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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsRegina Tasca is a “rogue cop” – and God bless her for it.
http://freedominourtime.blogspot.se/2012/04/officer-regina-tasca-goes-rogue.htmlTasca is in the middle of disciplinary hearings that may result in her termination from the Bogota, New Jersey Police Department. She stands accused of bizarre and outlandish behavior in two incidents a year ago during which she revealed herself to be A danger to other police officers. Her first supposed offense -- which wasn't mentioned until after the second -- was a failure to assist another officer who was attacked by a drunken woman who was roughly half his weight and barely five feet tall. Her second was was to intervene when a police officer from another jurisdiction viciously assaulted an emotionally troubled young man who was not suspected of a crime.
I consider myself a peace officer, Tasca told Pro Libertate. My thing is to help make sure that people are safe, and that they dont have a reason to fear the police that we treat them like human beings. The incident that started all of this was one in which I intervened to prevent excessive force against a kid who was the subject of a medical call, not a criminal suspect."
On April 29, 2011, Tasca was on patrol when she got a call for medical assistance. Former Bogota Council Member Tara Sharp, concerned about the erratic behavior of her 22-year-old son Kyle, called the police to take him to the hospital for a psychological evaluation. Requesting police intervention, particularly in cases of this kind, is never a good idea. Sharp was exceptionally fortunate that Officer Tasca was the first to respond: She has years of experience as an EMT and had just completed specialized training on situations involving psychologically disturbed people.
Once on the scene, Tasca acted quickly to calm down the distraught young man. When the call came, I heard that a couple of officers from Ridgefield Park were coming to provide backup, which I thought was OK, Tasca related to Pro Libertate. Kyle had been shouting and swearing when I got there, but I got him calmed down. The young mans mood changed abruptly when he saw the other officers arrive. He noticed them and asked me, `Why is there another police officer here from another town? Then he said that he was leaving, and he moved maybe two or three steps when one of the Ridgefield officers jumped him.
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orpupilofnature57
(15,472 posts)MrScorpio
(73,631 posts)God knows that this country needs more cops like her
independentpiney
(1,510 posts)were not even disciplined. Something is very ,very wrong with the police lately.
Dawson Leery
(19,348 posts)Any officer who attempts to do what is right in the face of improper actions by their fellow officers, faces a real chance of their career ending.
provis99
(13,062 posts)cops are the same all over the world; just thugs in uniforms, no different than street gangsters.
DCKit
(18,541 posts)provis99
(13,062 posts)It's so common there are actually lawyers in New Jersey who specialize specifically in police brutality cases. Here's one:
http://www.kbblegal.com/PracticeAreas/Police-Misconduct.asp
Egalitarian Thug
(12,448 posts)independentpiney
(1,510 posts)sort of like jumping from the frying pan to the fire. Story of my life.
Egalitarian Thug
(12,448 posts)Have you spent any time there before?
Baitball Blogger
(46,749 posts)She doesn't deserve what's probably going to happen. We need more like her to upset the good ole boy's club.
20score
(4,769 posts)the encouragement.
Man, they are going much too far with this this police abuse of citizens. It's time people starting putting a lot of pressure on the politicians who are in control. It's up to local citizens to draw a line in the sand. They do work for us, whether they like that fact or not, they only have the power we give them.
Dawson Leery
(19,348 posts)It is far past time to place an extremely tight leash on law "enforcement".
suede1
(892 posts)Hopefully, the media attention will help.
suede1
(892 posts)nadinbrzezinski
(154,021 posts)and as a former medic, I'd rather have HER as backup...