges and jail time.
What he said! Lock them up!
Exactly 💯
Id bet money he is working in law enforcement two counties over.
Ending qualified immunity is a step in the right direction. Also, requiring all sworn officers to have a $5-10 million in liability insurance will help close the loop on predatory policing for profit criminal enterprises!
State licensed professions require liability insurance &/or bonds, why not State licensed police?!
Pretty sure many cops (aka bad cops) would be found to be uninsurable..!
@@pwilly_1 2 words "Police Union" no politician will pass anything against the police union. If the PU doesn't endorse you it is very hard to get elected. They need to get rid of all government employee unions. Police, Teacher all of them.
There should never be a financial incentive to charge someone with a crime.
that's why M A D D should be sued as a co- conspirator
MADD needs to reward convictions and we need to reward desired behavior like lower crime rates or fewer arrests.
The fact the chief is trying to cover it up, after we’ve already determined the Officer lied is egregious. He needs to go!
He needs to go to jail for 42 USC 241 and 242 violations which are violating rights and conspiracy to violate rights whereby both violations are criminal actions and punishable with possible jail time.
The FCPD Chief's have just been boot-lickers for the CM and council for years.
"Code blue" - cops stick together no matter what, us vs them and they're going to get their wish, one way or another.
Yup chief needs to be released without pension.
after numerous innocent people are screwed out of 10 grand a pop.
This happened to me. It destroyed my life. Even though the d.a. didn't even file it, it stays on your record, even though they will lie and say it won't.
I think you still got to get the arrest expunged
If ever you are falsely arrested or accused of something you didn't do and in up in court make sure you leave with your expungement papers.
@@tbeiler2675Why is the burden on the victim to have a false arrest removed from their record?
I'm glad you mentioned that. One of the people in this video dealt with a pretty severe consequence of the arrest. It was the guy who said that they were going to take the department to federal court. The man was a pilot. I'll get to the consequences he faced later.
He was pulled over because he slowed down to read a street sign because he wasn't sure where he was going, and that makes sense because we all know street signs are sometimes printed small. The officer pulled him over for that. The man asserted his rights and remained silent. The officer told him he was "driving erratically" and there was an "overwhelming scent of alcohol", and that by driving on Colorado roads, he automatically consented to a breathalyzer or a series of tests. So the man took a breathalyzer and blew a 0.0. The officer THEN said "well, you must be on SOMETHING because of your erratic driving" so the officer determined he was on something other than alcohol. But the "probably cause" the officer used to conduct the breath test, and to turn it into a DUI stop, was "There is an overwhelming smell of alcohol." Sooooo..... if the probable cause was a scent of alcohol, and the man demonstrated he was NOT under the influence, how come it was able to be turned into a "you must be on some other sort of drugs" if the original probable cause was null after he blew a 0.0? I guess if you are a corrupt cop working for a corrupt department, you can just ignore that logic.
The officer took him to jail and handed him a form indicating that he had to give a blood sample to test for alcohol or drugs. The man asked if he could read the form before signing it. The officer tried to force him to sign it without reading it. As you would expect, the bodycam was muted during this exchange. The man never refused to give blood, but simply stated that he wanted to read the form that he was told he had to sign. The officer tried to turn that into resisting.
Anyway, remember how I mentioned the man was an airline pilot? The arrest for DUI caused him to lose his pilots license with the FAA. The outcome of the DUI case took MONTHS to resolve. Someone who has a job, such as pilot, where they are entrusted with hundreds/thousands of lives have to be trusted. Therefore an arrest for DUI calls into question this mans character so he was investigated. The small hint that this man can't be trusted causes alarm with the FAA. The cases being dismissed doesn't automatically dispell the FAA investigation.
Fortunately, the man was awarded $400K for this. HOWEVER, it was THE SECOND TIME. He literally had this happen TWICE in Colorado. It turns out that the police departments, and the officers within them, all compete with one another for the most DUI arrests. That's why these false arrests keep happening there. Organizations like Mothers Against Drunk Driving encourage it because they try to paint a picture that it will get more drunks off the road, but they ignore the fact that innocent sober people will be swept up due to the corrupt system. And according to my link below, officers would often ignore other calls to pursue DUI arrests.
www.businessinsider.com/harris-elias-colorado-400000-dui-arrest-passing-tests-2023-12
@@miked172 I was put through a similar situation in the early 90s by Larimer county
"Internal investigations" should be viewed as a criminal cover up.
