Bell police officers release new documents in the corruption scandal



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New documents released today by the Bell Police Officers Association show former City Manager Robert Rizzo asked for special treatment of certain members of the police department. The association called for the immediate suspension of Lt. Ty Henshaw and for an investigation into former Bell Police Chief Randy Aams.

One Bell police officer accused Rizzo and other city officials of misappropriating public funds.

“It is the opinion of the Bell Police Officers Association that Henshaw’s main job on the Rizzo regime was to intimidate so-called trouble maker officers,” the officer said. “We believed that in exchange, Ty Henshaw received special treatment, including promotion, salary and benefit hikes and complete access to the offices of Robert Rizzo, which violated the normal chain of command in a police department.”

Rizzo asked in an e-mail to increase Henshaw’s salary to $10,500 a month starting in July 2009. Bell Police Officer Kurt Owens says everyone else has to pay their share.

“There is no other officer, and to my knowledge no other employee, where the city pays 100 percent of his deferred cost,” Owens said. “Why was this done? There’s gotta be a reason for it.”

The Bell police department called for an investigation of the former police chief and his relationship with Rizzo. But nobody knows where Adams actually is.

“His personal belongings and office equipment, furniture are still here in the station,” one officer said. “We have no accounting for his gun and his badge.”

In another memo, Rizzo asked Lourdes Garcia, Bell’s director of administrative services, to give 10 to 15 percent pay raises to members of the police department. Rizzo faces 55 counts of various corruption charges, along with former Assistant City Manager Angela Spaccia, Mayor Oscar Hernandez and five council members.

Comments

  1. josephbrown121 says:

    i just get out of my control when i see or get to hear about corrupt people. In my opinion corrupt people should be excluded and be kept out of any social gathering

  2. mooremichael says:

    I’m tired of reading about these poor cops and how deprived they are. They are all thugs and the entire area should be taken over by Lee Baca.

  3. mooremichael says:

    I think that is Gilber Jara in the photo. Hey Gilbert, you better lay off the doughnuts and hoho’s. You are getting a bit thick!

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  5. Political corruption has been a problem since the first European settlers arrived in America. From officials to politicians, laws are circumvented to obtain riches and/or power. If you search today’s newspaper headlines, articles about bribes, fraud, and illegal tactics can be found in all levels of government. Right now this includes two U.S. senators and a state governor.Many of these crimes go unpunished. Sometimes the evidence is destroyed or the person’s involved are murdered to cover-up unscrupulous deeds. Why have Americans turned their cheeks to this injustice?

    As citizens we pay taxes, enjoy certain freedoms and are expected to behave morally and ethically in our society. Our expectation of government is to keep us safe, show leadership in crisis and follow those same rules. Do you believe this is the case today?
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