New Website allows citizens to rate their local cops

March 27, 2008 @ 3:49AM

New Website allows citizens to rate their local cops

By Carlos Miller -...

So far, I rated three of the five Miami cops who arrested me last year on www.ratemycop.com, a Website that was launched last month that allows civilians to rate the cops they encounter. Read the L.A. Daily News article here.

I gave Sgt. Rahming and Officer Kurver the lowest ratings possible because not only were they the main cops involved in the arrest, but they also lied after they were deposed by my lawyer.

Rahming was the commanding officer on the scene and authorized the arrest as well as the lies conjured against me.

Kurver filled out and signed the arrest report and threatened to taze me, judging by his heavy accent. I wouldn’t be surprised if he was the one who bashed my head into the pavement.

In the banner photo of this blog, Rahming’s sleeve can be seen on the extreme left and Kurver is the officer on the extreme right.

I gave Officer Reid, the female officer involved in my arrest, slightly higher ratings because she told the truth in the deposition.

I have not yet rated Officer Baluja, who is standing to the left of Reid, because he was never deposed. The fifth officer involved in my arrest, Officer Walker, was unfortunately killed earlier this year.

The Website had not yet obtained the names of officers from the Palm Beach Police Department or else I would have rated Officer Pina, who believes the First Amendment does not apply in Palm Beach.

I plan to acquire the names of the Miami Police officers who handled the incident in which I was assaulted by Cuban exiles last month and give them good ratings because they handled the incident in an extremely professional manner.

I hope that we, as civilians, take advantage of this opportunity to distinguish the good cops from the bad cops.

And a big thanks to my Los Angeles correspondent, Enhager, for bringing this to my attention.

Comments

Anonymous

3 years ago

Oh, i had an idea. You should carry a little digital recorder with you! you can pick them up fairly cheap. (like $20 for a used one)

Not for incidents with people, but for incidents with law enforcement. I know in California most police have recording devices on them, for much the same reason that you would want one… to determine exactly what happened after the fact. Memory can be dodgy, binary can’t.

I can dig around and give some recommendations, as i’ve used a bunch of them for field recording stuff for my music.

Unfortunately, i don’t know any officer’s names at all, but i’ll bookmark the site. I wonder how much of it is going to be petty “he gave me a speeding ticket, the dick”

If it doesn’t have a /. style modding system i’ll recommend one, cause that’ll let people moderate the really stupid stuff out of the spotlight.

Anonymous

3 years ago

Hey Carlos,
hate to change the subject but I thought I’d tell ya that something reminded me of you today. It’s spring in the Virginia countryside and it’s just becoming more gorgeous daily. Today on my way to DC on business, I drove by a beautiful “weeping cherry tree” that was right smack in front of an old colonial home. I happened to have my Canon in my trunk as I had used it this weekend and I literally stopped and parked my car and took the pic. I was hesitant at first that someone would think that I was outa-line but I remembered that as long as I was not on the private property I was within my rights to take the picture. Guess where I picked up this lil tid bit of info on 1st Amendment rights? tee-hee!

Anonymous

3 years ago

Ms C,

One of the best things about photography is that it allows us to stop and capture the beauty of life, things that we might only give a second glance if we didn’t have a camera.

I’m glad you did not let yourself get intimidated from taking the photo.