Judges must stop believing claims made by cops over the claims made by citizens. It’s been proven that cops will often lie for almost no reason.
Always has been
Jeff Swoboda, former Chief of Elgin, Il, my hometown. Hmmm, I wonder how many undeserved arrests happened under his watch?
It’s crazy why so many departments are confused why people hate and don’t trust them. The officer and chief who tried to cover it up need to be charged criminally.
Things will never change until cops start experiencing this same treatment.
They let him resign so that he could go somewhere else and do the exact same thing! Also so he could keep his certification! That should also be illegal!
And keep his retirement
POLICE MAKE TAXPAYERS HATE THEM:
POLICE, are independently operated and controlled by whims and opinions of themselves, supervisors, judges, townships, cities, counties, and states! (Police are not educated lawyers and many of them are without high school diplomas!)
The job of a policeman attracts abusive sociopaths, psychopaths, perverts, and narcissists like drugs are to an addict more than any legal profession!
Police must pay financial damage from their own pockets for unlawful acts against taxpayers, or the policing problem will only exacerbate!
QUALIFIED IMMUNITY: "Must be ABOLISHED ...
This is like taking out the trash by throwing it in the neighbors yard. You're right to all the reasons they let him slither away.
Yep. He's now working as a deputy in the Mesa County Sheriff's Department.
@@AZQuadRunner Police are like dead flesh rotting society for profit!
POLICE harass, intimidate, ticket, and arrest everybody for profit, even the agricultural farmers and school teachers in rural communities far away from big cities!!.
QUALIFIED IMMUNITY: "Must be ABOLISHED ...
DUI has been turned into an industry, which makes me MADD.
When a cop lies on a report in order to arrest and charge a person, that cop should be fired without pay or pension and charged with perjury. They should also be charged with kidnapping.
I'm not a big fan of the death penalty. But IF we are going to use it, I think police officers blatantly lying and framing people should be on the list. Knowingly doing something to someone that could result in them losing their livelihood or even their kids in some instances is one of the worst things I think you can do to another human being.
Also, false imprisonment, malicious prosecution, and official misconduct.
ALSO, everyone involved in this mess should be prosecuted under RICO statutes.
Lying on a sworn report or a public record is a serious crime. I am surprised they are never charged.
Absolutely
Does anyone know if this cop is working in another police force some where? This is why they should never be allowed to resign but jailed. Would they turn us loose if we promise to leave so we could go some where else and violate rights.
They did this to me spent three days in jail. My attorney can't even get a police report the department is sweeping it under the rug
This is just DUIs, how many lives have these cops ruined with their lies in other cases
It happens all over the country. Rogue cops unsupervised doing whatever.
"Highway - Outlaws" "First Responder" Outlaws! The People are getting what they vote for!!!
@@johndoe-ss9bz thats because the criminal organization also known as the police unions and departments have created their own alternative vocabulary.
1. No knock warrant = home invasion
2. Seizure of property = theft of property
3. Police unions = mob association
4. Civil forfeiture = armed robbery
5. Being detained = armed kidnapping by force
6. Excessive force =physically attacking and beating or assaulting someone
7. Obstruction and interfering = psycho babble for my way no matter what
8. Traffic violation = theft by deception
9. Court fines = continuum of theft by deception
10. Jump out squads = armed muggers
11. Seizure of vehicle = armed car jacking
12. Undercover cops = fake armed criminals, posers
And the list goes on and on...
A lot . They arrest them to see if by luck if they had smoked weed recently in the month and if not they just clean up their hands and keep looking who to screw over
mine, i was a med student and suddenly woke up to swat for robbery. my evidence was my assets which kept me from getting an attorney. screw fort Collins
This just happened to me....i was arrested and taken to jail spent 10k on a lawyer and had nothing in my system. ..will be sue them soon
That's another problem. Your Average Joe really doesn't have the $$$$ for a lawyer. They also know out of town victims are not likely to fight legally.
Did you sue?
That officer has to be a straight up sociopathic monster to knowingly put innocent people through that. QI has got to go. And not just for cops, for judges, prosecutors, and city officials too.
Being a sociopath is a minimum job requirement nowadays.
