Complaint Review: The Police Complaint Center Executive Director Diop Kamau And Greg Slate

I need to respond further to Mr. Kamau's grossly false and libelous statements above.

I see that Kamau has correctly identified one of the photos he posted here claiming they were me, but Ms. Snow will not be pleased about her photo or good name being abused here.  Ms. Snow and Mr. Obado are some of the many other persons defrauded, libeled, and harassed online by Kamau because they, like me, filed formal state and federal complaints against him.  Anyone who's interested can obtain copies of these complaints by filing an open records request with the FTC, the Washington, D.C. OAG, and other agencies.  If you do this, you will discover there are in fact quite a number of complaints that have been filed with these agencies more recently than 2007, which easily disproves Kamau's statement to the contrary above.

The woman in the second photo, which Kamau specifically (and falsely) states is of me, is also the subject of a photo posted by Kamau at http://www.gregslate.tv/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=56&Itemid=60 under a different name.

I repeat:  I originally hired Diop Kamau and the PCC to try and get help with the severe harassment my children and I were experiencing from local police due to the fact that the police chief is an extremely close, life-long friend of my ex-husband's and also the fact that most (if not all) of the local officers are also friends of my ex-'s family.  (We live in the small town where my ex- was born and raised.)  This police chief has slandered and libeled me repeatedly, often with help from Diop Kamau and others, and all of them need to stop doing this immediately.

Finally, I was recently informed that any damages awarded to victims of organized crime at the federal level are automatically quadrupled.  To all you lawyers out there, I believe I have sample proof of this posted at http://vocct.blogspot.com under the "Check Connections" post as well as in general on my kamaudocs blog mentioned above.  (The kamaudocs blog has an email address where I can be contacted.)

We were charged by Ms. Hoerster's friend Cheryl Snow pic. above. Snow, Hoester and Dennis Obado can be found on our website. You don't have to listen to anything stated in this report. The Fredericksberg Texas police chief explains Ms. Hoester's mental health issues in a clear voice. Ms. Hoerster, Obado and Snow have come together and have repeatedly attacked our company on-line. The 3 have major credibility issues. Moreover their complaint with our company is 3 years old. We have not had a single complaint since we fired Greg Slate in 2007. As far as Ms. Hoerster's story on her blog contact her husband if you want the real story. Call our office we will provide his personal contact information. Ms Hoerster hired us to prove that her husband was trying to have her assassinated. She said he was working with the local police chief. When the story fell apart she turned her troubled mind towards us. She joined the other two unhinged clients and began slamming us online.

If a person claims their husband is a murderer, accuses the police chief of conspiracy, and sues her own attorney and private investigator, it should not surprise anyone that she is occasionally dissatisfied with services she purchases

Contrary to what Mr. Kamau says above, I am more than happy to respond to his false statements in order to refute them.  Anyone wishing to know the truth about my situation can go to the "My Story" post at the beginning of my main blog, http://vocct.blogspot.com and get accurate information.  It's very clear Kamau isn't at all interested in being truthful; for example, his "She sues everyone."  (Other victims of Kamau report similar experiences with him libeling them outrageously online.)

With regard to Diop Kamau's licensing situation, an official with the Florida state agency that licenses private investigaors said the following in a 9/15/08 email:

"Mr. Kamau's agency was charged with employing an unlicensed private investigator, Greg Slate, and using a name not approved by the state, The Police Complaint Center.  Slate was terminated from this agency sometime back in Dec. of 2007 and his exact whereabouts are not known at this time.  We may take action against him once we locate him."

This information can be verified by calling the number I mentioned previously.  The same Florida official also told me Kamau needs separate licenses to work in other states and that I should file a complaint with the Texas licensing board as well (which I did).

Finally, I suggest anyone contemplating hiring Diop Kamau check out the Police Complaint Center's Better Business Bureau report in Washington, D.C. and other states for additional information on the many complaints filed against them.

