Complaint Review: Clark County Public Response Office Of Southern Nevada - Las Vegas Nevada

Im having serious problems with the public response office, I need to talk to people that have had some experience dealing with them. Any reporters also please contact me. the posted phone number but it was bleeped out. Im getting my rights trampled apon by the county public response office and I dont know where else to turn to. This is like a waking nightmare. They summarily ignored my appeal to the county commision, and the code officer in charge told me he has a signed warrant and is just waiting for funding.He plans to come to my house and take whatever property they feel like taking from my yard,despite the fact that ive already complied with their original complaints. THey keep coming up with new complaints, things that they previously agreed were ok. I already had a hearing and theres no transcript or tape available, and everything said at the hearing has been forgotten or ignored by them. We already made agreements and concessions at the hearing and they are being ignored. Like I was told I could put a cover over my vehicle and theyd leave it alone but now they are harrassing me because there are some spiderwebs on the tires. I already read some of the horror stories by other people and I trying to find out what the end result was , and if they sued and won , etc etc. please someone get back to me about this asap, thanks so much [email protected] 702-223-8894

I've had nothing but problems with the Public Response Office in the past 10 years and would like to expose them for what they really are. I've got pictures and all kinds of other stuff that may be useful to anyone that has ever had a problem with this selective enforcement agency. My phone number is ------------- if anyone wants to get serious about the injustices they perform, I've also got a reporter that is interested in exposing their operations.

I was working for a sub contractor, (702 Services) in 2004 that was hired to do the abatement at this individuals home. Everything he says is true, they are as crooked as a dogs back leg ! Mike and Jody Tuttle own the company, but Jody is the primary on the business license because Mike is an idiot ! They completely robbed everything this man owned and took it for their own benefit. I watched them place things into piles and everybody acted like sharks in a frenzy grabbing stuff. They did in fact tow his Semi-Trailer and pilaged through it over and over again. They stored it at a yard owned by a local police officer and the officer didn't even know the whole story of the trailer or where it came from. After they were finished stealing everything out of it, they were instructed to have a local tow company come and pick it up and impound it the way it was suposed to be with no record of them ever having it ! I personally witnessed all of this !!! This isn't even the half of what actually happened !!! Just keep in mind the names, Cindy Lucas, Mike Tuttle, Jody Tuttle and Robert Kroll, (Bobby Kroll). Karma always returns the favors to the people that abuse her. The Law enforcement these days are just so used to doing what they want, they have no reason to care about anyone else but themselves and their little circle of people that draw a paycheck from the Government and assist them in devestating others.

Greetings, I am the original author of this report, and I am writing to update this matter. The Cop, Lawrence Montaro, was removed from METRO after all the dust was settled. Unfortunately, the ignorant sawed off Code Enforcement person unworthy of anything that remotely resembles a badge, feels like she walks on water because she came to my new home and completely robbed me. Anybody that knows me understands that this will not be something that rests. This short person took all of my personal records, birth certificates, home videos of my children, pictures, tools, equipment, automotive parts, children's toys, children's motorcycles etc. And then took my kids to CPS pending a full screen drug test which came back so clean that they had no choice but to close the case. But only after placing my kids in a foster home for five days pending the results! You hurt my kids little woman, and now we will see just how smart you really are. You should never come to a battle of knowledge unarmed. Dale Openshaw

After doing some extensive research, it turns out that the Public Response Officer that is responsible for this unlawful abatement has personal connections with the public officials. Property transactions like you wouldn't believe, and each one of them she uses a different name for herself, but her husband stays the same. And such well known names as Woodbury and Adkison are listed within her property transactions throughout Clark County. Let's open up that can of worms Mrs. Vlassopoulos.

Dale, you got your key witness (crew leader and wife); and with his testimony, you got a huge advantage against the culprits involved in this illegal activity. I can't think of any good lawyers other than the ones involved in family law and accidents; otherwise I'd help you find a good one. Hope all works well for you. I have a good feeling you are going to win your case.

