[Peace-discuss] Re: [Discuss] Marriages to Police officers

[Laurie at advancenet.net]

I am going to give the media the same benefit of the doubt and might even
suggest that that is both (police) departmental and states attorney's office
policy.  Having said that, I would question the reasons of such a policy and
if the media would refrain from listing the names of any civilians who may
report the loss of a weapon to the police - especially when they have
selected to make such a big deal of it (the incident) in their articles and
stories.  Moreover, why  would a lost loaded gun be any different in terms
of naming who lost it from any other item - particularly when the officer in
question was off-duty and a de facto civilian like any other civilian when
he lost the weapon?

 

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Sent: Monday, February 04, 2008 1:59 PM
To: Brian Dolinar
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Subject: [Peace-discuss] Re: [Discuss] Marriages to Police officers

 

WCIA ran a story on it as well and are keeping mum on the officers identity.
The official reasoning behind this is because he was off - duty. Now a
search on property records does ID Al Johnston and Julia Rietz as being
homeowners in the 3000 block of Wynstone Drive. I'm going to give the media
the benefit of the doubt by suggesting that they would refrain from
revealing the officers identity if it were someone else. 

That being said...I still believe that Julia's record as States Attorney
needs to be the deciding factor in how people choose to vote. Both Laurie
and John W. had excellent comments about the organizational culture that
pervades the various angles that law enforcement operates in. 

On Feb 4, 2008 9:59 AM, Brian Dolinar <briandolinar at gmail.com> wrote:

Word on the street is that the State's Attorney's husband Al Johnston
was the unnamed Urbana officer in a News-Gazette article this weekend
about a missing gun that was placed on the top of a car and then forgotten
about
when the officer drove off and lost the gun.
It is somewhere near an elementary school.

Now did the NG know who was the officer was when they ran the article?
Have they tried to confirm it was Rietz's husband after a rumor has been
circulated?
If they did have this information would they run the name just days before
the election?
The NG had already endorsed Rietz - would they print anything to hurt her
campaign?

BD

 

 

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