We don't have laws. We have cops.
Sadly law enforcement holds a very strong attraction for sociopaths, sadists, bullies and people with various criminal motivations including rape.
He was getting financially rewarded for doing this.
@@karinaz8756 He swore a solemn oath to support and defend the Constitution, and uphold individual rights, not to violate peoples' rights for personal financial gain. Truly, he's a monster.
This is one of many. The thing that’s a slap in the face is that the officer faces no accountability at all. Officers should not be allowed to resign until and only then, when the investigation is complete. Muting the cameras should be considered tampering with evidence and should be made a termination offense. PERIOD!!
Who could have imagined that when arrests are incentivized, the system gets abused...
They get paid for ARRESTS not convictions. ARRESTS.
Yep, that’s how officers get promoted to lieutenant and sergeant, by arresting a lot of people. Which means our problems are with the department leadership and court systems that incentivize this behavior from cops.
Big money
You can Thank MADD for incentivizing DUI arrests.
I remember this, I’m glad justice is being served!! SUE ALL OF THEM!!
If he moves to your neighborhood, put up signs indicating his status as a Dirty Cop.
@Cal Escapee• the department covered up for a dirty cop and now they're covering up for the supervisors.
The whole department is corrupt as hell from the top down. What else are they hiding or lying about... hmmm!
How would you even know?
@@abdal.m4029 ask 4chan for help
@@abdal.m4029believe it or not, some people know their neighbors
Yep...basically in the same category as a pedophile 😡
This is disgusting on so many levels. Especially when many young adults are studying for careers in LE. What a joke.
How does falsely accusing innocent people make us any safer? How is this “protecting and serving” the community?
It makes the cop look good and get promoted. It has nothing to do with helping the citizens. As far as protecting goes, the supreme court ruled that they are not obligated to protect us. This is why it blows my mind that people are so eager to get rid of their means of self defense.
@@markkelley8067 dead kids in school probably
Protect each other. Serve themselves.
Cop is a mentally ill power tripper.
It doesn’t. It creates resentment and animosity toward police more than there already is. Bad cops like this get good cops killed.
If a police officer ever mute or shuts off the camera should be fired and never be able to be one again.
Here is why this has gotten as far as it did and why all of a sudden the police are "investigating" and why Haferman was allowed to resign before being fired.
1: Police officers get monetary and prize rewards for making DUI arrests from M.A.D.D. The more arrests they make, the more prizes and money they get.
2: Police departments get prize and monetary rewards for their officers making DUI arrests from M.A.D.D. The more cops that make DUI arrests in a department the more money and prizes the department gets.
3: They did not really investigate officers for making fake DUI arrests because they did not want to lose the prize and monetary rewards they had already received from M.A.D.D.
4: Haferman was allowed to resign instead of being fired because it was probably in his union contract with the department.
5: Since Haferman was allowed to resign instead of being fired now the union will get him a job with another department and the illegal arrests will continue somewhere else.
The take away from this?
As long as M.A.D.D. is allowed to reward cops and departments with prize and monetary rewards this cycle of illegal DUI arrests will continue.
Also, as long as the police union exists bad cops will keep being bad cops as long as they can continue to get jobs at other departments thanks to the union.
MIKE JONES DID NOT KNOW THAT ABOUT M.A.D.D. GOOD INCENTIVE TO TERRORIZE THE PUBLIC!
There are some similarities regarding all the fishing expeditions they do for ID. They also get monetary rewards for arresting people with outstanding warrants. So they love to ask for ID and make up any excuse in their head to force people to give up their rights and hand over ID, even if that requires unlawfully arresting someone for not providing it.
Cops also get pay-raises and promotion for getting DUI arrests, that's why you read about people on horses and lawnmowers getting DUIs. The cops are financially motivated, so they'll do anything to trick-fuck the system to pin a DUI on somebody.
Sounds like official bribery to me.
As bad as drinking and driving was in the past, DUI enforcement has now gone overboard. Now cops will arrest people for DUI without any evidence because they are incentivized to make as many DUI arrest as possible as it's a huge money maker for the state. And MADD rewards police departments for making as many DUI arrests as possible (even if they arrest people who haven't been drinking) because they think this will scare the public. It's become ridiculous in how many innocent people are arrested for DUI. Meanwhile, there's been countless stories of violent criminals being let out of prison, committing violent crimes, being let go again, and then committing even more violent crimes. There is something seriously wrong with this system.
