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Thursday, February 28, 2008
Noel Waters DA Pranks
Corrected Special Grand Jury Report
The community of Carson City would have been much better served had the Carson City District Attorney's office arrested and prosecuted John and James Bustamante with the vigor that was shown in the arrest and prosecution of Rolland Weddell. Given, through testimony to this Grand Jury, that:
The Rolland Weddell incident appears to be a one-time event triggered by fear and concern for the safety of his daughter and an employee. In his mind he had reasonable cause, based on information provided by his daughter and employee, to believe his attempted arrest of James Bustamante was within the provisions of the NRS. The arrest and prosecution of Rolland Weddell for the use of deadly force by discharging of a firearm during the arrest attempt was at the discretion of the Carson City Sheriff's and Carson City District Attorney's Office. Whether or not Rolland Weddell's use of deadly force through the discharge of a firearm while attempting a citizen's arrest was within the provisions of the NRS was, and still is, a matter for the courts. AS of this time all further attempts by Rolland Weddell to obtain the arrest of John and James Bustamante have been pursued by legal means without the use of deadly force.
A proper investigation of the Cole incident, given the testimony and evidence presented to the Grand Jury, would have resulted in the arrest of John and James Bustamante, would have avoided all of the recall petitions, charges leveled by Weddell and the necessity for this Grand Jury.
-- Carson City Justice Court Clerks and Judges need training to update them with the most current case law and court decisions regarding the filing and handling of complaints brought to their office for filing and legal action, including those made by private citizens.
-- The Carson City District Attorney's office should employ and utilize a criminal investigator independent of the Carson City Sheriff's Department.
-- Based on the testimony given by the Carson City Justice of the Peace, Carson City District Attorney and the Carson City Sheriff's Department, there are no provisions or defined responsibilities for keeping current on Supreme Court decisions or changes in the Nevada Revised Statutes which affect the statutes and laws they are enforcing. A process should be in place to ensure that all employees and officers are aware of pertinent NRS revisions and/or Supreme Court decisions that may affect their job.
-- Based on the testimony given by the Carson City District Attorney and the Carson City Sheriff, both demonstrated an alarming lack of knowledge of the statutes which form the basis of the laws they are supposed to be enforcing. There should be some process in place to ensure these offices are properly aware of and have a basic understanding of the NRS.
-- The last Records Retention Schedule appears to have been established by a letter from the Carson City District Attorney's office to the Carson City Sheriff's Department in June of 1988. This schedule should be revised to agree with the statute of limitation and recommend that records not be destroyed until a certain amount of time after a case is closed in all judicial systems.
-- The Carson City District Attorneys' office needs to improve coordination in handling cases brought to them by the Carson City Sheriff's Department, with a standardized tracking form to ensure that any investigation is completed properly and in a timely manner.
-- The Carson City Sheriff's Department needs to provide a better tracking system for the tracking of evidence, photos and crime scene reports so that investigative officers can obtain current information on any case under investigation in a timely manner.
1. New procedures should be developed regarding the handling, processing and storage of film taken as evidence and of the resulting developed photographs to ensure that they are available to anyone assigned to or investigating a case. Copies should be kept in each appropriate case file.
2. Procedures should be developed to ensure that pictures used in photographic line-ups are the most current ones available and that facial characteristics and ethnicity more closely resemble descriptions provided by victims or witnesses.
3. A live line-up facility should be made available. When available or appropriate, an actual suspect presented in person to a witness or victim by means of a live line-up is superior to a photograph. A current facility or room could be redesigned to accommodate multi-uses, as this type of facility would only be used on occasion.
-- Carson City Sheriff's Department response times should be developed for various levels of priority calls into the dispatch/911 center. All calls should be logged and the resulting response time noted. Review of response times should be made every 90 days by the Sheriff and be made available to the public.
1. Better handling and prioritization of incoming calls on the part of the Sheriff dispatch the morning of Oct. 17, 1997 might have avoided the entire incident. An experienced, sworn duty officer should be assigned to dispatch to ensure calls are given the proper attention.
