IMPD Photo Shoot in Bisard OWI/Death

[Kirk Freeman]

I am rarely at a loss of words, but this is stunning. Why would they play right into the hands of every conspiracy theorist out there? It's like IMPD got up early to figure out how to screw up even more!

Well, I know where John will be Sunday and Monday. Here comes the Supplemental Motion to Suppress on Tuesday morning, bright and early.

Handling of evidence in IMPD officer David Bisard's case draws fire | Indianapolis Star | indystar.com

 

[Benny]

Wow, they really don't want to see Bisard behind bars.

 

[MMRUSH]

Cant say I am surprised. Sounds a little too conveinent to me. I think all thats involved should be brought up on contempt of court charges.

 

[mydoghasfleas]

My goodness. Its almost like some of them may be wanting to protect thier own. "Lets go make sure that evidence and take a picture of it to prove its not been tampered with." WTF?

 

[level.eleven]

[ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MK6TXMsvgQg[/ame]

 

[mrjarrell]

This whole case has been FUBAR'd from the get go. The only question that really needs answering at this point is whether or not it was deliberate. I'd really like to see a special prosecutor assigned to it and maybe a grand jury.

 

[phylodog]

I have an idea, if Curry wants to complain about evidence handling why doesn't he demand to take over the entire process. He can hire folks to work in the property room, his prosecutors can be responsible for ferrying the evidence back and forth to court, he can pay to store it, he can be responsible for its disposition. I doubt you'd get much complaint from the police.

 

[Ted]

This whole case has been FUBAR'd from the get go. The only question that really needs answering at this point is whether or not it was deliberate. I'd really like to see a special prosecutor assigned to it and maybe a grand jury.

Really?

 

[mrjarrell]

Really?

Yes, really. We already know that Bisard is responsible for killing someone. The blood alcohol situation is not likely to be allowed into evidence, (they assured that early on). What needs to be determined now is if the IMPD people are criminals or incompetent and make them suffer for whichever one it is.

 

[Benny]

I have an idea, if Curry wants to complain about evidence handling why doesn't he demand to take over the entire process. He can hire folks to work in the property room, his prosecutors can be responsible for ferrying the evidence back and forth to court, he can pay to store it, he can be responsible for its disposition. I doubt you'd get much complaint from the police.

Now that they've tampered with it and the defense has good reason to get the case dropped, I'm sure they'd be more than fine with having someone else hang onto it.

 

[Kirk Freeman]

I know I was one calling for a grand jury from the get go but this is beyond belief. It's like they sat down and studied how to screw up.

 

[level.eleven]

When you "resign" instead of being "fired" do you get to keep all the sweet public sector benefits? Just wondering. It seems like no one in the public sector ever gets fired in cases like this.

 

[Benny]

I know I was one calling for a grand jury from the get go but this is beyond belief. It's like they sat down and studied how to screw up.

Way beyond belief...If I didn't think they were doing this intentionally.

I don't see how anyone could be that stupid.

 

[level.eleven]

I have an idea, if Curry wants to complain about evidence handling why doesn't he demand to take over the entire process. He can hire folks to work in the property room, his prosecutors can be responsible for ferrying the evidence back and forth to court, he can pay to store it, he can be responsible for its disposition. I doubt you'd get much complaint from the police.

An even easier solution is to follow the rules. Don't take blood out of refrigeration for 5 months. The bio-hazard sticker should be a tip-off. Don't unseal evidence for a Vogue photo shoot. Pretty simple, really.

 

[Ted]

.....The only question that really needs answering at this point is whether or not it was deliberate.....

....What needs to be determined now is if the IMPD people are criminals or incompetent and make them suffer for whichever one it is.

My point to your statement was a sarcastic "Of course it was deliberate." Thus my .

Do you really think if this were just some guy off the street instead of one of their own, that this would have really happened? The LEOs that screwed this up should be held criminally accountable, every bit as much as if they would have framed him for the homicide.

 

[Ted]

I know I was one calling for a grand jury from the get go but this is beyond belief. It's like they sat down and studied how to screw up.

And received a 4.0 course credit in a graduate program.

 

[mydoghasfleas]

My question is how often does this happen? I find it nearly imposible to believe that this happens all the time. If it did/does, surely actions should have been taken to correct it. If it doesnt happen very often, this looks really, really bad.

 

[Fargo]

I have an idea, if Curry wants to complain about evidence handling why doesn't he demand to take over the entire process. He can hire folks to work in the property room, his prosecutors can be responsible for ferrying the evidence back and forth to court, he can pay to store it, he can be responsible for its disposition. I doubt you'd get much complaint from the police.

I'm no Terry Curry fan, but Curry gets to complain about evidence handling because IMPD has buggered it up pretty well from the outset in this case. Like it or not, legally it is the job of the INVESTIGATIVE agency to collect/preserve evidence. There is a reason for that: if you give that job to the prosecutors, they then become witnesses and disqualified from prosecuting their cases.

If you don't want the responsibility of collecting/preserving evidence, then don't become a cop or evidence tech. It is really that simple.

Bisard has been a police cluster from day one. Curry and a whole bunch of other people have every right to complain about that. Once again, it is part of the police's job to collect/preserve evidence. When they don't do that, as they manifestly have not in this case, there is a problem and people should be complaining.

Joe

 

[Ted]

I'm no Terry Curry fan, but Curry gets to complain about evidence handling because IMPD has buggered it up pretty well from the outset in this case. Like it or not, legally it is the job of the INVESTIGATIVE agency to collect/preserve evidence. There is a reason for that: if you give that job to the prosecutors, they then become witnesses and disqualified from prosecuting their cases.

If you don't want the responsibility of collecting/preserving evidence, then don't become a cop or evidence tech. It is really that simple.

Bisard has been a police cluster from day one. Curry and a whole bunch of other people have every right to complain about that. Once again, it is part of the police's job to collect/preserve evidence. When they don't do that, as they manifestly have not in this case, there is a problem and people should be complaining.

Joe

You've never heard of the thin blue line that cops cover for each other's screw ups and potential screw ups?

 

[littletommy]

I have an idea, if Curry wants to complain about evidence handling why doesn't he demand to take over the entire process. He can hire folks to work in the property room, his prosecutors can be responsible for ferrying the evidence back and forth to court, he can pay to store it, he can be responsible for its disposition. I doubt you'd get much complaint from the police.

You just kinda sound bitter now. I realize there have been many instances of LEO bashing here, some for good reason, some not, but, you're really not helping your side here.