Complaint Review: BROWARD SHERIFF'S OFFICE - FORT LAUDERDALE Florida

To Kris of Grand Junction Colorado AMENDMENT I Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or of the right of the people peacebly to assemble; and to petition the government for a redress of grievences. AMENDMENT IV The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and siezures, shall not be violated, and no Warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by Oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized. AMENDMENT VIII Excessive bail shall not be required, nor fines imposed, nor cruel and unusual punishments inflicted. AMENDMENT XIV Section 1. All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the State wherein they reside. No State shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States; nor shall any State deprive any person of life, liberty,or property, without due process of the law; nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws. You need to read everything. The call was not made from my home, it was made by my juvenile son who did not live with me I lived alone, and they knew this. "In the instant that I unlocked my front door officers Marcos Valdez, Gustavo Vallejo, Munib Ahmed and others burst through the door slamming me to the wall and then to the floor assaulting me causing me great pain and injury. I was handcuffed and fire rescue paramedics came in." You can get high and mighty and call me righteous whatever. It does not change anything they violated the law. There was no justification for the unreasonable actions of these young law enforcement officers. As is there is no justification for you to compare me to the Unibomber. As you pointed out there are laws in this society that all have to abide by. That is the law enforcement as well as us citizens there is only one law the last time I looked. Unfortunately these BSO individuals were young, inexperienced, did not have the proper supervision that they needed, overextended their authority and did not understand the repercussions of wrongful use of their authority.

There are some things that I cannot post on the web as you know there is a case filed. However every thing to date that I have posted on the web is public information available to anyone who wishes to look. All that has been posted can and is backed up by BSO documents not mine. The case is very bizarre I still have problems with it myself. I don't know if it would be prudent to post the actual case documents as right now they are trying to incarcerate me on the charges of obstructing without violence. To me right now their only defense seems to be to incarcerate me on those charges to validate their actions. That is sad and I have no choice but to proceed I am Pro Se and struggling but with the Grace of God my Counselor justice will prevail and there will be light upon this matter.

There are some things that I cannot post on the web as you know there is a case filed. However every thing to date that I have posted on the web is public information available to anyone who wishes to look. All that has been posted can and is backed up by BSO documents not mine. The case is very bizarre I still have problems with it myself. I don't know if it would be prudent to post the actual case documents as right now they are trying to incarcerate me on the charges of obstructing without violence. To me right now their only defense seems to be to incarcerate me on those charges to validate their actions. That is sad and I have no choice but to proceed I am Pro Se and struggling but with the Grace of God my Counselor justice will prevail and there will be light upon this matter.

There are some things that I cannot post on the web as you know there is a case filed. However every thing to date that I have posted on the web is public information available to anyone who wishes to look. All that has been posted can and is backed up by BSO documents not mine. The case is very bizarre I still have problems with it myself. I don't know if it would be prudent to post the actual case documents as right now they are trying to incarcerate me on the charges of obstructing without violence. To me right now their only defense seems to be to incarcerate me on those charges to validate their actions. That is sad and I have no choice but to proceed I am Pro Se and struggling but with the Grace of God my Counselor justice will prevail and there will be light upon this matter.

There are some things that I cannot post on the web as you know there is a case filed. However every thing to date that I have posted on the web is public information available to anyone who wishes to look. All that has been posted can and is backed up by BSO documents not mine. The case is very bizarre I still have problems with it myself. I don't know if it would be prudent to post the actual case documents as right now they are trying to incarcerate me on the charges of obstructing without violence. To me right now their only defense seems to be to incarcerate me on those charges to validate their actions. That is sad and I have no choice but to proceed I am Pro Se and struggling but with the Grace of God my Counselor justice will prevail and there will be light upon this matter.