In Florida one can put their PI company license on hold indefinitely. We have chosen to the do that because we subcontract with investigators located in Texas and NJ. We do not need a PI license. There is nothing nefarious or suspicious going on. Anyone that asks will receive a copy of our letter to the state asking that our license be placed on hold. As for my personal pi license, I have no renewed it because i don't do PI work any longer. Is this all you have MS. Hoerster? 4 years after you started attacking us online you now have proof of nothing. Did you think it was a crime to hold one's license in abeyance?

Answer these questions please? Did you sue your former attorney and the PI who worked this bogus case before we took it? Did you claim your father-in-law was involved in criminal conduct? each time we have this conversation you jump past these issues. We ask anyone reviewing this bogus post to put that question to Ms. Hoerster. You wont see a response posted because it is true. She sues everyone. We made the mistake of trying to help her and now we are drawn into a never ending mess with a woman who is an emotional trainwreck.

Again, Kamau's statements are all false (many outrageously so), as proven by the extensive documentation posted at http://kamaudocs.blogspot.com.  (I recommend starting with the oldest documents first.) 

NEITHER of the photographs Kamau has posted here are of me.  He has in fact posted these same photos elsewhere on the web under completely different circumstances, so I can provide the correct identities of these individuals (but I choose not to here to protect their privacy, which has been violated enough already). 

Besides seriously libeling me in his response here, Kamau has also broken numerous other rules of this website, like identifying me and other victims of his (and libeling them as well), posting the same response twice, posting the fake photos, and more.  I will be filing a complaint with this website and asking for their help and protection.

I do have some additional information about filing other complaints against Kamau for people victimized by him.  Besides filing with iC3 above, you should also file a formal complaint with the Federal Trade Commission (FTC).  Like iC3, this process is anonymous.  The FTC keeps track of persons, organizations, and businesses who repeatedly defraud people and go after the worst offenders, so the more complaints they receive about Kamau and the PCC, the greater chance they will investigate and prosecute him.

You should also file a formal complaint with the Washington, D.C.'s Office of the Attorney General if you are a victim of the PCC.  However, please be aware that during their complaint process, you will be asked to give or deny your permission for the OAG to contact Kamau and anyone else involved in your complaint.  If you deny this permission, I was told your complaint will simply be added to their files on the PCC and nothing further will be done.  If you wish to have the OAG try and get your money back, you will be required to give your permission for this, and once Kamau learns of your complaint, you can expect to be retaliated against by Kamau with the sort of cyber-harassment you see here and MUCH more.  (See the webpost by "Guest" labeled "Fraud Alert" on http://forums.leoaffairs.com/viewtopic.php?f=52021&p=553100 for addiitional examples of severe harassment of and retaliation against other victims.)

Old, new, and potential victims of Diop Kamau and the PCC should be aware that Diop Kamau was charged in Florida with employing an unlicensed private investigator (Greg Slate) and conducting or advertising a business under a fictitious name (Police Complaint Center) without prior approval of the FL licensing bureau.  Kamau was formerly licensed as a private investigator in FL under the company name of The Center One, but he no longer holds this license.  This information can be verified by calling the FL p.i. licensing bureau at 850-245-5459.  As far as I know, Kamau is not licensed as a private investigator in any other state (meaning if he works as a p.i. there, he's doing so without a license), but if you are a victim, you need to check this for your own state to be certain.  Although Kamau has said on various websites that he fired Greg Slate, it appears Slate actually left when FL law enforcement started looking for him on charges of impersonating a licensed p.i. there; this was in Dec. of 2007.  (FL now says they can't find Slate, but other victims say Slate is now working out of AL.  I have seen him here doing drivebys of me and my house at various times.)

I have contact information for people who have been victimized by Diop Kamau and his associates from all over the United States.  One person was actually sent to Kamau by the NAACP after their son was shot to death by police--and then defrauded by Kamau.  The PCC victimizes people who've already been victimized by law enforcement and then victimizes them a third time when they try to complain.

