[Peace] Follow-up with officer

[Alfred Kagan]

I find this kind of response disturbing.  I just don't believe that 
if they wanted to take this seriously that they could not phone their 
colleagues in Rantoul and get something accomplished. They are doing 
the minimum.  I would call this a run-around. This kind of thing is 
why we need a police review committee. Are there any volunteer 
lawyers out there?


At 5:38 PM -0600 11/7/02, Kranich, Kimberlie wrote:
>I finally had a moment to call the police officer I spoke to in early
>October after the Saturday incident in which the driver of a truck
>threatened to run us over during our peaceful demonstration on N. Prospect.
>As you know, the officer is Officer Standifer.  He was in this morning when
>I called and here's what I found out:
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>He has received our messages requesting information about what's happened
>since the incident.  I agreed to be the liaison and communicate what is
>known.
>
>The day after the incident, the officer looked for the truck in my
>neighborhood. That's because I mistakenly thought I had seen this very truck
>in my neighborhood. I was sure of it.   I realized later that I was mistaken
>but I didn't follow up with the officer.  He ran the license plate (68 DAWG)
>and found out that the truck is a 1989 Chevrolet licensed to a man in
>Rantoul.  The officer cannot give me the truck owner's name or address.
>Since the owner of the vehicle, which may not be the same person as the
>driver of the vehicle that day, lives in Rantoul, the department doesn't
>have the resources to send the officer to Rantoul.  He could call the person
>or ask him to come down to talk with the Champaign police, but he says
>that's not effective. The Rantoul police probably wouldn't follow up (i
>can't remember why he said this, sorry).  A police report has been filed .
>It' s number 702-12351.  The report is also being forwarded to the State's
>Attorney's office.  It will cost $5 to get a copy of the report. The Officer
>asked that information to and from AWARE be routed through me or someone
>else.  I am happy to do this, or to transfer this responsibility to someone
>else. The request is simply that one person deal with the officer so that
>the same information can get out to all parties involved.
>
>In summary, a report has been filed, a search was made to locate the vehicle
>two days in a row after we gave our verbal account to the officer, a name,
>address and phone have been associated with the truck (but we don't know if
>that is the same person who intimidated us).  I told the officer to check
>the Tires Plus parking lot. Maybe the guy works there.
>
>If anyone see the truck fitting this description:  1989 Chevy truck , color
>black and red and white with license plates, 68 DAWG, please call dispatch ,
>333-8911, and ask for Officer Standifer.
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>Kimberlie
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Al Kagan
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