-- Based on all the testimony presented to the Grand Jury, the Carson City Sheriff's Department, in particular the "detective' division, demonstrated a marked lack of competence in the handling of both the Cole and Weddell cases. Training procedures and/or testing should be in place to ensure tasks are assigned to qualified personnel.
1. A state of minimum standards should be designed for the position of Detective. This should include, but not be limited to, training regarding how to fill out reporting and investigative paperwork, how information should be shared, coordinating with the Carson City District Attorney's office, and the handling of evidence. A testing or accreditation process for detective status should be in place to ensure similar incidents do not occur.
2. The Carson City Sheriff's Department personnel need to have training on dealing with the public, citizens' complaints, follow-up calls and handling difficult situations with regard to citizens.
3. The Carson City Sheriff's Department staff should have mandatory training in the Incident Command System levels appropriate for their positions. As an option, this training is available through the Nevada Division of Emergency Management at no cost.
-- A logical policy and procedures statement that is understood by all levels regarding the assignment of cases should be established by the Carson City Sheriff's Department. The Case Assignment Sheet should be redesigned to eliminate confusion with regard to the status of a case.
-- Shift change briefings in the Carson City Sheriff's Department should be held at the change of each shift and all appropriate personnel should be appraised of the status of impending investigations.
-- The Carson City Sheriff's Department should establish and implement random drug testing of sworn and non-sworn employees. Notification that testing will be done during a designated timeframe does not constitute "random."
Proposal:
-- A one-time performance evaluation program of the Carson City Sheriff's Department should be established reporting directly to the Carson City Board of Supervisors which will:
1. Include an expert in Law Enforcement Administration, or in organization of such departments;
2. Include citizens who have evidenced interest and involvement in law enforcement issues, but have no direct connectivity to the Sheriff's Department, (e.g., no direct connectivity to relatives or close relationships, etc.);
3. Be empowered to examine all policies, facilities, organizational structures and personnel policies;
4. Be funded by the Board of Supervisors and report to the supervisors in a public setting.
Norbit's notes: The two First District Judicial Court judges Maddox and Griffin in Carson City, Nevada refused to release the grand jury report. Only after the report was leaked to the media did the public learn of the grand jury's finding and recommendations. (and it was rewritten and watered down version. I guess they concluded the citizens couldn't handle the true version) A "special" court hearing was opened to the public by an even more special judge, Mike Gibbons from Las Vegas. He was brought in to preside over these proceedings. He concluded that the grand jury's findings were nothing more than "political sour grapes." Huh? The grand jury is NOT a political entity but ALL those named in the petition, the District Attorney, the Sheriff, and Justice of the Peace are political positions. Unknown to most at the time, myself included, Gibbons was moving to Reno to fill an uncontested seat in the Nevada Supreme Court. In hindsight, this would explain why he kept repeating that "we all" have to get a long. The hell! The citizens were not getting along and had serious concerns about the malfeasance of our ELECTED officials. I found this interesting tidbit about the finances of Gibbons uncontested campaign. He did a good job by the standards of the good old boys the day he set foot in town. Who donated to his campaign? Just asking.............good luck finding out.
http://www.nevadaobserver.com/Archive/040415/Topstory.htm
"Justice Mark Gibbons collected $278,330 for his 2002 election campaign. He ran uncontested. Where is that quarter of a million dollars? Why was it accepted? There is nothing in the law to preclude this action. The law to control that kind of campaign finance funding failed in the legislature........................The purpose behind these features on campaign finance laws in Nevada is to make you aware that if someone were to be unscrupulous, politics would be a fine home from which to work. You make the decision every time you enter the polling place."
The prosecutor who was asked to officiate over the grand jury proceedings (by those two First Judicial Court judges, Griffin and Maddox), was chastised and attempted to humiliate her (the good old boys didn't like the juror's findings). The grand jurors were told in so many words that they were an ignorant bunch of folks and had been hoodwinked. The grand jury foreman took great exception to this comment. Other jury members made comment that they knew how to read and comprehend the evidence that was presented to them. Many comments were made by the public stating that they took the report seriously and did not want their recommendations to fall by the wayside........which is exactly what happened.