This the woman behind this complaint. She can say this is not her photo but we know different.

I have taken the time to review the so-called evidence submitted on Ms. Hoester's blog. It's almost comical. There is not a single proven allegation on the blog, just more allegations mostly anonymous by people claiming to have been mistreated our company. As I stated previously, Mr. Hoerster's complaint was originally submitted in 2006. It is now 2010 and no one she is reported this complaint to has confirmed any of her allegations. The closest she comes to proving her claim is a correction letter the state of Florida requested regarding the use of our business name. We were asked to complete a fictitious name form to clear the matter up. The extent of the so-called corrective action taken against us was a letter of correction by the state. Meaning that as soon as we completed the fictitious name form and sent it to the state the matter was resolved. This hardly sounds like the fraud investigation Ms. Hoerster has ginned up. We take every complaint that comes to our office seriously. Even Ms. Hoerster's case received as much attention as we could possibly give it. There was simply no evidence to support her claim that the police chief and her ex-husband were trying to have her killed. Ms. Hoerster has a lot of terrible things to say about me, my company and my employees. What is not addressed here is that she is a serial complainer with disputes everywhere with everyone who works for her. And she is emotionally unhinged. According to the police chief Ms. Hoester accused her father-in-law of crimes far more serious than anything posted here. She also sued her attorney and a private investigator she hired before us claiming essentially the same thing she is claiming here fraud. You may listen to our recording of the police chief who says it best "I think Ms. Hoester has mental health issues." Ms. Hoester's support group that she refers to repeatedly consist of dennis obado a convicted drug dealer who also had a complaint that lacked merit and Cheryl Snow who was arrested by the Port St. Lucie Police Department for resisting arrest and obstructing an officer. We found that like Hoerster, Mr. Obado was hallucinating events. You can read his letter on our website where he claims that a mysterious Latino gang is stalking him but the authorities won't make any arrests. Obado is a shutin that never leaves his apartment. He has been living with his parents for years afraid to leave their home because of an imaginary group of individuals waiting for him in the parking lot. We found nothing to support his bogus claim against the New Brunswick Police Department. Cheryl Snow claimed to have mountains of evidence and witnesses to prove her case against the Port St. Lucie Police Department. But after we began looking into the case our e-mails and calls were not returned or we received auto reply messages from snow saying she was too busy to talk. Towards the end of her case she became angry and like a Hoester started filing reports online claiming she had been a victim of fraud. Each of the three clients were visited by my staff, in some cases multiple times. I met with the snow in her home personally. When someone is ripping you off they take your money and they do not show up for the job. We visited Hoester in her home a half a dozen times and conducted surveillance at her request on other occasions. Obado was shipped a very expensive camera system that he has refused to return he also reported his complaints to the state of Florida but his case was dismissed when we showed the state the shipping receipts. Similarly, we have a comprehensive work record on Cheryl Snow's case demonstrating that we filed complaints with the police department, the FBI, the United States Justice Department and others. We also requested an interview with the officer that she accused of misconduct yet Snow claims in her complaints that nothing was ever done. The fact that disgruntled angry clients can make their way on to the Internet and make reckless allegations against businesses does not bother me. It is important however that these allegations are addressed so that reasonable people can determine who's telling the truth. We process several thousand complaints a year and yet we have five people on the Internet claiming fraud. At least three of the five have mental health concerns. You be the judge

