Arrest of Marc Perkel Internal Affairs Report

When I filed my Internal Affairs Complaint against the two arresting officers, the Internal Affairs Department sent both officers a written questionaire about my arrest. Both officers replied in writing. As part of the Rule 26 disclosures, the police have given me this shocking response.

In response to this answer, Sgt. Greer, head of Internal Affairs decided that those were good reasons for not having an arrest warrant and ruled that my complaint was "unfounded" which means they are saying I lied. I then got their Police Report which had their version of the story. I then filed a Request to Reconsider pointing out that even according to their own version of events that it is still false arrest. They responded by sending me a certified letter telling me that they will not look into the matter further.

I then filed an Internal Affairs Complaint against the Internal Affairs Officer. Then I sent a copy of the whole file to the Chief of Police. It seems that the Chief is in on the coverup. Rowe agrees with the Internal Affairs Department after he personally reviews these same answers.

And when they do they'll have the full support of the Internal Affairs Department and the Chief of Police. Backing them up is the City Manager and every single member of City Council. The entire government of the City of Springfield has suspended the 4th Amendment to the Constitution. If you live in Springfield and the cops come to your door in the middle of the night and drag you off without a warrant or any other legal reason, their's nothing you can do about it.

There are some other interesting revelations in this document. It clearly admits that they arrested me in my home without a warrant. It is also clear that they hadn't written the summons yet and refused to show it to me. They also make it clear that I asked to see the arresting documentation and was denied. They admit that I denied them premission to either enter or search my home. They admit that they did not read me my Miranda rights.

They say that the reason they didn't read me my rights is that I made it clear that I wasn't going to answer any questions. But the reason they knew I wasn't going to answer any questions was that they tried to ask questions and I refused to answer them. Their claim that they didn't ask me any questions is only a half truth. They indicated they wanted to question me and I said No so they didn't.

Officer Shipley's answers #13 and #19 seem to me to indicate that he had not a clue that he was supposed to get an arrest warrant before arresting someone in their home.

These same two cops arrests "Peggy" in her motel room where she was living without a warrant, handcuffed her, interrigated her at gunpoint for over an hour, then called in to get a warrant after the interrigation, kept her money, never charged her with a crime, and never gave her a receipt for the $565 they took off her. There is a term for what happened and it's called "armed robbery".

Answer #17 from both officers tell their side of the story. They claim they had a warrant for Peggy, but that isn't true. I don't yet have all the documentation to prove it, but their's a clue in their statement that gives it away. They call their action a "knock and talk", which is a proceedure used by police when they don't have a warrant. If you have a warrant you just use the warrant. You don't have to "knock and talk". This is also the first time we have something in writing indicating that these cops did indead take money from her.

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