Allow the victim to take a "blood draw" or the arresting officer and all who signed off on this kidnapping. Allow the victim to decide how much blood to draw, up to and including "all of it". Let the victim decide justice.
An officer can't resign if there's an investigation against them. Must be fired,charged,and have their certification revoked or that state,county,and city are responsible for putting the public in danger. Point Blank.
Dude they're law ENFORCEMENT, not law ENFOLLOWMENT.
Guarantee his department knows this and advised him to resign before anyone could call for an investigation. Cops are scumbags who always cover for each other thus ensuring we never get a shred of reform.
@@jimschleich8753 you win the internet today! Best response today!!
@@marklindsey579 thank you. I would like to thank Clive Davis, he knows why.
@@jimschleich8753They enforce laws on others, never on themselves.
Hundred bucks says when the blood comes back negative, the citizen isn’t quickly released.
How dare they allow this criminal to resign. He can go and work in policing elsewhere. He needs to be charged fro making false arrests and producing false paperwork. His superiors are just as guilty and they need to be held accountable.
Resignation should not stop criminal prosecution.
Resignation should never be used to avoid criminal or civil charges. I'm sure the PD is happy he is no longer working there, but I'm sure he will show u at a neighboring force. Not only lawsuits, but charges should apply!!!!
They need to prosecute this former officer.
The reason the officer that resigned before being fired, that way he can go to another department in the same state for rehire.
That capital felon should be in prison for 20+ years, then on a breadline....For the treason alone.....
once again, allowed to resign in lieu of termination. shouldn't be permitted.
The headline should read...."Fort Collins tax payers sued for former officer's actions".
Fort Collins' populace needs to wake up and smell the copper!!!
Earning the HATE of WE THE PEOPLE more & more!!
Everyone including supervisors, the chief and Haferman need to be in federal prison for a long time while wearing "police" on their clothing.
Why in the world can these video/audio systems be muted when they want? There should be only an on/off button that's it.
Allowing the police to investigate themselves is like allowing a bank robber to prosecute himself.
Why do we even have courts and prosecutors *if people are allowed to "investigate themselves"?*
Muting body camera should come under tampering with evidence . . . it's preposterous that we have these evidential tools that an officer can manipulate on scene . . . why have they even got a mute button in the first place ? If information needs to be redacted then it should be done after the fact, the evidence should be left intact, and if a review process supports redacting portions then it should be done at that point.
Chief should be fired.
Chief is a failure as a supervisor, and a proven liar.
The problem is people like you let them get away with them getting fired. This is criminal
it's curious this is happening in Fort Collins after what happened similarly in Loveland 2 years ago.
Any police officer that’s currently under investigation for violating a citizen’s rights should not be allowed to resign or retire until the case is resolved.
Yes they should, but never allowed to work in law enforcement in the US forever
Let them resign as we can't force people to work for someone...but the state should put a hold on the cops certification and make it so they can't go elsewhere until the review is done.
I am sick and tired of "law suits"! Where are the arrests? Where are the convictions?
Why not both?
Body cams should not be turned off in any way, and the recordings should be easy to acquire for those involved
Police should be held to a higher standard than civilians. It’s their job to know the laws and regulations. Any cop that does this should receive criminal charges.
Great work exposing corruption, no mute bodycams, only on breaks, and bathroom stops, these fake cops needs exposed
There is no need for that. The footage of every cop should be recovered every single day, and can be removed by a supervisor.
If cops don’t like that? Too bad. Cops are the problem.
They lie so much about so many things the public forces them to wear a camera on their chest, and they still get caught lying to this day!
The clean breath/blood tests proved that the cop was (at best) mistaken or (at worst) lying when he claimed to smell "an overwhelming odor of alcohol".
Sarah Shulkie is the same attorney that represented Karen Gardner and her family when the cops broke her shoulder. If anyone has been violated by this police department PLEASE come forward. I personally know someone that lost a full ride scholarship because of a cop that lied about a DUI. Took over a year and thousands of dollars to get it resolved.
Thank you for this info.
Imagine what happens when news teams don't investigate police departments and citizens don't film interactions with police...