I have taken the time to review the so-called evidence submitted on Ms. Hoester's blog. It's almost comical. There is not a single proven allegation on the blog, just more allegations mostly anonymous by people claiming to have been mistreated our company. As I stated previously, Mr. Hoerster's complaint was originally submitted in 2006. It is now 2010 and no one she is reported this complaint to has confirmed any of her allegations. The closest she comes to prove her claim is a correction the state of Florida requested regarding the use of our business name. We were asked to complete a fictitious name form to clear the matter up. The extent of the so-called corrective action taken against us was a letter of correction by the state. Meaning that as soon as we completed the fictitious name form and sent it to the state the matter was resolved. This hardly sounds like the fraud investigation Ms. Hoerster has ginned up. We take every complaint that comes to our office seriously. Even Ms. Hoerster's case received as much attention as we could possibly give it. There was simply no evidence to support her claim that the police chief after and her ex-husband were trying to have her killed. Ms. Hoerster has a lot of terrible things to say about me, my company and my employees. What is not addressed here is that she is a serial complainer with disputes everywhere with everyone who works for her. And she is emotionally unhinged. Ms. Wooster super attorney and a private investigator she hired before us claiming essentially the same thing she is claiming here fraud. You may listen to our recording of the police chief who says it best "I think Ms. Hoester has mental health issues." Ms. Hoester's support group that she refers to repeatedly consist of dennis obado a convicted drug dealer who also had a complaint that lacked merit and Cheryl Snow who was arrested by the Port St. Lucie Police Department for resisting arrest and obstructing an officer. We found that like Hoerster Mr. Obado was hallucinating events. You can read his letter on our website where he claims that a mysterious Latino gang is stalking him but the authorities won't make any arrests. Obado is a shutin that never leaves his apartment. He has been living with his parents for years afraid to leave their home because of an imaginary group of individuals waiting for him in the parking lot. We found nothing to support his bogus claim against the New Brunswick Police Department. Cheryl Snow claimed to have mountains of evidence and witnesses to prove her case against the Port St. Lucie Police Department. But after we began looking into the case our e-mails and calls were not returned or we received auto reply messages from snow saying she was too busy to talk. Towards the end of her case she became angry and like a Hoester started filing reports online claiming she had been a victim of fraud. Each of the three clients were visited by my staff, in some cases multiple times. I met with the snow in her home personally. When someone is ripping you off they take your money and they do not show up for the job. We visited Hoester in her home a half a dozen times and conducted surveillance at her request on other occasions. Obado was shipped a very expensive camera system that he has refused to return he also reported his complaints to the state of Florida but his case was dismissed when we showed the state the shipping receipts. Similarly, we have a comprehensive work record on Cheryl Snow's case demonstrating that we filed complaints with the police department, the FBI, the United States Justice Department and others. We also requested an interview with the officer that she accused of misconduct yet Snow claims in her complaints that nothing was ever done. The fact that disgruntled angry clients can make their way on to the Internet and make reckless allegations against businesses does not bother me. It is important however that these allegations are addressed so that reasonable people can determine who's telling the truth. We process several thousand complaints a year and yet we have five people on the Internet claiming fraud. At least three of the five have mental health concerns. You be the judge

Every statement Diop Kamau makes here is false, even the date of my first complaints filed against him, which were in 2007.  Also, the photo Kamau posted here is NOT of me.

My entire case is posted at http://kamaudocs.blogspot.com.  Look at the documentation there and decide for yourself what the truth is--in Diop Kamau's own words!

I repeat:  it's critically important that anyone victimized by Kamau and/or the PCC file a formal online complaint with iC3 as soon as possible and refile your complaint if you made one before 2009.

Ms Hoester:

has told her story everywhere. Yet not one agency she reported this fraudulent complaint to has contacted us. Her complaint was first submitted in 2006. It is now 2010 and she reports this bogus claim like it was yesterday. Yes Ms. Hoerster paid for services. We did an investigation and found nothing to support her claim that her husband and the police chief were trying to kill her. When we gave her our findings she became irratiional, angry and frustrated. The next thing we knew, we were getting hammered by her online. She claims stalking but our rebuttal to this nonsenese she is posting his hardly stalking. As for Greg Slate he was fired in 2007 and is not affiliated with our company. note that Ms Hoerster sued her attorney and the PI that worked the case before we took it. She lost that one too!