Daily Caller: Four Veteran Affairs police officers say they feel like former NYPD officer Frank Serpico, battling alone against a corrupt and intransigent bureaucracy.
The four VA cops — Tim Petoskey of the Seattle VA, John Moline of the Sheridan, Wyoming VA, Ghassan “Goose” Ghannoum of the Los Angeles VA, and Greg Chiles of the Fort Harrison, Montana VA — told their stories and often, much like Serpico, they were blowing the whistle on systemic corruption within the police department.
The officers protect VA property, veterans, visitors and staff. Their jurisdiction is any part of VA property — the LA VA property includes three major hospitals and several other smaller clinics. Their work includes: conducting patrols, responding to calls like talking down a suicidal individual, and investigating crimes like trespassing, assault, and shootings in progress.
Moline disclosed that his chief of police, John Penney, covered up when false reports were submitted, promoted unfairly a paramour, and performed numerous acts of favoritism.
Ghannoum said that while he initially blew the whistle on nurses illegally forcing patients to stay at the hospital, he’s since alleged that the police chief, Charles Leas, has been covering up for a corrupt police officer named Ralph Garcia. more here
Bastards.
We need to fire and replace the entire senior staff of EVERY VA and see people put in jail.
We also need an enduring example.
Some petty bureaucrat that gets hanged for his crimes and graft
One might be forgiven, for thinking all gov. agencies are rotten to the core. The more we learn, the more it becomes evident that corruption is everywhere in America. We the people get the shaft from every conceivable angle. If we can MAGA, it will be the eighth wonder of the world. I don’t see it happening.
I have some “second hand” knowledge of corruption by the VA cops at our local VA facility. It is nation-wide.
Is Ronny Jackson enough to fix it? He’s got the ethics, I suspect. Does he have the steel gut? I hope so. ….Lady in Red
I am a transgender suffering for the misconduct of Chief Penny at the VAMC Sheridan Wyoming. This is a discriminatory VAMC who will also act with local law enforcement agencies to assist in the discriminatory policies in promoting harm, and development of prosecutorial actions against targeted individuals. Officer Malone stood up to this on my behalf, and was subsequently harassed my both his Chief, & the acting Chief of Staff Eric Crawford. This is a VA system that is disfunctional by process, & ignores all federal protocols set forth federally to resolve internal problems. Dr. Crawford , and his favored crew are like thugs.