When police investigate themselves what else could you expect? I say make a community board that investigates police and end qualified immunity
The whole department is dirty!
He’s not the only officer arresting people on false charges, if he’s doing it, and getting away with it, he must feel it’s OK, and to feel that something this ridiculous is OK, everybody else must be doing it as well.
There’s no integrity in the Fort Collins Police Department.
and other peopl in the department know and have known for a long time.
They arrest random people in hopes that they had smoked recently in the month even tho you weren’t high on that day .
I know how the internal affairs investigation work !
I’ll tell you : We conducted an internal investigation on ourselves and found no wrongdoing the officers involved were decorated and promoted for their heroism and bravery
Abolish the qualifying immunity and would see real police work
POLICE MAKE TAXPAYERS HATE THEM:
POLICE, are independently operated and controlled by whims and opinions of themselves, supervisors, judges, townships, cities, counties, and states! (Police are not educated lawyers and many of them are without high school diplomas!)
The job of a policeman attracts abusive sociopaths, psychopaths, perverts, and narcissists like drugs are to an addict more than any legal profession!
Police must pay financial damage from their own pockets for unlawful acts against taxpayers, or the policing problem will only exacerbate!
QUALIFIED IMMUNITY: "Must be ABOLISHED ...
Look at what goes on today in Colorado. They don't have qualified immunity and things still stink with them. Nothing changes
Also quit firing them instead of actually taking out the trash by removing their credentials to do law enforcement. Criminal charges should be brought on this dirty cop.
There's a dirty pig in Georgia who planted drugs on 100 people and it took a mountain to have him charged. Pigs work with the courts so they are on the same team.
@@HunterVex. what do you suggest? do nothing? "better training" doesn't work.
The dirty cops need to pay restitution for all false arrest. Then it will stop.
How may more people didnt come forward because they live in the community and are afraid of police harassment and retaliation?
Chief needs to go. Now.
Police Chief .. FIRE him too !
Until departments nationwide are required to carry privately funded “malpractice” insurance, absolutely nothing will change. They’re complete sovereign citizens with no responsibility for their actions. None.
It's astonishing that a cop could ever get away with something like that. It's kidnapping and torture basically. You're taking an innocent person and putting them in jail where who knows what could happen to them with some of the scumbags in there. That cop who did this should face SIGNIFICANT prison time for what he did...I'm talking over 10 years. I hope all those victims get a big payout for this and every city's police force across the country pays attention. Don't give rewards to cops for making DUI arrests.
Not basically kidnapping and torturing it is. Not trying to undermine your comment. This is so fucked up and the the lack of responsibility or care of making the right choice is ridiculous. Nobody should have to go to jail for not doing anything wrong.
It's only a crime if you're caught...otherwise it's procedure
@@bodipylesit takes THOUSANDS of dollars and mounds of paperwork to get a false DUI off your record. The first victim in the video lost his career. As a pilot he lost his license. The second kid was sent to jail because he was on probation. A false DUI can absolutely destroy your life.
You are too kind. This type of dirty sociopath cop needs to be represented as a flag at half staff.
@@johnb8275 It's pretty much what he said
I'd be surprised if theres any police department in the country that aren't corrupt.
Let’s review police punishments: 1. Promotion to sergeant or lieutenant. 2. Resign so they can get a job in the next town or state over. 3. Retire with full pension and benefits. 4. Paid suspension with full benefits. What is really bizarre is that the police chief will watch the same report and see himself and the corrupt officer as the victim. They’re not even capable of intelligent or reasonable thought. They only have the one goal of hurting people whenever and however they can.
Cops get "overtime" when you go to court and they have to appear. For a 10-15 min appearance they are guaranteed 4 hours of overtime.
This happened to my 70 yr old mother in Parker, Co. Eventually charges were dropped but she still had to pay her lawyer.
They shouldn't be allowed to just drop the charges. Either the chages should never have been brought in the first place or someone, (many people) need to be held criminally accountable for weak or false charges. It has become that the process IS the punishment. If the DA can just drip the charges when he realized that he will lose or that his entire case if a house of cards, they he should never have brought the case. Often they bring the case and threaten severe punishments and most people take a plea bargainto avoid harsher penalties or excessive legal costs and the entire justice system from the cop to the judge knows this and allows it to happen. If found not guilty, the state should have to pay your legal costs. The state has no skin in the game. When they are found to by lying, withholding evidence, rigging evidence, or just corrupt through and through there are NEVER any consequences for those actions only for the defendant.