In your 3rd post you said "Let me make it very clear I would not on my own accord ever let anyone into my home who was brandishing a gun arround or even carring a gun even in the holster. No guns allowed in my residence under any circumstances." You may feel rightous in this position but according to the law a police officer may enter your home when they feel someone may be under duress or in danger from themselves or others. If they did not do this because you don't want guns in your home they would be held liable if someone was injured and they failed to respond correctly. It apppers that 911 operators recieved a call from your home. When the police arrived you refused to allow them inside your home to determine if anyone was in danger. You attempted to block a police investigation and were held to the penalties of that action. If you had allowed the police to conduct their investigation and let them look to see if everyone was alright then this most likely would have never happened. You would do well to understand that there are NUMEROUS instances where police can enter you home without a warrant. Most involve what is called "eminent danger". Some cases involve a person who tries to flee into their home when confronted by police. In both situations the officers involved are allowed to use their own judgement and proceed with whatever action is necessary to protect people. You can't lock yourself away like the Unibomber and try to keep police out. Remember, you live in a society with laws and regulations which you are required to follow - just as the police are. I do not wish to rush to judgement but it appears to me that you wanted to be able to break the law by not letting officers in your home for a welfare (saftey) inspection. At the same time you expected the police to ignore your illegal actions and have no response. Remember, the original 911 call was from your home - the police came to help you when you supossedly needed them. Do you hold yourself as accountable for your actions as you do the police? If so you might want to reexamine this complaint and see where your responsability lies in what took place.

Robert, OK, such a long missive for such a simple question I asked. I still think there is a lot missing from this report. And I still don't understand the officers' reactions. In your first post, you said you had side effects that did not "sit well" with your juvenille son. What did he say to the 911 operator when he called? Did he say anything that would have prompted the officers to act in the way they did? Did he make it seem as if someone's safety in the house was in jeopardy? It just does not make any sense that these officers would respond like this from a simple 911 call from your son saying he was concerned about your health. I'm sure it's not their priority to go around abusing citizens in this manner. Come on Robert. Give us the rest of the story. And by the way, you say you have a court case against the Sherrif's Dept. How is that case being jeopardized by you posting information about the incident on the web for the entire world to see?

Robert, OK, such a long missive for such a simple question I asked. I still think there is a lot missing from this report. And I still don't understand the officers' reactions. In your first post, you said you had side effects that did not "sit well" with your juvenille son. What did he say to the 911 operator when he called? Did he say anything that would have prompted the officers to act in the way they did? Did he make it seem as if someone's safety in the house was in jeopardy? It just does not make any sense that these officers would respond like this from a simple 911 call from your son saying he was concerned about your health. I'm sure it's not their priority to go around abusing citizens in this manner. Come on Robert. Give us the rest of the story. And by the way, you say you have a court case against the Sherrif's Dept. How is that case being jeopardized by you posting information about the incident on the web for the entire world to see?

Robert, OK, such a long missive for such a simple question I asked. I still think there is a lot missing from this report. And I still don't understand the officers' reactions. In your first post, you said you had side effects that did not "sit well" with your juvenille son. What did he say to the 911 operator when he called? Did he say anything that would have prompted the officers to act in the way they did? Did he make it seem as if someone's safety in the house was in jeopardy? It just does not make any sense that these officers would respond like this from a simple 911 call from your son saying he was concerned about your health. I'm sure it's not their priority to go around abusing citizens in this manner. Come on Robert. Give us the rest of the story. And by the way, you say you have a court case against the Sherrif's Dept. How is that case being jeopardized by you posting information about the incident on the web for the entire world to see?

Robert, OK, such a long missive for such a simple question I asked. I still think there is a lot missing from this report. And I still don't understand the officers' reactions. In your first post, you said you had side effects that did not "sit well" with your juvenille son. What did he say to the 911 operator when he called? Did he say anything that would have prompted the officers to act in the way they did? Did he make it seem as if someone's safety in the house was in jeopardy? It just does not make any sense that these officers would respond like this from a simple 911 call from your son saying he was concerned about your health. I'm sure it's not their priority to go around abusing citizens in this manner. Come on Robert. Give us the rest of the story. And by the way, you say you have a court case against the Sherrif's Dept. How is that case being jeopardized by you posting information about the incident on the web for the entire world to see?