More fuel for the fire ! A good friend of mine came over the other day and I showed him some of the video footage of the workers loading my property into a dumpster. Well, as luck would have it, he recognized the crew leader and his wife as being good friends of his and called him on the phone that very momment. Of course he remembered me and our encounter with the County and apologized for doing what he was ordered to do. Fortunately, he agreed to testify in my behalf because he too could not believe what was happening at the time. I explained to him that what I needed from him was just the absolute truth ! Nothing needed to be blown up, because the truth was going to be hard enough to believe, let alone any drama added to it. He said that he really couldn't understand why they did this to me and that there was no way in hell that what this Cindy Lucas individual was doing under the color of office could possibly be legal. Nevertheless, Mr. ** and his wife are truly God sent. Now I'm going through the painful search for another attorney. I discovered that the one I started with has a lose-lose track record, so he's history.

Dale, having spent nearly 20 years in Southern Nevada, this is one incident that should've never happened to you or to anybody. While there are laws within Clark County to maintain property within its property codes (which I need to look up and read at a later time), the actions of the Public Response Officer and especially the Metro Seargent did not conform to guidelines and procedures (in lingo for you Metro buffs, Code 30). Anyway, having read your case carefully, I feel that you have a very strong civil lawsuit against the Seargent Monteros, Cindy Lucas (if that is her real name) the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department, and Clark County. If you live in the city limits of Las Vegas (meaning you live within the city borders and not in unincorporated areas or in North Las Vegas or Henderson), you can sue them also. And get the Attorney General involved too. To make a long story short, find a good lawyer in downtown (and there is quite a few of them in that area along Casino Center and 4th Street north of Charleston). You may be able to get all of your belongings back if not be compensated for any personal belongings that are lost or damaged. Plus you can also sue Metro for false arrest, as you or your GF did not commit any crimes. The only crimes that were committed I think were on behalf of Cindy Lucas and Seargent (soon to be fired) Monteros.