Sarah Schielke is absolutely phenomenal. Shes help get justice for MULTIPLE people that have been falsely arrested. I wish there were more like her.
no officer should ever be allowed to resign to escape consequences for their actions... just a few bad apples? Right...
This is what COWARDS do to escape prosecution.
This is why nobody should ever agree to a roadside sobriety test. This is why everybody should treat the claim of any police officer to be a 'DUI expert' with great skepticism. This test is not mandatory. Do not be stupid. Don't do it!
Don't ever give permission for a vehicle search either, police can mysteriously "find" drugs that were not there before the search began.
Refuse it in some States Automatic 6-12 months loss of Drivers Licence, DUI or not
@@firstsgt279 I don't this is correct. I think you are referring to a breath test.
@@firstsgt279 Then a vehicle search is not a request it is an order that citizens must obey. Best get on your knees and start licking them boots.
@Slinger Tennis Chronicles you can apply to keep driving till your court date if you refuse
I really feel like we need to look at charges for the DAs. Had this happened once or twice attorney privilege might be applicable. 🤔 can’t see how that would apply to something that happened again and again for years.
I'll never forget what the police spokesperson said the first time the news asked about it, he just asserted that he WAS under the influence of ~something~ that they're tests couldn't pick up.
I wonder what that guy is doing?
They need to remove qualified immunity from officers that do wrong. They need to charge him with Title 18 - CRIMES AND CRIMINAL PROCEDURE
PART I - CRIMES
CHAPTER 93 - PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES
Sec. 1924 - Unauthorized removal and retention of classified documents or material. He clearly manipulated the video document by muting in favor of benefiting his outcome. Hidden crucial video documents. The penalty for a conviction of unauthorized disclosure includes up to 10 years in prison, a large fine, or both.
He still has his law enforcement certification that's why he resigned now he can go anywhere he wants and still be a police officer. We need to get their certification revoked.
No Municipality should allow their LEO Dept to allow any officer to resign in lieu of termination. If there was cause to terminate, then compel the person to remain on desk duty (no paid vacations!) until any HR matters are concluded. The current practice allows bad cops to just slide on over the another Dept and carry-on being bad cops.
Now, in all likelihood, this cop will go to some other police agency and get another job.
The root of this problem is MADD they give Awards out for DUI arrest and not DUI conviction big difference there
I didn't know they do that.
I thought they helped the victims injured because of a drunk driver and also educate kids to not drink and drive.
@@bunnylover6481their is ABSOLUTELY an incentive for an ARREST. Not convictions. ARRESTS.
Every single citizen should be terrified & outraged that sober drivers can be arrested for DUI. The law is meaningless if you can be arrested *whether you violated it or not.*
Internal Affairs. Need an outside investigation
Ruining peoples lives..when you get a dui you lose your license.. can’t drive to work so you’ll lose you job. Then you can’t pay your bills. You can lose your house. I can’t imagine what I would do. I have 2 babies at home.
Corruption at work.
Sociopaths, sadists, bullies and criminals are drawn toward law enforcement jobs for obvious reasons. They've infested our PDs so heavily that if you aren't one of these defectives you may not make it through the interviews.
Prison 10 years minimum
Get a work permit for driving
There are other ways of getting to work than driving. Murica...
Destroying lives one stop at a time.
This attorney needs to look at monetary incentives the department receives to concentrate on DUI arrests.
They were protecting him the entire time because every dui arrest brought money into their department! The thing we don't know is how many other officers were doing the same thing?
This cop has the ability to change someone’s life. His actions could cause a person to loose a job, keep someone from getting a job, he can put a target on someone’s back that might cause other cops to retaliate etc. He was allowed to resign and THAT, will make him hireable to other police departments, sheriff’s offices etc.
Policing for profit should be a capital offense.
Police departments reject that they have DUI arrest "quotas". It might not be called "quotas", but if cops don't write a minimum of DUI, they won't get promoted or get new equipment (e.g., patrol cars).
These agencies and their commanding officers and politicians need to be held personable accountable.
Every single citizen should be terrified & outraged that sober drivers can be arrested for DUI.
