The San Bernardino Sgt. who would become known for "ice"
Colleague Mike Cruz and I are working feverishly to get together a major piece to shed light on who Sgt. Bradley Lawrence is and what his history with the department has been.
This is painstaking, difficult work. No police officers will talk on the record about Lawrence out of fear of jeopardizing their careers. Police brass is mum.
But there is a history here that is nearly as interesting as the allegations made against Lawrence today, namely that he has overstepped Constitutional bounds during his investigations.
Here's a taste of what's to come ...
SAN BERNARDINO - Sgt. Bradley Lawrence has always been something of an enigmatic figure in the Police Department he's worked for since the early 1980s.
Bright and driven, Lawrence awed colleagues and impressed superiors with his smarts and prodigious talents for paperwork. Memos, action plans, reports, Lawrence churned them out with pace and polish.
But there was always something else. A proclivity some saw in him: A troubling mix of immaturity, cockiness, a flair for drama and, as one veteran officer put it, "a tendency to tell you what you wanted to hear, instead of what actually was going on."
Little is known from official sources about the career and life and Lawrence, who was placed on paid leave Aug. 7 after two fellow officers filed separate complaints against him for allegedly violating departmental and Constitutional tenets.
More is on the way ...
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Good luck Robert,
Its a shame that there is so much secrecy in the police force.I guess Narcotics has to be shrouded in secrecy.The very nature of the work is unconstitutional and most times are victimless crimes.
I read somewhere that the American police force was formed to "Keep the slaves from escaping", which we all know was focused on blacks. Not much has changed. The prisoners still perform cheap labor for corporations.
Its a sad state of Affairs.The very fact that Drugs are illegal, produces an economy and America is the target for this economy.
I understand there is bumper crops in Afghanistan's of opium....and I'm sure it will be shipped here and to Europe.
Officer Lawrence is just doing his job, just like the soldiers in the middle-east. They are just following orders!
And the cycle goes on!
What do corrupt cops and managers have to do with slavery?
Most of the people sitting in jail are there for Narcotics.This officer is a narcotics officer...right.I dont think you will find 1 street narcotics officer who isnt corrupt. The very nature of the work depends that they are.The cops lock-up narcotics users...the prison sells them to corporations for cheap labor.
Different names, different times, same s---.
I don't see many drug cartels going down...I just see street addicts going to jail.