Those named in the grand jury report (above) were mad as hell. Who are the citizens to tell them to get their act together? The Justice of the Peace who was named laughed and laughed. When a citizen pointed out the ridiculousness of such behavior from a judge, the judge laughed louder. Again the citizen asked what he found so funny. The court bailiff wasted no time in moving in her direction. She shut up and sat down. The judge continued to laugh.
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The District Attorney this grand jury is speaking about is Noel Waters. Can you imagine the wake of destruction that would be left in his path if he were to become a District Court judge?
Presently, Waters has volunteered to teach new police recruits the law. This grand jury recommended he brush up on current law himself because in the Weddell case, it became tranparent that the man is either ignorant of the law or disregards the Nevada Revised Statues to suit himself. Yeah, he'd make a fabulous judge!
This is the same grand jury that indicted his Deputy DA Anne Langer.
Did the board of supervisors follow up on the grand juries recommendation?
No. But that didn't surprise anyone. Remember, the good ol'boys objective is not to solve a problem, but to cover their own assets. Years went by and there is now a new district attorney and sheriff. Big improvement. BUT, loser District Attorney Waters is aspiring for judgeship in the First Judicial Court. Imagine that........
What I find strange is that while Waters [when chief deputy DA. Anne Langer was working a CHILD SEX ASSAULT CASE from May of 05' until her campaign of 06' she gave out PERSONAL DETAILED INFORMATION TO REGISTERED VOTERS of Storey County Nevada on a FLIER, by MAILING the details to all of the Voters of the county.] WHAT HAPPENED TO THE PROTECTION OF MINORS ANNE LANGER?
After doing so, a woman e-mail Langers boss NOEL WATERS who then sent an e-mail back stating "I HAVE NO PROBLEM WITH LANGER DOING WHAT SHE DID".
REALLY? But the child is protected under the LAWS Mr. Waters! At some point that private e-mail FROM WATERS will be posted here for all to read.
funny? In all of the years that Waters was district attorney I saw the inside of the DA.'s office once!
Oh, I'm sorry, that was after District attorney, Neil Rombardo took office after winning his election for district attorney, after WATERS was done!
Funnier? Is that a deputy DA. stated thet after Langer and Waters were gone, they were "still finding cases hidden all over that office?"
Including, and especially the Bob Hilke [child molestation case] going on trial this, August 08'.
We need / want Noel Waters for a Judge, just about as bad as we want ALL child sex offenders running free. His friends do.
OK
now i just want to poke out my own eyeballs after what i saw today. i was on the appeal and saw waters ad for judge in the crime section.
can't these people read?
Apparently not. I just hope I won't have to say "I told you so" if he gets elected as judge. That would be a very sad state of affairs.
The bottom line is often the almighty dollar. No one particularly cares unless it affects them directly or the State gets sued.
THANK GOD THE PEOPLE OF CARSON CITY VOTED AGAINST PLACING NOEL WATERS INTO A JUDGES ROBE BY THE VOTE OF THE PEOPLE. NOW? WE HAVE TO FIND SOME WAY TO TAKE WATERS IN FRONT OF THE JUDICIAL DISCIPLIN COMMISSION AND THE ETHICS BOARD FOR THE MESS HE MADE OF THE OFFICE HE HELD FOR 20 YEARS as district attorney. I BELIEVE THAT = WATERS, LANGER, AND Officer Abbott should be fully investigated for each of their parts in the conspiracy to hide information during the Bob Hilke investigation from day one. Let's not forget the lack of good detective work by certain CCSO detectives, such as Ms. Summers. Who stated she and other detectives gave a voice stress "lie detector" test to a MINOR SEX ASSAULT VICTIM? If it were all up to me, and I was the mother of any of Bob Hilke's victims? I would file a civil suit against Waters, Langer, and the CCSO detectives, and the CCSO, including Officer Bill Abbott. Those law officials were all responsible for Hilke not being prosecuted until Rombardo became DA. of Carson City.
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