Patrick in answer to your questions. What's missing? EXPLANATION OF THEIR BIZARRE AND OUTRAGEOUS CONDUCT. JUSTICE?? Why are Officers MARCOS VALDEZ AND GUSTAVO VALLEJO no longer with the Broward Sheriff's Office? Maybe they resigned under the heat? Why is MUNIB AHMED still with the Sheriff's office after he lied in his statement? This is often a way offered to officers who stray or even just make a bad decision and then make another bad decision to cover up a bad decision. These guys should have been sent back for retraining at their cost not the tax payers cost at a minimum. Why was the entire incident not investigated completely? Why was the investigation of the incident not done by Professional Compliance / Internal Affairs? Why was the complaint of constitutional rights violations / civil rights violations given by me to Professional Compliance / Internal Affairs sent back out to Tamarac Chief Kenneth Dugger District VII who in turn gave it to Lt. Lisa Baker Bucceuato District VII to investigate who I might add was assigned to his command and was not a part of Internal Affairs. Where are the checks and balances? BSO would never respond to what Lt. Lisa Baker Bucceuato's position was. To me it seems as though the investigation was sent back to the perpetrators to investigate. Where are the checks and balances? Why did Lt. Lisa Baker Bucceuato have the shift commander Lt. Steve Charla District VII who was on duty the night of the incident wait to call to talk to me just days after the investigation was assigned to Lt. Lisa Baker Bucceuato? Lt. Steve Charla did in fact come to the hospital the night of the incident? Where are the checks and balances? Why did Lt. Baker Bucceuato not try to interview the witnesses that were ordered to go back inside their condos? Why have there been no reports made of the incident by Officers STEPHEN O'NEIL AND JAMES PEDRE who were on the scene of the incident? At first it was the contention of BSO that there were only the 3 officers Marcos Valdez, Gustavo Vallejo and Munib Ahmed ever on the scene or responded. Why was my complaint taken by Inspector Rodriguez of Professional Compliance in turn given to Lt. Robert Schnakenberg of Professional Compliance then sent to Tamarac Chief Kenneth Dugger District VII then given to Lt. Lisa Baker Bucceuato District VII who requested Lt. Steve Charla District VII shift commander on duty the night of the incident to call me. Lt. Lisa Baker Bucceuato concluded the investigation and forwarded it on to Chief Kenneth Dugger District VII he in turn forwarded it on to Major Michael Goldstein Regions 1 & 2 Patrol Services Department of Law Enforcement [ ex Chief of District VII ] and then to Major Ed Werder Department of Law Enforcement. In all their combined expereince it is hard to concieve that they did not see any improprieties in the actions of these officers and the ensuing investigations. Why was I arrested for obstructing without violence when I complied with all their orders of their authority even against my better judgement? Why was I brutily beaten? Why was my house searched? Why am I having to go to court to fight for my freedom as they try to convict me of obstructing without violence? Let me make it very clear I would not on my own accord ever let anyone into my home who was brandishing a gun arround or even carring a gun even in the holster. No guns allowed in my residence under any circumstances. I offered to come out to them. If that gives them the right to brutily assault a person then GOD rest our souls and have mercy upon us. The CONSTITUTION clearly protects the rights guarenteed to me as a U.S. citizen that officers Marcos Valdez, Gustavo Vallejo, Munib Ahmed and others violated with total disregard for the law. Any reasonable person would know what BSO officers had done was wrong, a police officer should be a reasonable man. The 911 call made by my juvenile son was out of concern for my health there was no mention of being violent or anyone else involved. THIS SURELY DID NOT GIVE ANYONE THE RIGHT TO BRUTILY AND VIOLENTLY ASSAULT ME WITHOUT CAUSE. The actions of these irresposible Broward Sheriff's Officers MARCOS VALDEZ, GUSTAVO VALLEJO, MUNIB AHMED AND OTHERS HAVE DIRECTLY AFFECTED ME AND MY JUVENILE SON FOR LIFE. DO YOU KNOW WHAT THAT IS LIKE?