These idiot cops are unnecessarily costing the taxpayers thousands and thousands of dollars.
Is Jason Haferman at risk to be personally sued? (lose his qualified immunity?)
As of now, in the State of Colorado he has no qualified immunity. That’s why they are suing in State Courts.
This happens all the time though. There are thousands of people being arrested every year and their lives are ruined while the cops get "other pay" for making all those arrest's
I lived in Fort Collins from 93 to 2000. I moved, in part, because the cops got so bad in that town. Everybody I knew were affected one way or another by those bad cops in that town. They were (and apparently still are) thugs no better than any gang in a big city. And the rot starts at the head. The chief knows who the bad cops are...most of them by the way. I have never seen a single FC cop even come close to deescalating anything. In fact, they seem to be groomed to make every case scenario a zero-sum game event.
I lived downtown in apt above College and watched cops beating up drunk college kids almost every night. It is crazy how it turns from a family friendly neighborhood into a war zone after midnight. Cops marching in swat gear and shooting tear gas. They got my little brother good with a Billy club as he was running away from the tear gas. I was walking upstairs and to my place and to my surprise a bunch of cops were in my hallway. They immediately threw me on the ground and put a shotgun barrel on the back of my head screaming obscenities. They realized I was the wrong guy and told me to get in my apt I screamed some obscenities back and they threw me on the ground again and threatened to shoot me and arrest me if I didn’t shut the f up. I guess someone called 911 and said they heard gunshots from my neighbors but they were lighting fireworks on the roof. Power tripping mentally deranged and evil. My bro calls them the tentacles of satin. I have met maybe 2 decent cops in my life but wasn’t in FtCollins.
@@l8ns"Power tripping, mentally deranged and evil" is a great description of these violent blue line thugs.
For some reason the Sheriff of Mesa County in Grand Junction hired Haferman as a Deputy.
This clown should not have a peace officer certificate and should be on the Brady list.
Never take a Field Test.
Innocent people suffering at the hands of a dirty cop and nobody do nothing crooked cops in the chain of command disgusting.
I used to drive Uber in Fort Collins. I got pulled over multiple times, always late at night. The reasons the cops gave me for stopping me were absurd. I would laugh at them. They are just out there fishing for lucky DUIs. Ironically, you can drive around hammered in the daylight and never get pulled over.
they have to meet quotas for giving tickets - it’s dumb
You can also get away with DUI if your a Cop!
This is why you never take a field sobriety test. Always refuse it.
But he still carries his certification, that should be surrendered till these cases get through the courts.
The whole "a few bad apples" argument in regard to police misconduct is an absolute myth. It's not a few bad apples, it's a pervasive problem in law enforcement culture. Cops that respect the law, constitutional rights, and don't lie as a matter of practice are the exception, not the rule. The public is learning this more and more due to the proliferation of video recording devices. It is safe to assume that since we are seeing this kind of thing (and much worse) so often means there are many more of these instances occurring every day.
"There's no way this could be happening in a community like Fort Collins", this is a telling statement, injustice only hits home when it hits your home.🤔
Police Chief..... so what, who cares, until someone drags me into court we promote the officers, heeheee
The chance that anyone will ever pass a field sobriety test is zero because the officer makes that determination inspire of evidence to the contrary
FACT!!
I agree. They also seemingly can't record objective facts during the test. I know someone who got a DUI and the officer noted several failings when the camera clearly caught something different. Stuff that isn't hard. "They took 8 steps instead of 9". Additionally, if they start the sobriety test, you absolutely will get arrested because they can always claim that maybe they were under the influence of another substance. It becomes a judicial problem at that point.
Great work local news station, keep up the great work....we need you to assist fighting government over reach and tyranny
The fact a DUI can cost you near $50,000, this is crazy.
50k for a DUI sounds crazy. It cost me 3k in Alabama even though I was guilty
Easy
@@WestSideGorilla1980the price comes into play when cops drag out the process and keep demanding you show up in court. It’s a strategy they do to make you plea bargain. It’s a game of wits at that point.
Abolish qualified immunity people! This will stop immediately!
This is what happens when you hire from the bottom of the barrel. No psych evaluation because most of these cops won’t pass
Trust a cop? No thanks.
Investigative reporting like this is critical to our democracy. Unfortunately, it’s all too rare.
Well done, Fox31.