It seems that Officer Montero is in the public eye now after LVMPD Internal Affairs began an internal investigation on Montero after learning that Montero was involved with the theft of a 1980 Corvette from another property that he assisted in abating. About a week before my property was robbed by the County, the County had done the same thing to an individual that just happens to live next door to a County Inspector. When they were towing the cars from the residence, Montero quietly directed one of the towtruck drivers to leave a 1980 Corvette sitting across the street because Montero was having another tow company pick it up. Ewing Brothers towing was called to the scene and subsequently removed the vehicle from the location across the street. The Corvette has not been located as of this day 07/04/2004 and Ewing Brothers has no record of the vehicle being impounded. Nevertheless, check out what Montero has been getting into since he's been followed. From the LVRJ Saturday 07/03/04. and you can read the initial reports on Montero at LVRJ.com and see the previous three days of news. Thursday, July 01, 2004 Copyright Las Vegas Review-Journal Las Vegas police officer arrested after scuffle REVIEW-JOURNAL Lawrence Montero Sergeant charged with battery on a police officer, resisting officer The Las Vegas police officer charged with assaulting other officers during an altercation this week has had a troubled home life, according to court and police records. However, police would not say whether Sgt. Lawrence Montero's domestic problems led to his confrontation with officers Tuesday at a Henderson gas station. The incident started about 3:30 p.m. when officers from Las Vegas and Henderson tried to contact Montero, who was off duty. He sped away and led police on a short chase before stopping at the gas station, said Sgt. Rick Barela, a Las Vegas police spokesman. After a brief scuffle, police arrested Montero, 36, and charged him with battery on a police officer and resisting an officer, he said. Barela said he could not release further details of the incident, including why officers tried to contact Montero, because he faces an internal affairs investigation and is protected under the police officer's bill of rights. Early one morning last week, Montero called police to his Henderson home for a domestic violence incident. No one was arrested in the June 24 episode, said Keith Paul, a Henderson police spokesman. That call came amid divorce proceedings between Montero and his wife of 13 years, Georgette. Montero filed for divorce in May, the second time in four years he has done so, according to Family Court records. The 1999 case was dismissed because of inactivity. Montero spent one night in Clark County Detention Center and was released Wednesday after posting $4,000 bail. He will be in court this morning for a review hearing. Montero did not return a phone message left at his home. Saturday, July 03, 2004 Copyright Las Vegas Review-Journal Police report details struggle to subdue off-duty officer Five shots from Taser needed to stop Montero It took five zaps from a Taser to subdue an off-duty police officer during a melee inside a Henderson gas station Tuesday, a police report says. When the fracas ended, Las Vegas police Sgt. Lawrence Montero, 36, was arrested and charged with assaulting and resisting a police officer. He has been sent for a mental health evaluation, a source with the Metropolitan Police Department said. Police began searching for Montero and his 2004 Chevrolet Silverado pickup about 2 p.m. Tuesday after he sped from an encounter with police at the downtown Henderson post office, the report says. The report does not elaborate on the encounter, but it says the officer who called for backup believed Montero posed a threat to the public. Police later found a shotgun and semi-automatic handgun, both loaded, inside Montero's truck, the report said. Officers found Montero changing his tires at the Texaco gas station on Sunset Road near Gibson Road. They used their cars to block his truck and ordered the muscular ex-SWAT officer to surrender, the report said. Montero threw up his hands, yelled, "Don't shoot," and ran inside the store. The officers followed, and one of them tackled Montero into a snack rack and wrestled him to the ground, the report says. When he got up, Montero yelled to the clerks to call police, the report said. After ordering Montero to surrender multiple times, an officer shot him with his Taser. It had little effect, however, as only one of the weapon's two prongs stuck in Montero's skin, the report says. Montero ripped the prong free and ran to a locked exit door in a storage room. Police again shot Montero with a Taser, and he responded by ramming and falling onto the officer, the report says. The officer zapped Montero three more times before Montero surrendered. None of the officers was seriously hurt. The 13-year department veteran has been placed on paid administrative leave pending the outcome of an internal affairs investigation.

Dale... I began reading your report with extreme skepticism. Nobody likes it when the law works against them, and most reports like this are more based in anger than reason. You have a pretty good charge here, though. I see some things that look, from your side of the story, like glaring Fourth Amendment violations. First there is the warrant itself. The Fourth Amendment states "No warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by oath and affadavit, and particularly describing the place to be searched and the persons or items to be seized" (that may not be verbatim). When the warrant was executed in your case, the executing officer knew that it was based on stale information. That is the first issue. The second issue is that the warrant seemed to be broad enough to cover items that were neither illegal nor served as evidence of a crime. Now then, if these two things are true (as they are by your account), then the warrant was not sufficiently "particular" and therefore was not a valid authorization to search or seize, even if it had a judge's signature on it. As the executing officer WAS aware that the materials supporting the warrant were outdated at the time the warrant was executed, she had no basis to believe that the warrant was legally valid. Her reliance on the warrant may be further unreasonable because of how broad it seemed to be. A warrant that allows for the seizure of things unrelated to crime is invalid, and officers executing warrants are expected to recognize this. You may (and by your account you probably do, but I don't have both sides of the story) have a solid legal claim against the PRO officer, the LVMPD officer, Clark County, and the City of Las Vegas. If you haven't already consulted with an attorney I strongly suggest that you do. The law may find that you are entitled to compensation for all of your losses. Don't try to fight this legal battle by yourself, though. No matter how much you may think you know about the law, you don't know enough to win this case. Your lawyer will. The Supreme Court recently took a strong stance in favor of the Fourth Amendment and held that government agents are not immune from liability when they rely on judicially issued warrants that fail to meet the Constitution's particularity requirement. You can read the opinion at http://www.supremecourtus.gov/opinions/03pdf/02-811.pdf.