There seems to be some elements missing from this story. Robert, you said: "The night of the incident unknown to me my juvenile son out of concern had call 911 to check on me. I was apparently having some kind of side effect that did not sit well with him." Why did your son call 911? If the police receive a 911 call to a residence, they are obligated to investigate the call. A 911 call gives them sufficient "probable cause" to enter a residence without a warrant. Think about it. If a woman calls 911 and says her husband is beating her, when the police show up at the residence and the husband says you can't come in, what do you think they're going to do, turn around and leave? Not likely. So what information have you left out of this story? If your son was sincerely concerned about you and sent the cops to check on you, why wouldn't they simply say they got a call from a concerned relative. Why would you not allow them to enter your residence to check that all was OK? Were you trying to hide something from them?

After all that had happened on December 6, 2004 the ultimate was that BROWARD SHERIFF'S OFFICERS [BSO] MARCOS VALDEZ, GUSTAVO VALLEJO, MUNIB AHMED AND OTHERS arrested me for obstructing justice without violence, in an effort to justift their actions. They were the ones that violated the law as it is written, as any reasonable person would know. I have to remind all that I was in my home sleeping recovering from an illness, I did respond to their authority and opened the door, I did tell them that I did not want them in my home without propper warrants. Still answering to their authority I did in fact open the door to be as I put it cattle stomped by them I cannot imagine that any reasonable person would even try to justify their actions. It would not have ever come to a law suit being filed if they would have stepped up and taken responsibility for their actions. Truly there seems to be a lack of training and supervision in the ranks and upper management and their policy and procedure has to be lacking or it is not enfoerced. We have an elected official as sheriff and he would not take the time to hear from me prior to the suit being filed, I would suppose this to be as all the other suits filed that he does not care and does not want to know. I was always under the impression that elected officials worked for the people, not in this case and alot of others.

At the time of the incident I lived alone, I am divorced. I was 3 months post chemo-therapy after 3 courses of chemo-therapy, each course being 48 weeks duration. I was quite thin and just starting to put weight back on, after a very hard time of chemo-therapy, my weight had gone down under 100lbs and I am 5' 10" my bone marrow had shut down, my blood counts were deathly low and I had every side effect that were labeled with the interferons and other chemo's except suicide, my God I was fighting for my life, proof and fact is I am still here and greatful to be through the grace of God. The chemo's were unsucessful but I have been listed on an organ transplant list since. The night of the incident unknown to me my juvenile son out of concern had call 911 to check on me. I was apparently having some kind of side effect that did not sit well with him. So in essence it did not sit well with officers Marcos Valdez, Gustavo Vallejo, Munib Ahmed and others when I told them that I did not want them in my home without warrants that I would come out to them. I suppose that meant that I had to have something to hide. The fact is that I am a God fearing Christian and do not allow any guns in my home for any reason that I have a choice in. In my home which I consider a place of worship there is no place for guns under any circumstance, officers Marcos Valdez, Gustavo Vallejo, Munib Ahmed and others DEFILED this like a wad of dirty rags. The incident of December 6, 2004 was not mistaken identy it was purely a wanton and willful total disregard for my rights as it would be for anyone else. Any reasonable person would know that this was a violation of my constitutional rights. I knew it my juvenile son knew it and they know it in their hearts as well as the investigators of the incident know it. GUARENTEED this would not sit well with them. The message they sent my juvenile son who witnessed this incident is beyond immagination, his dreams to that point was to study forensics but not anymore.

What was the initial reason for the event? Was it mistaken identity, and if so, whom were you mistaken for? Was it false accusation? What were the circumstances?