New Haven Independent

Posted by: fairhavener | October 11, 2007 11:03 PM

Frederick, Charise, and family, I feel for you. That is truly horrible. My only suggestion to you is to try and get a federal agency involved if at all possible. I know for a fact, and from personal experience, that is your best (and maybe only) option. Look where the NHPD has gotten you so far. If a federal agency (eg FBI) gets onboard you have a chance.

"With a close to 60 percent spike in shootings, and a spate of 11 homicides within a five-month period, detectives have had a lot on their plate."

Oh, boo hoo, you poor detectives, all 40 of you sitting behind your desks. I can just imagine what goes on in your office. I know office culture quite well and I also have been to the police station. Yeah, the fart jokes you guys have as you came out of the elevator were great, I can just imagine how great the jokes are upstairs.

BTW, I heard 20 of you are coming back out on the streets soon. I guess its time to loose some weight. Hey, wasn't it your guys' job to prevent crime and solve stuff, you know DETECT things. I hope you do a better job while you're driving around. Oh, wait, so much for losing weight.

Posted by: Defender | October 14, 2007 11:29 AM

It sad when people make the ridiculous comments based on the lack of knowledge.

If you had any degree of intelligence you would know that federal agency in a murder which ocurred within city limits have no jurisdiction.

Know let's talk about your second comment. "Oh, boo hoo, you poor detectives, all 40 of you sitting behind your desks."

With investigation comes paper work in case you didn't know that. Now, add all those shootings, robberies, rapes, thefts, and murders, just to name a few, and what to you get? Yes, you guess it, large amounts of paper work that keep investigators behind their desk. Yes, you are right "all 40 of us," the number is supposed to be at 60 plus. With the ever increasing rate on crime those number make a big difference on the investigators who investigate these crimes. However, unlike you I have common sense and know the numbers of investigators are not your fault but ours. However, the increasing rate of crimes is and will always fall on the lap of everyone, the community and the police.

"I can just imagine what goes on in your office."

Well imagine no more, I'm going to enlightened you on some of the inner workings of an investigator. Its' called the gathering of EVIDENCE that leads to the identity of a perpetrator and establishes Probable Cause to affect an arrest. A simple phrase, yet so complicated to obtain. How to you get EVIDENCE, you may ask? Here is how, long hours of work combing through a crime scene for pieces of physical evidence that perhaps can later be connected to the person(s) who committed the crime. Followed by the endless search for witnesses, who refuse to cooperate on the basis of the, "no snitch rule" disguised as "fear of retaliation." Followed by the endless loads of paper work that will later be reviewed by the prosecutorial authorities and a judge. Oh, and yes, the occasional jokes told by investigator to break the endless and sometimes hopeless search for justice for those victimized. "I know office culture quite well," do you? Apparently not.

"BTW," it seems you were highly offended by the "fart jokes." If so, then I want to sincerely apologize on behalf of myself and the Police Department.

Posted by: fairhavener | October 15, 2007 10:54 AM

"If you had any degree of intelligence you would know that federal agency in a murder which ocurred within city limits have no jurisdiction."

I am sure that is true most of the time which is why I wrote "try... if at all possible." There may be a way, I don't know. It took me months. Out of all the people I spoke to in the legal profession NO ONE thought of this or even thought it was possible. A random friend of a friend suggested contacting the FBI and it worked. (Oh, and sorry for trying to give someone hope or an idea.)

"Its' called the gathering of EVIDENCE that leads to the identity of a perpetrator and establishes Probable Cause to affect an arrest."

Keep up the good work.